In recruiting qualified engineers to fill vacancies in the engineering sector, companies are increasingly noticing a shortage of professional staff. It seems impossible to find suitable staff using traditional channels – the labour market seems to be empty of them.
This is due to two significant factors:
The development of digitisation under Industry 4.0 increasingly requires engineers involved in mechanical engineering to have knowledge in many different areas, to be able to meet the demands of the new technologies and to operate as the interface with the IT.
The effects of demographic changes are beginning to be felt in Germany. The number of young people currently studying engineering at German universities, and who are highly skilled digital natives, will not be sufficient to fill the gap left by those leaving the profession.
Though the problem is complex, the solution is simple – staff recruitment from abroad, the core competency of IRP. As experienced and reliable recruitment agency, we locate and procure engineers for the engineering sector from all over the world. You will therefore benefit not only from our industry expertise and knowledge of labour markets, but also from our specialised knowledge of the ways different cultural areas operate, and a global network which has grown year on year.
The shortage of specialist in German industry, above all in electrical engineering, continues to grow, with no end in sight, particularly in connection with the ongoing digital transformation and the associated networking.
The problem is that this demand will not be met by the traditional labour market, and so the shortage of qualified staff will continue to grow: the percentage of electrical engineers looking for work is currently around 2.5%. So looking for staff in this situation is ambitious.
It can seem like an impossible task, therefore, to recruit engineers who not only meet the technical prerequisites of your company, but who also complete your team on a personal level and who will advance your enterprise. To achieve success, it’s necessary to think outside the box – or outside the confines of your country. IRP is a recruitment consultancy and headhunter for locating employees from abroad and works via its international network to recruit electrical engineers for the engineering industry.
Aware that we must meet the expectations and wishes of our business partners as well as our candidates, we take advantage of our many years experience of transnational and cross-cultural recruitment. On the basis of this, we find the optimal solution for filling your electrical engineering vacancies.
Few sectors are benefiting as much as the telecommunications technology sector, from the German Industry 4.0 and the associated networking.
The result is rapid growth, which can only be successful if the relevant resources are available. Acquiring these resources presents businesses with a challenge, not only in structural terms, but also and especially with regard to finding qualified personnel. Specialist employees will be required who have the necessary interdisciplinary expertise, and who can also work with a future-oriented mindset. But the labour market for telecommunications technology is empty.
To successfully recruit for vacant positions in a scheduled way when there is a shortage of specialist staff, it makes sense to widen the search for personnel to other lands and operate internationally. IRP is your professional partner in this, and offers international staff recruitment at the highest level. Our technical and specialised knowledge of the telecommunications technology sector, our networks, and our experience in operating within unfamiliar cultural arenas and with labour markets which are not easily accessible, mean we can act quickly and reliably. This is the basis for our being able to recruit, securely and in a planned way, candidates with the highest potential for your vacancies. Let us help!