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From Nora Miethke
Infineon is apparently not only looking for skilled workers in Germany for its Dresden site. Next Thursday, the chip manufacturer plans to sign a letter of intent for a partnership with Gedu International GmbH in Dresden in order to attract young talents from Vietnam "both for dual training programs and for the direct recruitment of skilled workers at Infineon". This is stated in the press invitation from the Berlin-based training and recruitment company, which was sent out today, Friday.
The contract is to be signed in the presence of Vietnamese Ambassador Vu Quang Minh and Thomas Kralinski, State Secretary in the Saxon Ministry of Economic Affairs.
In the company's own words, the cooperation is intended to underline the importance of joint initiatives for training and further education in order to meet the future demand for skilled workers. And this is high at Infineon in Dresden. Not only does the company have to fill the 1,000 jobs planned for Fab 4, which is currently under construction. Demographic change is also having an impact. Around a third of the current 3,700 employees will retire or otherwise become redundant in the next few years. In order to close these gaps in the workforce, it will be necessary to recruit new staff in good time.
At least 24,000 more workers
According to forecasts by the Silicon Saxony industry network, the semiconductor cluster between Dresden, Freiberg and Chemnitz will grow to around 100,000 employees by 2030. That means at least 24,000 more workers that need to be recruited. And there is great fear among small and medium-sized companies in Saxony that this will be at their expense.
The pressure is great. And so Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU) and Minister of Economic Affairs Martin Dulig (SPD) have jointly invited representatives of Dresden's microelectronics industry, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Chamber of Skilled Crafts as well as industry, employer and employee associations to a skilled workers' dialog at the Saxon State Chancellery next Monday.
The aim of the talks is also to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the chambers and the microelectronics companies in order to jointly recruit the required skilled workers.
