HI everyone! I am new to this board... and so far find it very helpfull. I spent one year in Germany back in 1992 (when I was still in highschool), and I do speak some German. Now, after 14 years of living in Canada I have decided to move back to Europe, and I am really intersted in moving to Germany.
I have studied graphic design and have been working in that field for the past 8 years... however, I do not necessarily care if I stay in that profession. What I wanted to ask it this (hoping that some of you may have more input): would someone like me have a fair chance of landing a job in Germany?? Considering I am a non-EU citizen, and need a job before being able to apply for working visa. Do you think companies are open to hiring someone from overseas??
Thanks ;-)
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General advice about job opportunities
Possibility of finding work as a non-EU citizen
Hey mate, im in the same boat as you - just that i live in Australia. (moved to Aust when i was 3, now nearly 20) wanting to go back to Germany for a 12 months Holiday Working visa to see if it is still what i want for later in life (even though i think it would be). I speak German, not 100% but enough to get through everyday life.
I hurd from what i've read on these forums and so forth is that Germany are one of the biggest trade countries in the world - they will prob look at employee's who speak both languages - german and english. I dunno, about other jobs such as graphic design (what i think sholdnt require a whole heap of german, unless you doing alot of writing for publishers and so forth) - enough to work in a team enviroment and get the message across to what they or you want for a end product.
Jobs, like salesperson (retail) like MediaMarkt would be of course best suited for excellent german. Trade jobs, that require not much communication (like stock picker)-(someone who picks stock to ship out to clients for retails ect). Enough German for everyday life small convostations. Apparently, also what i've read is that Germans are really efficent (something i belive aswell) and they just do the job at hand rather they keep socilizing for lunch or after work.
I say try and apply for jobs you are good at (eg: graphic design - what is very popular) and try your luck (if you dont try well you will never know?). If not, try and get a basic job and after abit of getting use to the German culture and maybe freshen up on your german skills you go for something higher and better.
Thats what i will be planning to do, i work in Retail at home atm Harvey Norman (very similar like Media Markt) but my german isnt efficent enough for retail in german, so i will start out with something basic for example stock pick or watever.
Anyway sorry for going on for abit but i tend to do that...lol. Anyway i hope i helped abit and if theres anything eles, give us a yell.
Regards, TJ
I hurd from what i've read on these forums and so forth is that Germany are one of the biggest trade countries in the world - they will prob look at employee's who speak both languages - german and english. I dunno, about other jobs such as graphic design (what i think sholdnt require a whole heap of german, unless you doing alot of writing for publishers and so forth) - enough to work in a team enviroment and get the message across to what they or you want for a end product.
Jobs, like salesperson (retail) like MediaMarkt would be of course best suited for excellent german. Trade jobs, that require not much communication (like stock picker)-(someone who picks stock to ship out to clients for retails ect). Enough German for everyday life small convostations. Apparently, also what i've read is that Germans are really efficent (something i belive aswell) and they just do the job at hand rather they keep socilizing for lunch or after work.
I say try and apply for jobs you are good at (eg: graphic design - what is very popular) and try your luck (if you dont try well you will never know?). If not, try and get a basic job and after abit of getting use to the German culture and maybe freshen up on your german skills you go for something higher and better.
Thats what i will be planning to do, i work in Retail at home atm Harvey Norman (very similar like Media Markt) but my german isnt efficent enough for retail in german, so i will start out with something basic for example stock pick or watever.
Anyway sorry for going on for abit but i tend to do that...lol. Anyway i hope i helped abit and if theres anything eles, give us a yell.
Regards, TJ
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