Overview

• Approximately 10,000 apprenticeship positions in Saxony, or nearly 60% of reported vacancies since October 2024, remain unfilled as of May 2025.
• The Regional Labour Agency highlights a supply-demand mismatch, with a one-to-one ratio of applicants to positions failing to translate into successful matches.
• Retail sales, sales clerk, and mechatronics roles account for the majority of unfilled positions, underscoring sectoral concentration challenges.
• Trainee dissatisfaction, driven by low pay, long commutes, insufficient feedback, and job insecurity, contributes to recruitment and retention difficulties.
• Authorities urge parents and youths to engage in professional vocational counselling to address mismatches and improve placement outcomes.