I am studying Automotive Masters in Germany and now considering specialising in Battery Systems domain. Is it worth pursuing this domain considered the scope of full time jobs in the future?

I form India and have shifted to manufacturing marketing which is b2b. My online marketing experience doesn't really count here. Manufacturing marketing is going to events and managing coordination.

My on paper role is Marketing Communications manager.

Total 8 years of experience in marketing with some gaps.

1 year at Amazon in CS.

What options do I have in Germany?

Has anyone taken Sandeep Khaira's course?

Berlin has the worst economic situation out of all major German cities. Furthermore the housing market is also the worst wich hits foreigners especially hard. The only job market advantages it has lies in some law firms/gouvernment jobs/NGO jobs and those jobs are mostly not accessible for expats.

So when you move to Berlin to do some ketamine in a techno club at a tuesday morning i get it since thats what you can do best in Berlin. But thats not what i observe here. Here are some indian IT guys who try to get a career in germany. So why is it that all germans i know who try to get a career move to Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf etc. but all the foreigners in this subthread move to Berlin?

I finally signed a job offer after applying and reaching out since February.
thought I'd write some tips from my personal experience because I tried everything and was desperate. For context (foreigner, but got my masters in the UK ).

my early mistakes: just applying without customizing my CV for each role and without reaching out or following up.

after hundreds of "unfortunately", I started customizing my CV for each role (I did not use any paid tools here, just ChatGPT with a don't make it feel like it was ai generated instruction) too much work ik but worth it. Also (and this is the best tip I wish I knew earlier), LOOK FOR MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES YOU FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A WORD IN THE COMPANY, you can usually find them in the job description or have "manager" "director" in their job title. Send them a LinkedIn request, if they accept, >90% of the time you can see their email in the contact info in their profile, shoot them a very short email (one or two sentences) asking for a call or advise.

Finally, I caved and tried a couple paid tools too, ngl, but I only liked these 2 (not affiliated, no ad, they don't even know I exist):

PitchHired (finds hiring managers and generates personalized outreach emails)

Simplify (application autofill).

One final tip for non UK residents mainly, apply more to startups ☻.

Hope this helped, good luck!

Hey everyone,

I’m 19 from Morocco and honestly just looking for some advice or even just some positive words because keeping up the consistency completely alone in my room is starting to get really tough.

My original plan was to move to Germany for university, but the blocked account (Sperrkonto) is a massive financial wall for me and my family. Freezing that much money just isn't possible right now. Then I found out about Ausbildung, which felt perfect since you get a stipend and don't need that huge amount of money upfront.

To start preparing, I saved up and went to a private language academy here in Morocco. Long story short, I got scammed. They took a lot of my money, the teaching was non-existent, and I learned barely anything compared to what I paid. I was so depressed and stressed about the money loss that I completely quit German for a while.

But this last month I realized I can't let that scam school ruin my future. I'm 19 and I need to make this work. Since I can't afford another school, I decided to self-study the rest of the way.

Right now my level is around a solid A1 (I know basic structure, word order, modals, and basic Dativ rules), but my goal is to hit B1 by October so I can start applying for Ausbildungs.

I made a schedule to study 4 hours every single morning, but doing this totally isolated is mentally heavy and some days I feel stuck.

For anyone who self-studied from A1 to B1:

• How did you stay consistent when you felt overwhelmed or unmotivated?
• Are there any good free/cheap resources that actually worked for writing and listening?

Any tips or just some encouragement would mean the world to me right now. It’s been a rough couple of weeks but I really want to pull this off.

Thanks guys.

Wanted to share an immigrant success story to those who may be losing hope. I received a job offer that will allow me to migrate to Berlin for a job. I am impressed by the large number of english speaking jobs in the city, and expect that it will continue to grow. I'm looking forward to making Berlin my home. Yes The economy is rough, but dont do what I did. I suggest you come anyway before finding the job, and you will find a job eventually.

I am 35, have a Masters degree in Chemistry in Germany (I am also german), and have been stuck in a professional, low paid dead end for a few years now.

I graduated at the end of 2019, meaning my entry into the job market coincided exactly with the first wave of Corona (a terrible combination, to say the least in my experience). After a long search, I compromised back then and took a position below my qualification level. I just wanted to gain work experience somehow and didnt want be on gov. benefits.

Now, Im in a minimally better-paying job (a technician position for an HPLC analytical service provider) with a good working atmosphere and a relatively high amount of working from home, but with zero growth perspective and a pretty bad pay. The work is mostly routine, almost like assembly line work. I absolutely hate it. The incredibly poor pay (even though I am the assistent team leader) is one thing; the incredibly monotonous, dead-end work is another. I just hate it. Ive realized that I enjoy tinkering and troubleshooting much more than the office-job part of it. Honestly, Id rather maintain wind turbines than do my current job.

Over the last four months, Ive sent out about 50 applications (broadly spread across lab/team management, QM/QA, IT-related roles, hazardous materials management, and the public sector). The response has been minimal: just two interviews, both of which ultimately led nowhere. In two weeks, I have an appointment with a career counselor who will look over my application materials. I just can't imagine that it's only down to me (though that seems like the most obvious explanation). I am well aware that Ive botched my "career." For the first few years, I was able to drown it out a bit and fill the void with hobbies (the work-life balance is actually quite good at this company), but by now, this feeling of failure is really taking a toll on my psyche.

I am seriously considering whether a complete change of direction, for instance into a technical trade like an electrician, industrial mechanic, or something similar, would make more sense than continuing the job search in chemistry. Ive also thought about doing a state technical traineeship (though I suspect nothing will come of that either) or becoming a teacher (but Im not good with kids, and I don't want to put either myself nor the kids through that). Another idea would be a dual study program in tax administration.

Does anyone have any advice on how to turn this around?

I am a recently graduated student and am getting no calls as a fresher in the domain of Java backend. Should I learn data analysts and get the job to grow more ? Please help !

Would anyone be able to pay 95€ in cash to the DDR Museum within the next 2 days. I will paypal you the 95€ for the payment and after completion I will pay an additional 100€. Dm if you are able/interested.

HI Guys, I am planning to go to Germany for Master Studies Most Probably Roatock But along with all Other Challenges, one I want to work is securing student part time Job.

So my question from you all is that at which skill along with language I should work on to secure job as soon as possible

Your kind guidance will means alot for me. ☺

Thank you

I'm building a job search tool (solo, still rough). One feature is filtering out jobs that require German, because when I moved here, I wasted so many applications on ads that looked English-friendly but weren't.

So I ran my classifier over the ~90k live ads the tool tracks (about 76k had enough text to classify). The results surprised me in both directions.

The good news: 28,411 ads more than a third , are genuinely open without German, acctually more than I expected.

The trap: of all the ads that look "English OK", more than a third (17,091) actually require a different language — "fluent Dutch", "native Polish", "C1 Danish" — buried somewhere in paragraph four, soan ad being written in English means nothing.

The location cliff: Berlin has 793 of the city-based English-friendly jobs, Munich 414 — and then it falls off hard: Zurich 118, Hamburg 73, Frankfurt 57, Stuttgart 28. If you're not in Berlin or Munich, remote is not plan B. It's the plan.

And it's not just startups, right now that includes engineering at Bosch, backend roles at JetBrains, customer success at GetYourGuide, plus Red Bull, Canonical and ~2,800 others.

Tell me your field and city and I'll tell you what's actually open right now , I have the live data in front of me. and actually i have the list with the jobs, but I dont know why i cant link it here :-(. if anywant wants it i can send it , it completely free

Good afternoon. I have a question: I’m a male nurse living in Upper Bavaria, and given the high rents and the difficulty of finding housing, I’m thinking of moving to Saxony or other states in the former East Germany. However, many of my colleagues say that the pay is poor, jobs are scarce, and foreigners aren't well-liked there (I’m Russian, if that matters). So, I’d like to hear from people who have made that move or currently live in the East—is it really that bad, or is it just bullshit spouted by local idiots?

Hi everyone,
I’m looking for any advice or ideas because I’m honestly feeling a bit lost.
My German is currently at an A1 level, and I’m still learning.

I have a condition that affects the joints in my hands, so doing things is painful. Even doing housework, like vacuuming once a week, can be difficult for me.

Do you have any ideas about what kind of jobs I could do in Germany? At the moment I honestly have no idea what options might be suitable for someone in my situation.

Diploma: hospitality business, but we have no HQ in my city, to be working in the office.

I’d really appreciate any suggestions or personal experiences. Thank you!

UPDATE: Spoke to the lawyer, and this is the information I got:

1. I need to negotiate the language of the agreement heavily for the outcome to be in my favour (reason for termination, severance amount, reference letter, and NDA)
2. I can take my chances by rejecting it, but the company can also just terminate my contract and take their chances in court. Proceedings usually take a long time.

I am torn between retaining a lawyer to negotiate the terms and then signing it, or rejecting it and gamble with my mental health by staying.

At the end of last year, I was offered a termination agreement from my company, citing poor performance evaluation for the first time in 3 years.

After consulting with a lawyer, I decided to reject the offer, and continued with my company. It has been 6 months since and aside from some health issues that kept me from work for a couple of weeks, I have done all I can to improve my performance. However, the overall evaluation has not changed.

2 days ago I was called into another meeting from HR and offered a new termination agreement.

Changes from previous agreement:
Severance offered has been increased significantly. but only valid if signed within a week. Otherwise it will drop by 25%

I have been wanting to get out of the industry I am in for a while now, so the offer is not bad on its face value. However I have some significant concerns:

1. I just submitted my citizenship application last month. Accepting this will be taking a huge risk of not finding a new job within the gardening leave period (3 months) and putting my application on pause.
2. Accepting it will bring on all the same issues of ALG1 being put on hold for 3 months, also I don’t know how this will reflect on my citizenship application that I am already on assistance programs.
3. Would there be come massive issues if I end up taking a much less paying jobs (since I am trying to pivot to a new industry) and how would that reflect on my citizenship application.

From my previous experience of talking to lawyers (I have since gotten legal insurance), I realise that I can always reject the offer and continue unless they have legal grounds for termination, however I have already been working for 6 months with this cloud over my head which is not pleasant. How should I navigate this?

I will be accelerating my job search and try to pivot as soon as possible, however with the citizenship application being processed and the possibility of going on ALG1, I need some advice on what would be the safest and best choice.

I have completed my MSc (Business Psychology) from a German university and I'm now looking for PhD opportunities. I have already tried cold emailing (very low response rate) and postings for job opportunities on University boards as well as LinkedIn (these are posted very erratically, I do try my best to apply but finding the postings is a huge task in itself).

Was wondering if there are other avenues I'm missing? Sorry if this question has already been asked and answered here, I didn't find any such posts yet though. Thanks in advance and happy to provide more info if required.

I’m in Germany and after 10 successful years here, I speak the language so fluently that people think I’m from here. In the last 3-4 years I’ve consistently been burning out after 2 years into a job. I get bored, I feel that the work isn’t stimulating enough and I feel it’s not meaningful.

Now I fall sick and get a pre-cancerous condition and I become obsessed with healthcare. I want to work as a surgical tech or anaesthesia tech and I can learn this fully funded without going into debt.

The place I work at is closing down anyway so I’m on the market and I passed some interviews with flying colors and I have the final round. They are ready to pay six figures. But somehow my mind is fighting me to not go to a field in which I became so sick.

What would you do? Is healthcare as bad as they show it to be with burnout, toxic colleagues etc? My family ain’t supportive of this decision. But I get so excited thinking about anatomy, medication and feel that this field will not be taken over by AI..

Hi everyone! I'm looking for a part-time job in Germany. I already work remotely for a company in my home country, so I'm looking for flexible work during my free time.

I'm open to jobs such as:

• Warehouse/ packing
• Kitchen assistant
• Café or restaurant work
• Delivery
• Event staff
• General labor or other flexible jobs

If you know of any opportunities, please send me a message. Thank you!

I'm a 25M, in Hamburg on an opportunity card. It's been almost 4 months now having come here. I couldn't even land a part-time job. They're asking for Other kinds of visa or they're just saying there are no positions available. I've applied online at McD, KFc and Burger King but there's no response for any. Can you please suggest me how I can find a part-time job. It would be very helpful to find an opportunity.