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In the last years there were many changes concerning the market situation, the technology developments and other parts of the labour market. Firms that don't adopt their production program, got a problem, because in the market situation goods that were sold former times are not needed anymore.
A typical example is a typewriting machine. Until the 1980's a typewriting machine was irreplaceable in an office it was the technological standard in the last 100 years.
But today everybody would laugh if the technological standard in an office is a typewriter, because nowadays we life in a computer aided generation.
Another point is that companies replace workers with machines. The machines work round of the clock and the machines don't have to be paid over hours. A machine doesn't break down for a long time so the costs are cheaper and more calculable.
What is more larger companies often change their company headquarters. They choose a country with lower wages and lower labour costs. Sometimes they prefer illegal workers or even children in order to get a higher profit.
But on the contrary job recruits with good knowledge of electronics and mechanics, a rising technical competence and also a wide general education are needed.
As we have a well organized welfare state where people who are on the dole get unemployment benefits, some people don't won't to work because they sometimes get even more money as they would earn when working regularly. I give you an example: An unemployed gets 12 000 ATS unemployment benefits a moth and he works 40 hours per month illegally so in sum he gets 18 000 ATS. If he would work regularly he would get 16 000 ATS. And would have to work 170 hours every moth.
One big part part of non-working people are graduated students. One reason is that many students choose subjects without thinking of the job openings.
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