{
  "id": 16873040,
  "title": "Executives: Highly qualified, successful, looking for work – Four people affected report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/fuhrungskrafte-hochqualifiziert-erfolgreich-arbeitssuchend-vier",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-28T08:19:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/karriere/fuehrungskraefte-was-monatelange-jobsuche-bei-highperformern-ausloest/100228751.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Germany's job market has changed, with many companies reducing hiring and cutting jobs amid economic downturn. According to the Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), around 15,000 jobs are lost in the industry every month. The number of unemployed executives across all sectors has risen by 14 percent in a year, and the proportion of academics unemployed for over a year has also increased, as shown by data from the Statistisches Bundesamt. Over 100 qualified individuals, many of whom held leadership positions, responded to a call on LinkedIn, sharing their experiences of struggling to find new jobs despite their qualifications. Most of them were between 50 and 60 years old.",
  "summary": "In the crisis, people whose careers have so far gone steeply upwards are also finding it hard to get a job. Four people affected talk about the challenges this presents them with.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}