Does the shortage of skilled employees also hinder growth within the pharmaceutial industry?

The health care industry is in good shape. The main reasons for that are the generally positiv economic develoment and the growing awareness of a healthy life style within the general public. This has a positive effect on the demographical change. Therefore this sector is still the driving force in the employment development within Germany.

After tough years in 2008 and 2009 the German pharmaceutical industry looks at a continuously positive economic trend since 2010. This positiv trend is also reflected in the investment plans of companies.

 

Negative impacts however which need to be controlled in the future are:

1. economical political decisions e.g. how to control the national debt within Germany as well as in the EU

2. the development of prices for energy and raw materials

3. growing expenditures on wages e.g. due to increasing numbers of full time employees (FTE)

4. shortage of skilled employees e.g. in Germany 43 percent of all companies within the health care industry consider this already a significant business risk for 2012.

 

To maintain the necessary amount of skilled employees at the company gains more and more significance.

One possibility companies rely on is to increase the overall amount of  people being educated within the company. 

Another strategy is to establish processes in order to maintain the employability of the existing staff. 

Health preventing activities are offered.

Concepts are desigened to allow for a better work life balance.

More often the expertise of specialists working as freelancers is used in order to reduce the work load in peak periods and to prevent the existing full time employees from burnout situations. One example on how specialized freelance activities can be requested these days can be seen at www.pharmove.com