Qualification − the key to success

Accordingly, there is a broad spectrum of goals and target groups as the intended beneficiaries of the ESF’s offers. In Hamburg, the ESF intends to:

• strengthen skilled workers’ employability through qualifications, thereby securing jobs
• prepare job-seekers for the challenges of the labour market
• support immigrants in the recognition of foreign certifications
• introduce young people to vocational training early on
• open up equal opportunities for women through better career prospects and the same remuneration as men
• qualify disadvantaged persons – e.g. disabled people, older job-seekers or long-term unemployed –
   for participation in the world of work.

The key to success is qualification. This is clear when looking at the long-term unemployed: whereas their total number in Hamburg has been decreasing for years, the proportion of long-term unemployed without vocational training has increased sharply (source: interview in Jobs-Kompakt 1/2012).
The ESF makes training and qualification measures possible, and so works to improve the overall level of employment in the Hamburg labour market.