Careers Event | Get your foot in the door! Job search strategy for Berlin/Hamburg and Germany

This practical workshop will cover topics which are essential to any job-seekers new to the German labour market:

• different techniques of finding vacancies and available positions in Germany
• German online job portals – which are worth your time and which aren’t
• German-speaking or English-speaking? Which positions you should be applying to
• the “hidden job market” and how to get into it
• the specifics of creative industries – how to find art & design vacancies 
• speculative applications (Initiativbewerbung) – how to prepare and make these
• online networking portals (such as LinkedIn) as a job application tool

The workshop will last approximately 45 minutes with 15 minutes for Q&As. Students located at other BSBI campuses will be able to join via a Zoom link.

Places for remote attendance are also available. During registration indicate on Question 3 that you would be attending the event online.

Speakers:

Michael Ferenc, Careers Service Manager, BSBI

Martyna Zmijewska, Student Advisor Careers, BSBI

Paul Tran, Careers Advisor, BSBI