IT: From Red-Carpet Treatment to Unemployed Status

Between 2020 and 2022, IT professionals were in high demand as lockdowns forced companies to digitize overnight: job offers for software developers, IT architects and data analysts surged. Since mid-2022, however, the tide has turned.

What the Unemployment Rate isn’t Telling You

If unemployment is low, why are hospitals still short of caregivers and restaurants desperate for qualified staff? Read Chapter 2 of our white paper to understand why today’s historically low unemployment rates can backfire—deepening, not easing, the shortage of skilled workers.

Neither Cash nor Campaigns: The Unstoppable Decline in Birth Rates

For Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, nothing is more important than babies. But they must be “home-made.” In his words: “Migration for us is surrender.” Orbán, himself a father of five, has set a bold target: raising Hungary’s fertility rate to 2.1 by 2030, the level needed to maintain the population size.

Could Qualified Professionals From Indonesia Help to Solve the Acute Skills Shortage in Switzerland as Well?

Switzerland, like much of Europe, faces a growing labor crisis. Retail, logistics, hospitality and healthcare are in critically short supply. With fertility rates falling and young people choosing academic careers over vocational training, the talent gap is widening.