Structural transition:
background information and fields of activity
The three fields of activity listed below are currently sponsored to support companies experiencing structural transition:
Job creation in firms:
- Launch of a production cooperative whose objective is to create jobs in the building industry, ancillary trades and the catering/restaurant industry, primarily in Hasenbergl
- Sponsorship of a service cooperative which has so far created 16 socially insured jobs in the field of domestic services
Industry-specific (re)training:
- Training for the employees of publishing houses in the areas of new information and communication technologies, multimedia etc. (a European Social Fund project)
- Adult development programs to transform unskilled workers into skilled construction and finishing workers in the project "Lernen am Bau gGmbH" ("Learning on Site")
- Consulting on training and education for employee council members (a model project conducted in cooperation with the National Institute for Vocational Training, or BIBB)
Consulting and advice:
- Advice to companies about forthcoming personnel adjustment measures
- Advice on advanced training and development at the Munich adult education center
- Female experts' consulting network: career orientation and consulting for women, with a strong focus on advice from volunteer industry experts and an external mentoring program
- Career track consulting: advice to foreign women, including training modules
Background information
The term "structural transition" encompasses a wide variety of developments in the economy and on the labor market. Munich is no exception to the rule of structural transition, which is reflected in the following trends:
- Changes in what are regarded as "normal" working relationships, e.g. moving toward part-time work, increasingly systemic unemployment, atypical employment relationships, disjuncted résumés
- Changes in the perception and importance of work, as social demands on gainful employment also experience a shift
- Changes on the labor market, such as shorter working hours, disparities between supply and demand
- Transitions in economic structures: the trend toward more tertiary services even in industry; the increase in the volume of corporate and social services; the growing importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); the erosion of Germany's traditional system of collective wage settlements.
The "Support for Structural Transition" program seeks to respond appropriately to these changes.
Contact
Daniela Weidlich
Phone +49 (0)89 233 25642
daniela.weidlich@muenchen.de
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