Marketing – Chancen und Herausforderungen für die BA

European Jobdays

in Porto October 29th / 30th 2013

International Placement Services (ZAV)

of the German Federal Employment Agency

Living and Working in Germany

What do we do? ZAV Incoming

Berlin Bremen

Dortmund

Erfurt

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Magdeburg

Nürnberg

Rostock

Stuttgart

Trier

Dresden

Bonn Placement for jobseekers from abroad

recruitment events countries across Europe

Placement for foreign graduates of German universities

Information and advice about the German labour market and employment opportunities

September 2013

Unemployed People:

2.848.948

Unemployment rate:

6.6 %

Western Germany:

5,7 %

Eastern Germany:

8,5 %

(according to statistics of the

federal employment agency)

the German Labour Market mercado de trabalho

Labour Market mercado de trabalho

Where are the jobs? – For University Graduates:

Mechanical engineers (e.g. automotive industry, engine building etc.)

Economic engineers (e.g. controller, human ressources, financial

accounting)

Electrical engineers (with knowledge in CAD and SPS S/6 and S/7 –

control technologies of industrial machines)

Specialized Doctors (from all faculties)

Specialists in Marketing and Sales

Labour Market mercado de trabalho

Where are the jobs? – Skilled Workers:

Technicians (e.g. maintainance and attandance of industrial machines)

Skilled Metal Workers (e.g. welders, CNC-turners)

Nurses (mostly for the care of the elderly)

Cooks

Skilled personnel in the hotel sector

Sales-Employees

Truck drivers

(for national and international transport)

Labour Market mercado de trabalho

The following jobs are hard to find – University Graduates:

Architects and Civil engineers

Masters of Arts and Social Sciences

Geographists and Geologists

Biologists

Journalists

Lawyers

Teachers

Assistant physicians

Labour Market mercado de trabalho

The following jobs are hard to find – Skilled workers

Construction Workers

in the Textile Industry

Agricultural Professions

as well as

Unskilled Workers

Social Security seguro social

5 branches of the Social Security System:

Health Insurance de saúde

Unemployment Insurance de desemprego

Pension de pensão

Care Insurance de cuidado

Accident Insurance de acidentes

Please find detailed information in English as well as in French on

www.deutsche-sozialversicherung.de

Social Security seguro social

Social Insurance Rates: (of your income)

50% 50%

Employer Employee

Health Insurance 13.95 % (average rate)

Unemployment Insurance 3.3 %

Pension 19.9 %

Care Insurance 1.95 %

Accident Insurance employer 100 %)

Social security rate for an employee: approx. 19.5% of income

Income salário

General information:

There are substantial differences between Western and Eastern

Germany.

In the eastern part workers earn one third less on average!

There is no statutory minimum wage in Germany!!

The relevance of „collective wage agreements“ decreases more

and more.

Most wages have to be negotiated directly with the employer!

Therefore applicants are often called on by the employers to tell

their idea about the income they would like to have.

Taxes impostos de salário

P. A. Y. E. (Pay As You Earn)

All deductions - contributions and taxes to be paid - will be

made automatically from your salary monthly by the employer

Free amount with no taxation: 7,664 € per year

• Income tax 15 % - 45 %

• Church tax 8 % - 10 % of income tax

(if member of a church)

• Solidarity tax 5,5 % of income tax

Example

Total income per year: 30,000 €

(single, 30 years old, no children, no member of a church)

tax: - 2.699,74 €

social security: - 6.183,75 €

duties total: - 8.883.49 € (approx. 30%)

income after deductions: 21,116.51 € (in 2008)

Gross Income (round figures) – per month

Doctor / medical specialist 3800 – 5500 €

Mechanical engineer 3000 – 4200 €

Teacher 3200 €

Business economist 2900 – 3700 €

Nurse 1800 - 2200 €

Metall worker 1700 – 2000 €

Maintainance worker 1900 – 2200 €

Electrician 1740 €

Educator 1780 €

Waiter 1320 €

Cook 1360 €

Truck driver 1730 €

Car mechanic 1700 – 2300 €

Costs of living custos da vida

Most common is it to rent an unfurnished appartement.

Rents for appartements: between 5€ (per square metre) up to 11€ - not

including costs for:

heating, electricity, gas, water supply, sewages, internet, telephone

Caution money has to be prepaid (ammount: mostly twice of the

monthly appartement rent without extra costs)

e.g. Magdeburg: 75 m² - approx.: 580 €/month (incl. extra costs)

same flat in Munich: 1.200 €/month.

Costs of living … and more custos da vida

Bread - 3,00 € (1 kg)

Beer (bar/restaurant) - 2,80 € (0.5 l)

Cup of coffee - 1,50 – 2,50 €

Coffee (package) - 5,00 € (500 gr.)

Bananas - 0,70 € (1 kg)

Cinema ticket - 4,50 – 8,00 € (3-D-Cinema > 13 € )

Petrol - 1,50 € per liter / 95 octane

Big Mac - 2,65 €

Cigarettes - 5,00- € (1 box with 17 cigarettes)

Bottle of wine - 2,20 € (0.75 l)

Public transport ticket - 2,00 €

Daily newspaper - 0,85 €

Finding a Job in Germany métodos da busca

Job Searching Methods:

Internet

EURES adviser

Private agencies

Temporary employment agencies

Job fairs

Direct contact with employer

Newspapers

Yellow pages

Finding a job and more métodos da busca

www.arbeitsagentur.de (biggest German job portal)

www.gelbeseiten.de (Yellow pages)

http://eures.europa.eu (EU-Commission/EURES)

www.ba-auslandsvermittlung.de (living & working abroad)

www.german-business-portal.info

www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de (Facts about Germany - available in many languages, e.g. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese etc.)

www.lets-go-europe.eu (all about living & working in Germany and also in Austria, Italy, Spain and Poland)

www.justlanded.com (practical things about Germany – finding a job, finding accommodation etc. – also in Portuguese, English,…)

www.lohnspiegel.de (income in Germany for several branches – only in German)

www.abadoor.de (register of online-portals of many German daily newspapers)

www.enic-naric.net (support for the recognition of degrees all over Europe)

www.young-germany.de (career, education & lifestyle guide)

www.deutsche-sozialversicherung.de (Official portal about German social security – also in English and French)

Applying for a Position aplicação

What do German employers expect from you?

Good German skills (!)

Often English skills

Professional experience in the relevant sector

Motivation

Assertiveness/ Authority

Ability to work in a team

Applying for a Position aplicação

Basic-Rules:

1. Application materials should be short and precise

2. Documents should indicate a differentiated picture of the applicant

3. Letter of application should be unique to the employer and the

position

4. No mistakes should appear in the application (grammer/spelling)

Your application should include:

CV and cover letter

photo (optional)

Use the Europass CV for your application!

https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/cvonline/

online application training

http://www.berufe.tv/BA/weitereFilme/?familyID=1000027&family=Be

werbungstraining

online application training for academics

https://lernboerse.arbeitsagentur.de/aktiv/media/akademiker/101005

_bewerbungstraining/index.htm

Applying for a Position aplicação

In a DIN A 4 folder (usually plastic) you should send the following:

1. Cover letter (typed)

2. CV/Resume (tabular)

3. (Passport-Photo (nice and serious looking picture))

4. Copies of School, University diplomas and any professional training

5. Copies of testimonials and letters of references

(Only mentioning names is not enough!)

When you have found a position:

When you have found a job ...

the employee:

Registers herself/himself at the local authorities and receives a german tax card, which has to be given to the employer

Registers at a health insurance institution and informs the employer about it

Receives after registration a social insurance number and card (by the employer)

Employer registers the new employee at the social insurance institutions (public or private). Health insurance, Pension insurance and unemployment insurance

Good to know - perhaps

In Germany you …

- should be mostly on time …

have to deal with lots of regulations …

should be and work reliable …

should not telephone too loud in public rooms …

football match …

- can do a lot of things in your leisure (concerts, pubs/bars, discos,

cinemas, theme parks etc.)

…. if you speak and undestand German

http://eures.europa.eu

www.eures.europa.eu conselheiros

www.eures.europa.eu conselheiros

www.jobboerse.arbeitsagentur.de

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