Careers Event | Get your foot in the door! Job search strategy for Berlin/Hamburg and Germany
Event Details
Host: Michael Ferenc, Careers Service Manager, BSBI
Venue: Room 308, Alte Post, Berlin Campus
Time: 13:00 Europe/Berlin
Date: 16 January 2024
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
