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Apprenticeship market

Unfilled places and unplaced applicants exist at the same time.

In the 2025/26 counselling year apprenticeship places remained unfilled while young people remained without a place. Both at the same time, in the same country.

Why both exist at once

  1. 1

    Regional differences: place and applicant are not in the same location.

  2. 2

    Occupational differences: the trade sought is not the trade offered.

  3. 3

    Qualification differences: the requirements do not match.

  4. 4

    Accessibility, image, working hours and pay.

Context: the two figures are not equally complete

Applicant figures capture total demand less completely than the figures for places. A comparison without this note would be misleading.