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After the shutdown, it was feared that the crown crisis could cost up to 10,000 apprenticeships. The dramatic drop has yet to materialize. But old problems, like the east-west divide and the one-sided career choice, are now becoming more apparent. Is the great collapse of the learning market yet to come? A search for clues.
The work environment is good, says Dusan Panic. However, you would like to switch to a “real company”. Panic has been training as a mechatronics technician at Jugend am Werk since September. This is one of the largest providers of inter-company learning in Vienna. Inter-company training, or “ÜBA” for short, is suited to young people who have not found an apprenticeship in a company.
The labor market service expects growing demand due to the crown crisis. Therefore, places will be increased by 30 percent. But in a real company, Panic believes, the pay would be better. His hope: if you do an apprenticeship in a company, “then you will have a permanent job,” says the 18-year-old.
But nothing is fixed in times like these. Unemployment is rising and experts expect a shortage of apprentices. 10,000 training positions could be lost, the union predicted in May. Linz researcher Johann Bacher estimated 7,500 apprenticeships at risk. And the UN international labor organization warned of a “generational lockdown.” Because young people would be affected more and faster by the crisis than any other group.
