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Even though Germany has been well known for its well-structured school-to-work transition system, growing unemployment is causing concern about the social and economic future of the youth. This chapter is based on a 1990s longitudinal research on the employment chances and risks connected with job entry in occupations that require vocational training, but not academic education. The chapter provides an outline of the German dual system of vocational education and training (VET), a description of the research framework and an analysis of transition results and the modes of biographical action orientations (BAOs) young skilled workers develop in the course of this transition.