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EURES Germany

EURES Germany. Kerstin Whalley. EURES adviser Agentur für Arbeit Berlin Mitte phone: 0049 30 5555 82 2636 fax: 0049 30 5555 82 2640 E-mail: Berlin-Mitte.Europaservice@arbeitsamt.de. Working in Germany. Requirements Labour market situation Job search More useful information Berlin.

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EURES Germany

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  1. EURES Germany

  2. Kerstin Whalley • EURES adviser • Agentur für Arbeit Berlin Mitte • phone: 0049 30 5555 82 2636 • fax: 0049 30 5555 82 2640 • E-mail: Berlin-Mitte.Europaservice@arbeitsamt.de

  3. Working in Germany • Requirements • Labour market situation • Job search • More useful information • Berlin

  4. Qualifications and skills needed • Language skills (German, often ENGLISH as well) • Precise goal • tolerance • adaptability • endurance • Good planning • own initiative

  5. Labour Market I 02/ 200401/ 200402/2003Germany: 11,111,0 11,3 vacancies 309.064 276.732 389.034 West Germany: 8,9 8,99,0 vacancies 263.304 233.850 328.196 East Germany: 19,4 19,1 19,9 vacancies 45.760 42.882 60.838

  6. Labour market situation II • Needed professions: • Doctors and nurses • Teachers • engineers (e.g. supplying industry for cars, aircraft industry, eletronics, mechanical engineering) • Skilled workers for metal industry (CNC experienced, mechanics, cutter, welder) • life scientists • call center staff • skilled and unskilled staff for hotel and catering e.g. chefs, waiters to work at North Sea Coast or in the Alpes

  7. Labour Market III • Too many candidates: • construction workers • civil engineers & architects • social scientists • media • Humanists • Workers in textile industry • unskilled workers • regions: Baden-Württemberg (6,5%), Bayern 7,9%, Rheinland-Pfalz (8,1%), Hessen (8,5%) Hamburg 10,6%, Schleswig-Holstein (10,6%), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 21,8%, Brandenburg 19,9%, Berlin 18,1%

  8. Perspektive Deutschland • www.stern.de > Perspektive Deutschland

  9. Job search • EURES: http://europa.eu.int/eures • All job offers: www.arbeitsagentur.de • In specific cities: www.meine-stadt.de

  10. Job search II • Newspapers (Frankfurter Allgemeine, Süddeutsche, Die Zeit, local papers e.g. Berliner Morgenpost, Hamburger Abendblatt) • Internet (www.crosswater-systems.com ) • Professional organisations and trade journals (www.mediamonster.de) • Temporary work / private agencies • recruitment fairs and trade fairs in general (www.auma.de )

  11. Job search III • unsolicitedapplication (Initiativbewerbung) • Networking • Transfer of unemployment benefits for 3 months (E303) • problems: • rather difficult labour market situation • no longterm recruitment, staff planning of companies • jobseekers are expected to start asap

  12. Work experience (Praktikum) • No placement services through public jobcentres • Often only programs for students • requirements: German, longterm search for suitable company, precise plans • www.berufsstart.de • www.praktika.de • www.jobpilot.de • www.internship.de

  13. Bewerbung Application modalities: application with a folder consisting of • typed covering letter, • CV with complete list of former occupations, • photograph, • certificates

  14. Vocational training • Duales System der Berufsausbildung • Vocational education at vocational regular schools • University educationuniversities and establishments of higher education(FHs) • studying is free of cost, financial support (Bafög) is possible

  15. Wages and deductions • Lohn-/Einkommenssteuer (19,9% to 48,5%; tax exemption limit from 7.235€ for singles and 14.471 € for couples) • Steuerklassen (tax bands) und Steuertabelle (tax table) • Tax declaration (Einkommenssteuererklärung) • Church tax (8%) • Solidaritätszuschlag (5%) • Social security (½ employer, ½ employee) • Krankenversicherung (12-14,5%) • Pflegeversicherung (1,7%) • Rentenversicherung (19,1%) • Arbeitslosenversicherung (6,5%)

  16. Accomodation • Renting normally no problem • Newspaper advertisements, city magazine (e.g. Tipp, Zitty) or internet • Real estate agent • Apartment-sharing centrese.g. www.mitwohnzentrale.de

  17. Interesting Internetsites • www.arbeitsagentur.de • www.deutschland.de • www.germany-info.org (facts about Germany) • www.dwelle.de • www.auswaertiges-amt.de • www.meinestadt.de • www.berlin.de • www.germany-tourism.de

  18. Berlin: „It´s a poor but sexy city“ (Mr Wowereit) • Positive: • Low costs of living • Low costs of renting industrial estates • Superb cultural life • Exciting nightlife • The place to be for designers (clothes etc) • Negative: • Very difficult labour market situation • Hardly any industry other than government, tourism, fairs, call centres

  19. Berlin: „It´s a poor but sexy city“ (Mr Wowereit) • Positive: • Low costs of living • Low costs of renting industrial estates • Superb cultural life • Exciting nightlife • The place to be for designers (clothes etc) • Negative: • Very difficult labour market situation • Hardly any industry other than government, tourism, fairs, call centres

  20. EURES Germany 2003

  21. Euroguidance Germany 2003 Flensburg Kiel Rostock Lübeck Berlin Südwest Stade Hamburg Bremen Frankfurt/Oder Magdeburg Rheine Dresden Erfurt Aachen Frankfurt Pirna Trier Nürnberg Rastatt Passau Ulm München Lörrach Rosenheim

  22. Berlin European Service Teams 2004 ? Flensburg ? Rostock Hamburg Bremen ? Hannover ' Magdeburg Europaservice Dortmund ? Köln Erfurt ' Frankfurt/M ? ? Trier Nürnberg Saarbrücken ' ' ? Raststatt ? Stuttgart München Konstanz

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