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To: TimF who wrote (222716)	3/7/2005 9:34:43 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575178

"Many unemployed people have little or no job education." Say what? Germany has two types of vocational schools, Hauptschule and Realschule, depending on what kind of trade the students are interested in. The graduates then move on to Berufsschule to round their education. There is also a strong apprenticeship system to give them on the job training. The Gymnasium, which goes to grade 13, is for those who are going to University. The graduates from that hold the equivalent of a Master's degree. While the ones who go on to University might have little or no job education, the Berufsschule. Actually even University graduates often have on the job training, it is very common to go into a training program for a couple of years upon graduation. The biggest problem that German employers have is they are worse than American employers in their expectations of finding someone with 3-5 years of experience in a particular sub-specialty. Which is why American companies generally don't have as much problem finding people.