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Study urges Germany to stop discouraging foreign job-seekers if it wants to fill skills gaps

The Associated Press / Times Colonist
February 4, 2013

BERLIN - Germany needs to improve its sales pitch to foreign job-seekers if the country wants to fill a looming shortage of high-skilled workers.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says Germany lags behind other countries such as Australia, Denmark, Canada and Britain in attracting top candidates from abroad.

The Paris-based think-tank said in a report published Monday that the immigration process in Europe's biggest economy has a poor reputation among foreign job-seekers and German companies despite the fact that the system is comparatively open and efficient.

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