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Eastern European workers still needed in construction.

Published in: Cobouw, Publication date: 01-12-2009

Skilled workers from eastern Europe are still in great demand says Paul Muller from recruitment and placement company TecLine. Working with a group of educational establishments, his company have launched a series of technical training courses for people from the eastern part of Germany.

"We're looking beyond the immediate crisis", explains Muller, TecLine's Commercial Director. "The effects of our aging population and the lack of young people coming onto the employment market mean that there is still a structural demand for foreign workers in construction and other sectors. Young Dutch people simply aren't taking the technical career options. And even if that started to change, although there is no sign of it, the inflow still wouldn't be enough to compensate for the outflow of older workers".
He challenges the proposition that it is simply a matter of money that finds eastern Europeans taking work in the Netherlands in sectors like construction, metalworking and electrical engineering. "They are good workers, they are happy to do installation work and to travel long distances to do so. They are accustomed to that already, as in their own country they are often only home at weekends. If you have jobs spread over a large geographical area, they are available to be deployed anywhere."

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