About us

With its five regional advice centers, the Fachkraft im Fokus state initiative is the first point of contact for securing skilled workers in Saxony-Anhalt. We advise companies, skilled workers and new immigrants and, together with our network partners, provide a comprehensive range of advisory services.

Saxony-Anhalt faces the challenge of counteracting the consequences of demographic change and presenting itself as an attractive place to live and work. SMEs in particular are complaining about the lack of well-trained skilled workers, who form an essential basis for companies' ability to innovate and compete. We help by bringing skilled workers and companies together, advising them on funding programs and thus making further training more attractive.

The Landesinitiative Fachkraft im Fokus informs entrepreneurs about further training and funding opportunities and raises awareness of employer attractiveness and personnel development measures. Skilled workers use our services to get support with their career development or to find out about further training funding. With our job and specialist exchange, we offer both entrepreneurs and specialists a special service. In the course of advancing digitalization, we sensitize entrepreneurs to deal with its effects on the world of work and the labour market and to initiate appropriate change processes.</p

Another service offered by the state initiative Fachkraft im Fokus is the WelcomeCenter Saxony-Anhalt. The WelcomeCenter is Saxony-Anhalt's central information and contact point for skilled workers and people interested in training who are moving here from other federal states or abroad, as well as for companies. They receive in-depth advice, support if required and guidance to relevant contacts. It offers regionally active people knowledge transfer through training courses, online seminars and an online information library as well as exchanges of experience for volunteers and full-time employees.

The Further Training Agency Saxony-Anhalt provides companies, employees and those interested in further training with a point of contact for the many challenges, questions and funding opportunities relating to employee qualification, digitalization of work, personnel development and securing skilled workers. According to the principle of "advice from a single source", those seeking advice in Saxony-Anhalt receive individual and tailor-made solutions for further training needs. To this end, the Saxony-Anhalt Employment Agencies, the state initiative Fachkraft im Fokus and the Zukunftszentrum Digitale Arbeit Sachsen-Anhalt work together with regional network partners under the umbrella of the Continuing Education Agency Saxony-Anhalt.