Department professionals
The shortage of jobs and skilled workers has been the defining issue in all sectors in recent years. In Saxony alone, there were almost 30,000 vacancies in the STEM sector in 2022 (source: STEM professions – vacancies in Germany by federal state and occupational aggregate 2022 | Statista). Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular, which according to the German government are “the backbone of the German economy,” are being affected and are having to tighten their proverbial belts. Silicon Saxony is also increasingly concerned about this development. At the special request of its members, Saxony’s largest high-tech network has therefore also been dedicated to this important topic since 2020.
Study program
Lecture series IC Design
Networking of education and science: The content of the course is requirements and methods for the design of integrated circuits from the perspective of industrial production. The offer originated from our IC Design working group.
Saxony needs IC designers
Change The World
To get young people interested in chip design, 15 Saxon companies joined forces and produced a recruiting video in the style of modern NETFLIX series. In it, Emma, a chip designer from the year 2050, meets Max, who works as a chip designer, by chance. Silicon Saxony led the project.
Position paper
Strategy paper: Securing skilled workers 2030
Many numbers, many statistics have been moved, quoted, discussed in the past months. As a result, they all painted the same picture: Germany is heading for an enormous shortage of skilled workers, and is already in the middle of it in some sectors and occupational fields. Our strategy paper provides concrete recommendations for action.
EU project METIS
Relevant job profiles
European semiconductor manufacturers and their suppliers are suffering from an increasing shortage of skilled workers. The EU METIS project analyzed which profiles are particularly in demand. Skilled workers are being sought for both production and development departments. We present the most frequently sought-after job profiles.
What our members say
Saxony’s high-tech sectors are still too male-dominated in many places. However, innovative approaches to solutions succeed above all with different perspectives and ways of thinking. Attracting more young women to STEM degree programs and professions is an investment in the future of our industry and the entire economy and society.
There is a lot of young talent in Lusatia and IMPULS Cottbus is an exciting opportunity to get them interested in the semiconductor industry in Saxony.
Thanks to the profitable exchange within the strategy group “People & Skills”, we were able to design the nationwide offer of a programming course for primary school pupils. Silicon Saxony is doing a great job here in its coordination and networking function!
Impressions
Silicon Saxony exhibition stand at KarriereStart
Silicon Saxony’s software conference DecompileD
Students at the Silicon Saxony Speed Dating
Experts exchange ideas at the Silicon Saxony Day
Job Wall for Silicon Saxony Day
Silicon Saxony booth at SEMICON Europe
Professionals gather information at Silicon Saxony Day
Eröffnung des AK New Work Sommerfestes 2022
DecompileD 2022
Green Hydrogen Innovation Congress 2022
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