UWV WERKbedrijf fears an imbalance in the labour market for technical staff. Due to the rebounding economy and ageing population and threatens to create a major shortage.
Currently, over 20 per cent of the workforce is in technical occupations. In the chemical and metal industries, the proportion of older workers is significantly higher than in other sectors. Also, there are too few educated young people. Half of the vacancies are aimed at higher educated people. The majority of recently graduated technicians have an education at MBO level. Ninety per cent of the unemployed, according to UWV WERKbedrijf, have a lower- or intermediate-level education.
Especially in the regions around Utrecht and Amsterdam, the mismatch threatens to get out of hand. The Amsterdam region currently has the most technical vacancies, while the region traditionally houses a limited number of technicians. In Friesland, Rijnmond and the IJsselvecht region, on the other hand, a surplus of lower and middle-level staff is emerging. Remarkably, growth in employment of technical staff is taking place mainly in non-technical sectors such as healthcare.
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