Life in Germany, in Hamburg, a new start

After many months, I have decided to re start (yet again) writing about my life in Germany. For many reasons I haven't continued with this blog, but I have decided now to give it another try.

Today I want to talk about, because it was in fact a question left by one of the readers, how and where to look for a job in Germany and Specifically in Hamburg.

A good place to start, even if you don't speak German, is on the internet of course. These are one of the most popular websites to look for work in Germany, and many of them are in English as well:

http://www.monster.de
http://www.stepstone.de
http://www.jobscout24.de
http://www.meinestadt.de
http://www.jobs.de

If you are already in Hamburg, you can give a try to buy the Hamburg Abendblatt on the Weekend, and you will find also some postings there. Consider that the postings will be almost the same as what you will find in Jobscout24 in Hamburg.

You can also try the normal agencies for part time jobs like Adecco, Manpower, Kelly Services, etc. Notice that in some cases they will publish a Job like: "Do you speak English and have experience in logistics? Our client is looking for someone like you and...."; and in reality the job does not exist, they are gathering the data of people to present to their customers.

This is not so bad, as their clients my actually be interested in your profile. But I should mention it so you don't get high expectations if you get call for an interview at an agecy with a description like the one above. Still, perhaps it is a real job.

I must underline, you don't necessarily need to speak German when looking for a job, or even for the interview. Your contract however is very likely to be in German, and you want to be sure you know what you are actually signing; your duties, salary, etc. And don't forget that you will have to do your tax declaration and you will have to get yourself a health insurance, these documents won't be in English. You need at least someone willing to help you in these matters.