Employment agencies for foreigners in Germany

As far as any one knows are there any Employment Agencies that help people from other countries find work

http://www.arbeitsagentur.de/

What kind of work are you looking for?

Instead of creating a whole new thread I'll just use this one instead. I'm planning on living in Germany for roughly 3 months but I'd like to have some sort of temporary job there while I'm resident. I'd just like to do some labour like working on the buildings etc. No german language so I'm not sure of my chances of working while living there (probably 0% but I had to ask).

Thanks in advance.

Anyone able to help?

Dear Partridge, I would suggest you to learn some German before coming here, you could have some problems to find a flat, to register to the local authorities and to open a bank account.
You can find a job in an international company where English is spoken, but you do not say what your job is, so I cannot give you any advice.

For the type of work you are looking for i would just wander around building sites and see if they need cash in hand casual labour.

Clebo - I'm learning some German at the moment so I'll only know the basics when I arrive. What do you mean by registering to the local authorities?

Bluedave - Thanks. Is it difficult getting that type of work or should I come across it easily enough?

Not sure how it is now tbh There used to be quite a few guys here doing that kinda stuff but not so popular now. Depends where you are headed for too i guess, lots of building sites in Berlin i believe.

Always plenty of work in bars though.

Lack of german a problem in bars though!

Not in an Irish Pub it isn't !

Any German you would need could be learnt very easily.

Bier = beer, Vizky = Whisky etc

As soon as you arrive you have to register to the town hall ("Anmeldung")and get your tax card ("Lohnsteuerkarte").

The registration and tax card is the problem with legal work. Assuming they will even give you a work permit, the process for getting that, and then applying for the tax card takes around 3 months!

Partridge doesn´t need a work permit ... he´s Irish

So miwild, I still have to register at the town hall?

Yes, of course ... like anybody else residing in Germany (incl. all Germans)

Cool, just making sure!

just walked past o'reillys pub here in frankfurt in my lunch break and they have lots of signs up saying they are looking for staff.

p.s. - the registering bit will only take a morning, but you'll need an address first.

O'Reilly's

Cheers Rilana, will keep it in mind when I get there.

Ah so say I'm just in a hostel for the first couple of weeks while looking for a flat, I would just go to the town hall when I move into the flat?

No, you must register within 7 days of arrival, then re-register at the flat address when you move in.

So are you able to register a hostel/hotel address?! I thought you couldn't do that... I've been staying in a hotel for a week whilst looking for a flat and I was told to wait until I moved.

That's contrary to what I have been told; however, go with whatever local practice is.

Yes, do it as soon as you find a flat and have a contract!

I recently tried registering there, but one of the questions was for my Social Versicherungs Nummer (Social Security number) and of course it would not accept mine from the US, so trying to register from here was not possible for me, even though one of the menus does have the USA listed as a place of residence.