Work in Germany

[ShefferShane11]

Hello!

My name is Shane, and this August I turn 17. This question is directed towards the LTT community in Frankfurt (Germany).

A couple months ago i moved to Frankfurt and I am looking for work. I speak Danish, Hebrew and English. It is hard to find work in my situation.

I need help finding work, and all feedback or suggestions are welcome. Tech related jobs are of course an option i would like, as well as anything related to photography.

I will try to answer all questions :)

[Lurking]

43 minutes ago, ShefferShane11 said:

Hello!

My name is Shane, and this August I turn 17. This question is directed towards the LTT community in Frankfurt (Germany).

A couple months ago i moved to Frankfurt and I am looking for work. I speak Danish, Hebrew and English. It is hard to find work in my situation.

I need help finding work, and all feedback or suggestions are welcome. Tech related jobs are of course an option i would like, as well as anything related to photography.

I will try to answer all questions

If you live in Germany and you want to work there.... what stops you from learning at least some German? You also don't list any skill or what you are really willing to do.

 

Job market is strong with open positions. I'm sure being open to speak German and willing to do the dirty jobs will open a door. Your dream photography job may have to wait.

 

And looking locally may be better than on an International forum.

[XWAUForceflow]

Yeah, some more information for what you are actually looking for and what sort of qualifications you have would really help. Depending on the type of work you look for speaking German is not a must but it would really help you out. As such I highly suggest to check out your local Volkshochschule (https://vhs.frankfurt.de/de/) and check for available courses to learn German if you haven't done so already.

Anything further than that would really require more information about what you can and are willing to do. It is an employees market in Germany right now, the service industry is desperately looking for employees but here speaking German is pretty much a must in most cases. Photography is a bit more specialized, harder to get into. Really depends on your existing skillset, and since it's a job that often requires a lot of customer interaction language skills are again pretty important.

[ShefferShane11]

On 7/30/2023 at 4:40 PM, Lurking said:

If you live in Germany and you want to work there.... what stops you from learning at least some German? You also don't list any skill or what you are really willing to do.

 

Job market is strong with open positions. I'm sure being open to speak German and willing to do the dirty jobs will open a door. Your dream photography job may have to wait.

 

And looking locally may be better than on an International forum.

Thanks for the reply!

I'm currently learning german, and i can't find anything on local sites.

I posted here in hope that someone from Frankfurt sees this post and helps me

[ShefferShane11]

On 7/30/2023 at 5:50 PM, XWAUForceflow said:

Yeah, some more information for what you are actually looking for and what sort of qualifications you have would really help. Depending on the type of work you look for speaking German is not a must but it would really help you out. As such I highly suggest to check out your local Volkshochschule (https://vhs.frankfurt.de/de/) and check for available courses to learn German if you haven't done so already.

Anything further than that would really require more information about what you can and are willing to do. It is an employees market in Germany right now, the service industry is desperately looking for employees but here speaking German is pretty much a must in most cases. Photography is a bit more specialized, harder to get into. Really depends on your existing skillset, and since it's a job that often requires a lot of customer interaction language skills are again pretty important.

Thanks for the reply!

Im currently learning german.

I haven't finished gymnasium yet, and so I'm looking for jobs that doesn't require any experience, as i don't have any.

In regards to photography, for the last 3 of years I have used my dad's camera (Nikon D5200) and one of the reasons I want a job is to buy a new lens for the camera, and then a laptop for editing and other stuff.

I am also actively looking for a job in local supermarkets such as Rewe, Aldi, Lidl and Penny. I think that finding a simple non tech related job in a tech workplace can help me finding a tech related job after or during my learning period in the university.

I now realize my first post wasn't clear. Please note if some information is missing.

[XWAUForceflow]

Okay, this clears up a lot of information. In all honesty your best bet would be something in the service industry, wait-staff is really needed pretty much anywhere. Of course that is also hard work with bad hours, but most likely your best bet when it comes to student jobs. Depending on what type of restaurant/pub you'll end up working with, not knowing German might be okay. Not sure if the supermarkets are really looking for people just looking for a side job (I am assuming you want to do this while going to university as well) but always worth asking, lot's of places a have hard time fining any people right now.

 

All in all I wouldn't really worry too much about finding something non-tech in the tech industry. Tech companies tend to no longer have any non-tech jobs since all that stuff is outsourced and there's really no benefit to it in my opinion.

 

One thing you could look at is a traditional 'Ausbildung' in combination with the 'Berufsschule'. Though if you are set for going to university that's most likely not your thing. But it might be a good way to get an IT related job-training (which tends to be fairly well paid) and a step into the IT world. (Or some other tech related jobs) If you are into IT I do know a pretty good company that does the Fachinformatiker-Ausbildung in your area, though you will need to know more than just basic German for that.

If you are serious about photography you could also try and find photographers that offer the Ausbildung. Might be harder to find as it's not a field that's quite so sought after, but might also be a good step.

In my opinion it's an often overlooked possibility to get real work experience, job-training with an official degree and often also the chance to directly start with the company that does the training to get a full-time job after you are done. I did that myself and it paid off very well.

 

While I don't actually live that far away from Frankfurt it's still too far to know of any local places that might offer a job. But you should really check out the Berufsausbildung and see if there's something there for you.

[ShefferShane11]

19 hours ago, XWAUForceflow said:

Okay, this clears up a lot of information. In all honesty your best bet would be something in the service industry, wait-staff is really needed pretty much anywhere. Of course that is also hard work with bad hours, but most likely your best bet when it comes to student jobs. Depending on what type of restaurant/pub you'll end up working with, not knowing German might be okay. Not sure if the supermarkets are really looking for people just looking for a side job (I am assuming you want to do this while going to university as well) but always worth asking, lot's of places a have hard time fining any people right now.

 

All in all I wouldn't really worry too much about finding something non-tech in the tech industry. Tech companies tend to no longer have any non-tech jobs since all that stuff is outsourced and there's really no benefit to it in my opinion.

 

One thing you could look at is a traditional 'Ausbildung' in combination with the 'Berufsschule'. Though if you are set for going to university that's most likely not your thing. But it might be a good way to get an IT related job-training (which tends to be fairly well paid) and a step into the IT world. (Or some other tech related jobs) If you are into IT I do know a pretty good company that does the Fachinformatiker-Ausbildung in your area, though you will need to know more than just basic German for that.

If you are serious about photography you could also try and find photographers that offer the Ausbildung. Might be harder to find as it's not a field that's quite so sought after, but might also be a good step.

In my opinion it's an often overlooked possibility to get real work experience, job-training with an official degree and often also the chance to directly start with the company that does the training to get a full-time job after you are done. I did that myself and it paid off very well.

 

While I don't actually live that far away from Frankfurt it's still too far to know of any local places that might offer a job. But you should really check out the Berufsausbildung and see if there's something there for you.

Thank you! It helped a lot