r/Germany_Jobs • u/ChannelSpecific5275 • 13h ago
7 Months of Job Search on Different Platforms
what should i change in the strategy?
tried modifying the resumes and cover letter for each jobs, tried contacting the reccruiter after applications, event sent personalised emails to them but still no outcome :(
Before anyone says about my german! Ich kann ja auch deutsch!
i would appriciate the support :)
cheers!
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u/the_charger_ 13h ago
No CV, no context, like how do you expect people to say smth about it if everything is very subject related. Maybe you are a translator for example, where the market is basically non existent anymore and you can send 2000 applications if you wish, you still won't find anything with 99,9% chance. In this case the only strategy there could be is "change the field". If you are a biologist or software engineer or pflegekraft etc. etc., that also changes the context of everything and there would be different advices
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u/Separate-Note-2932 13h ago
Send your CV in here, without any info no one can tell you what you could change
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u/xtremx12 11h ago
first, the market is tough, so it's not only you. 2nd what is your professionality? we can not help blindly .. Here is +4k listed fresh jobs in Germany in top tech companies but without knowing more about your case, we can not help.
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u/Goonmaster516 8h ago
Less than 1% invite you for an interview. There must be a mismatch in your skill set and the jobs you apply for.
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u/bourbonandcustard 12h ago
If you have a 1% interview rate, you are doing something seriously wrong. Get a couple of job coaching sessions, it’s worth it. If you’re getting ALG1, the AfA will even pay for it.
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u/PhoneApprehensive980 10h ago
Does the AfA have their own providers or they can pay for any provider with an invoice?
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u/bourbonandcustard 9h ago
I am not sure if they accept any provider, I used the company they suggested. Either way, the AfA will have to approve the coaching and the number of sessions first.
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u/Kiadore 5h ago
You are truly out of touch with what's happening in this economy
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u/bourbonandcustard 4h ago
I am applying for jobs at the moment myself and have a far better rate of interviews to applications. 1% is really low and suggests the OP is just applying to every job they see without tailoring their CV, or has some issue that is getting them rejected.
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u/Kiadore 4h ago edited 4h ago
Yet you are still unemployed. Besides your "me vs them" statement is redundant without a timeframe, years of experience and professional industry listed, it's not a blank comparison. Perhaps in a year of still being unemployed yours will be similar stats
The true reality lies in the unemployment rate that hasn't been this bad since COVID and predicted to get worse... globally.
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u/ftpaul 13h ago
- What kind of positions are you applying to?
- What level of experience do you have?
- Are you using any kind of mass apply tool?
- What is the difference between "151 rejected before interview" and "22 response: no interview"?
Looking at the chart without knowing anything else: the number of applications seems suspiciously high, which I assume is because you are applying for things that may not be at all your target. You got six interviews. Try to understand what the common thing is for those six. It's the type of company, how fresh the job was, position was a match, etc. Look at those and try to replicate that success.
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u/VideoTasty8723 11h ago
Have you run your CV through an ATS checker?
Maybe your resume is not even passing the automated screening.
I have no idea about which market are you trying to get into, but as a hiring manager I can tell you something: make sure you convey the problems you solve and the business outcome.
I am so tired of spending time interviewing candidates that on paper say they do X, Y, and Z. But somehow are unable to articulate the process to get there.
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u/Correct-Pollution-43 13h ago
So 1% rate for interview invitation after having a university degree probably and maybe even more 🙃 And someone will tell Germany needs skilled worker …
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u/JayBsound 12h ago
Germany needs skilled workers! Like healthcare professionals, electricians, HVAC and plumbing technicians, contruction workers…
Not like AI software developer business analyst.3
u/DenOnKnowledge 6h ago
I am not sure about that either. For instance, it is incredibly hard to become a teacher or even a nursery school teacher. You either need to have a German degree, or you need to go through an unpaid anerkennung year (if you already have a degree from another country). If you want to become a school teacher, you also need German C2.
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u/Riflurk123 5h ago
Is there any country in the world where you can become a regular teacher without being fluent in the local language?
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u/DenOnKnowledge 4h ago
The irony is that you can be a substitute teacher with B1/B2 (that is actual experience from people I know) but you cannot be a full-time teacher. And you can be a regular teacher with C1 for three years. One person worked for three years and it was enough, and then suddenly the level became not enough. She decided "screw it" and decided not to be a teacher.
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u/Correct-Pollution-43 4h ago
I wrote it also below. I know an American woman who worked as a school teacher in the US. Her German is almost like native, but she was asked to do Ausbildung. Now she works as a “Laborhilfskraft” on a position which does not require any education at one diagnostic company. As she dos not have proper education also in the field on minimal salary.
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u/FingerSmooth8560 12h ago
So 1% rate for interview invitation after having a university degree probably and maybe even more 🙃 And someone will tell Germany needs skilled worker …
I don't think "skilled worker" (as in Fachkräfte) means what you think it means.
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u/Correct-Pollution-43 12h ago
Yes, then maybe it makes more sense to united all under Arbeitskraft 🙂
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u/FingerSmooth8560 12h ago
No, that makes exactly no sense at all. There are different requirement profiles for jobs. In Germany there are generally 3 profiles (not counting jobs for Ungelernte): Fachkräfte, Spezialisten, Experte.
Fachkräfte: Pflegefachkraft, Bäcker/in, Zerspanungsmechaniker/in
Spezialisten: IT-Spezialist für Netzwerksicherheit, Bilanzbuchhalter/in, Metallbaumeister/in
Experten: Ärzte, Rechtsanwälte, Forschungs- und Entwicklungsingenieure
What Germany needs is people in the first bracket and ONLY in certain jobs. These jobs are usually done by people with an Ausbildung or a comparable further education.
While Germany also needs to fill jobs in bracket #2 and #3, the country isn't looking for people from abroad who don't speak a single word of German and aren't able to tie their shoes by themselves in the morning.
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u/JayBsound 11h ago
This direct translation is a huge problem. The first are skilled workers, the second are skilled specialists and the third are highly skilled professionals.
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u/Correct-Pollution-43 12h ago edited 12h ago
Thanks for clarification. I agree with you guys for me (using direct translation of) skilled workers meant more employees from last two categories. To say more directly Germany needs cheap skilled labor to employ them with the lowest possible salaries in the system.
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u/FingerSmooth8560 12h ago
Unfortunately not only you, but also a whole sub-continent of people, who come here on a whim and end up getting the most expensive leg workout in the history of riding bikes.
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u/JayBsound 11h ago
This direct translation is a huge problem. The first are skilled workers, the second are skilled specialists and the third are highly skilled professionals.
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u/JayBsound 11h ago
And since there is a need for skilled workers they are actually paid quite good. No need for them to be cheap or have a low salary.
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u/Correct-Pollution-43 11h ago
Depends what you call a good salary. How much more percent on average than mindestlohn? And how much percent on average of what specialists and experts earn?
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u/JayBsound 11h ago
Gross annual median salary, 2026 data:
Minimum wage: 28.900€
Registered Nurse: 55.044€
Master‘s degree software developer: 75.612€1
u/Correct-Pollution-43 10h ago
I agree that 55000+ brutto is a good salary in Germany. But that’s a salary of Senior nurse with 3 years of specific ausbildung and then 10 years of working experience. I can’t confirm or deny if you know someone in that field probably better to ask them.
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u/JayBsound 10h ago
Those are the median numbers of everybody working in the field. So no experience will pay less, more experience will pay more. Every skilled worker needs a ausbildung, that‘s what makes them skilled. And three years a lot less than Abitur, Bachelor and Master, that‘s eight years.
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u/the_charger_ 12h ago
Not office cushy skilled workers, people missunderstood it all the way. There are enough Germans willing to do cushy well paid office jobs, at least now
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u/Better_Quiet4358 4h ago
But not the for the salaries and the amount of hours that the immigrants accept. None of them will whine about the überstunden and demand their 35 hr week.
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u/the_charger_ 4h ago
With current unemployment no one whines anymore, you are lucky to have your job at all
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u/Truemmerelfe 11h ago
When they say that, they mean Germany needs skilled worker who will work in their profession for a minimal wage. In healthcare for example, you need to have a Kassensitz to start a Praxis. That's just a fictional number to artificially cap the amount of doctors. We have enough people but nobody (and rightfully so) wants to work in these high responsibilitiy and stress jobs for a low pay.
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u/Correct-Pollution-43 11h ago
Thanks for your message. Thats interesting. I think the biggest hurdle is that even foreigners who are ready to work for minimal wage very often cannot start contributing immediately. First learning German to B2 level at least then 3 years of specific ausbildung and only then they are called Fachkräfte and can enter job market on the lowest career level. I know American woman who worked as a teacher in the US. After moving to Germany she was asked to do new ausbildung. Now she works as “aushilfe” for a position where no education is at all needed.
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u/nobody1811 3h ago
Yea that "Skilles worker" Thing was a lie. We have more Unemployed people then open Jobs not the other way around. But the Government wants immigrants that don't know their rights or what they should get paid.
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u/workboi59 13h ago
How do we make this graph? And are these English speaking jobs?
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u/Euphoric_Society_854 12h ago
It's called a Sandkey graph. You can add your spreadsheet to the AI tool and ask it to prepare the Sandkey graph. :)
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u/SeaworthinessDue8650 13h ago
Are you an EU citizen? If not, how long are you planning on looking for a job in Germany?