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 Web References

1. 1. BBC NEWS | Business | Skilled Germans plug UK jobs gap

   news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4 - [Cached]

   Published on: 9/29/2005   Last Visited: 9/29/2005

   After completing an apprenticeship with Thames' parent company, RWE electricians Uwe Strack, 26, and Alex Schiffer, 23, packed their bags and headed to the UK.
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   And the move is good for Uwe and Alex too - they will return home with more to offer to the difficult German employment market, where five million people are unemployed.
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   Left to right: Uwe Strack and Alex Schiffer
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   Alex and Uwe could soon be joined by more German workers
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   "If the pilot programme with Alex and Uwe proves successful, we will certainly be looking for others to follow in their footsteps, especially as the recent slowdown in the German economy has contributed to a surplus of trained apprentices there," Ms Desmond says.

2. 2. AC Electricians - News 14th March 2005

   www.acelectricians.com/news/ne - [Cached]

   Published on: 9/28/2005   Last Visited: 2/1/2007

   After completing an apprenticeship with Thames' parent company, RWE electricians Uwe Strack, 26, and Alex Schiffer, 23, packed their bags and headed to the UK.
   ...
   And the move is good for Uwe and Alex too - they will return home with more to offer to the difficult German employment market, where five million people are unemployed.
   ...
   "If the pilot programme with Alex and Uwe proves successful, we will certainly be looking for others to follow in their footsteps, especially as the recent slowdown in the German economy has contributed to a surplus of trained apprentices there," Ms Desmond says.