Germany is witnessing scarcity of top qualified experts and skilled employee in several hi-tech areas. In order to tackle the critical situation, Germany has relaxed the limitations on immigration of several skilled groups from non EU nations. Initially the rules were very rigid and it was very difficult for a skilled worker to find Job in Germany.

Since 1970, this was the first time; the Government has consented with the union and corporate leaders over the relaxing of visa norms.

Previously the German companies can recruit non EU skilled workers, only when no suitable applicants are found inside the country or the EU. Now the rules have been relaxed, automobile constructors, electrical and mechanical engineers, and medical professional can be recruited outside the EU nations.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said German corporations, which wish to employ specialists from non –EU nations need not present credentials obtained from the Federal Labor office.

The Chancellor said the concept of the government is 2 sided plans to tackle the specialists’ shortage by providing chance to the prospective accessible within the nation and also to make the nation more friendly for professional from the non EU nations.

It has been projected by the German Institute for Labor Market and Research that by the year 2025, the nation is going to face main scarcity of about 6.5 million skilled workers and professionals, and if the Government did not take any essential initiatives to tackle the circumstances, the nation is sure to face a major crisis. To curtail this state of affairs the government must create skilled professionals inside the nation as well as bring more skilled professionals from outside.

The study discovered the German government’s open hand plan offered prospects to job hunters East European constituents of the EU and also assisted to some extent to recover the circumstances as the workers’ influx were mostly in the low wage section.

As per the Federal Labor Office’s estimate, the nation is currently faced with the scarcity in skilled workers and specialist in the area of information technology, mathematics and natural science and has attained the utmost stage of 150,000 vacancies.