Jobs in Berlin: A Total Overview

Do not limit your search to just a couple of job boards. As it costs business more to advertise on bigger job boards, many business choose to promote on smaller, less popular listing sites. Many smaller start-ups even pick to post on Facebook groups as these listings tend to be free.

The larger job boards are undoubtedly much more well understood, and for that reason can be much more competitive. If you spread your time evenly between large job boards, smaller sized listing websites and Facebook groups, you will get excellent protection of the chances that are out there. To help you, we have compiled a list of our favourite task boards in Germany.

✅ Get a German number and referall.us list your German address on your CV

Get a German telephone number as quickly as possible and list this on your CV in addition to your German address. The more indicator you can offer to employing managers/recruiters that you are major and committed to living in Germany (and are currently in the country) the much better – a German number and address is a basic and reliable way to do this!

If using from overseas, using your global number is no issue and is better than supplying no number at all. Make sure you include the international calling code to make it as simple as possible for hiring managers/recruiters to get hold of you.

✅ Open applications

It is common in Germany to send out open applications. If you are interested in a specific business or field, but there are not any appropriate functions promoted, do not think twice to send in your CV and cover letter detailing why you wish to work for that particular company and what you could provide.

While this might seem quite speculative, it might well settle in the long term. We have actually discovered this approach to be especially successful in the hospitality sector – if you are trying to find a hospitality task in Berlin, we advise sending out open applications to all of the hospitality organizations noted here and you will likely get some positive actions!

✅ Knowledge of the German task market

Recruiters/hiring supervisors in Germany are animals of familiarity and anticipate to see specific things in your application. This mainly connects to your CV, which ought to abide by a ‘German-style’. For some CV ideas, see the CV area listed below.

✅ Apply to various kinds of role

Berlin has an extremely high proportion of part-time tasks in addition to a blossoming freelance market. Instead of limit your search to full-time positions, think about other positions that may allow you to get your foot in the door with a company.

In Germany, there are also a large number of ‘mini-jobs‘, which pay under EUR450 a month and are exempt from income tax. A variety of mini-jobs held at the same time can work as a means of covering your living expenditures – these might not be open to you if you need a work visa to live in Germany however are a definite alternative for EU/EEA people and those on an Operating Holiday/Youth Mobility Visa.

✅ Always go to the source

If you see a task marketed on a task board, it is most likely that the company will have other tasks promoted in other places. Always keep in mind to examine each business’s own career page for full listings of readily available jobs in Berlin as they will likely only promote a handful of their openings on external job boards.

Using our business listings, you can easily discover your way to companies’ own profession pages.

✅ Network, network, network

Network anywhere and whenever possible whether it be at job fairs, recruitment occasions or industry meetups. You can find networking events listed on Eventbrite and on Meetup.

Other good networking arenas are the city’s lots of co-working areas, which host a big number of occasions and workshops. The similarity Factory Berlin, Betahaus and Sankt Oberholz are fantastic domains for communicating with freelance specialists and start-up business owners.

Job-related Facebook groups in Berlin are likewise a terrific place to come into contact with regional employers, employers, working with supervisors, etc who will typically post openings, articles and blog posts in these groups.

✅ Provide detailed applications

Rather than merely draining applications for any task you can discover in Berlin, take time over each application to guarantee that it is adapted to the function made an application for. Spare time for adjusting your CV to the role and make certain you compose a cover letter that is plainly connected to the task description and requirements.

As a minimum, send a CV and cover letter, however also offer written referrals, links to individual sites and portfolios if these are relevant to the position.

✅ Search smart

When searching task boards, do not only utilize ‘English’ as a keyword as this will only bring up a restricted choice of English tasks. Also search utilizing English terms related to the function you are looking for, e.g. look for ‘Customer Service’ or ‘Content Manager’. Varying the English keyword mixes will bring up a much broader variety of search results page.

✅ Referrals

Most big companies in Berlin provide generous recommendation rewards for staff members who refer prospects for positions. These are generally EUR1000 – 2000 perks per recommendation that is worked with.

Therefore, a wise tactic can be to ask an employee (through LinkedIn) at a company that you want to work for to refer you for a position. Due to the reward, a lot of employees will more than happy to refer you and this will usually make sure that your application is prioritised by a hiring manager/recruiter.

✅ Tracking

Track all your applications on a spreadsheet with the date you used, who the recruiter/hiring is and any other crucial information. This will help you keep track of your applications for following up with business.