Enabling Disadvantaged Young People to Find Their Calling

JOBLINGE

Germany

JOBLINGE

Guiding and supporting disadvantaged young people and young refugees in entering the job market by acquiring the necessary skills through vocational training.

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1.5 million

People aged 25 to 34 in Germany who lack formal job qualifications .[1]

120,000

refugees younger than 25 are jobless. Meanwhile, forecasts predict a shortfall of 5 million skilled workers in Germany by 2025.[2]

50%

of all school-leavers undergo vocational training provided by companies which consider the dual system the best way to acquire skilled staff.[3]

JOBLINGE has changed my life. Not only did I improve my German language skills, I also learned so much about occupations, applications and PC skills.To me, it was especially helpful to set goals for myself and to make a plan for my career and, essentially, for my life.

Thanks to JOBLINGE, I completed my training. And now? Completely different doors have opened.

Maher Scheicho-Jibouri, completed his training with BMW as an automotive mechatronics engineer and is now working for Lufthansa AG

Our Commitment

The Julius Baer Foundation and JOBLINGE address wealth inequality by supporting and guiding disadvantaged young people and young refugees in entering the job marketing by acquiring the necessary skills through vocational training. The project JOBLINGE is co-funded by Julius Bär Stiftung Deutschland.

The project focuses on:

assisting disadvantaged young people in obtaining hands-on training and landing a position in Germany's job market.
learning to lift themselves up by identifying their passions and obtaining the skills they need to get the job they desire.

the "classic stream" provides support for young people from underprivileged environments, and, since 2016,
the "kompass stream" caters specifically to the needs of refugees. Both streams guide young participants through an intensive six month programme offering career orientation, mentorship, opportunities to test different jobs and, finally entry into vocational training in partnership with an employer.

JOBLINGE was founded in 2007 as a programme to fight youth unemployment and to place young people into the job market in a sustainable way. Over the years, JOBLINGE has consistently achieved a solid 80% job placement rate on behalf of young people aged 17 to 27 all across Germany - even during the corona pandemic. To date, JOBLINGE has established 32 branches nationwide organised in a social franchise system.

From unemployment and despair...

Pogramme participants are often young people who had almost given up on themselves, feeling they would never find a job or a way to fit intro society. Lack of family resources or encouragement from outside are common issues.

To newfound self-reliance and a path forward.

Through JOBLINGE, participants learn to lift themselves up by identifying their passions and obtaining the skills they need to get the job they desire. A supportive network, mentors and a step-by-step programme progression keep them motivated.

Vocational Trainings That Open Doors

• There are currently 1.5 million people aged 25 to 34 in Germany who lack formal job qualifications.

• Approximately 120,000 refugees younger than 25 are jobless.

• Meanwhile, forecasts predict a shortfall of 5 million skilled workers in Germany by 2025.

• However, Germany has an exemplary dual vocational system built on cooperation between companies, on the one hand, and publicly funded vocational schools on the other.

• Trainees in the dual system typically spend part of each week at a vocational school and the other part at their training company, from which they receive a monthly salary.

• JOBLINGE succeeds by enabling jobless refugees and other disadvantaged young people to enter Germany’s model vocational system.

• In Germany, about 50 percent of all school-leavers undergo vocational training provided by companies which consider the dual system the best way to acquire skilled staff.