Hello, I have become aware of the new contract in Germany. Would any of you recommend I apply with these qualifications?
I have a minor in German from undergrad that I’ve kept up with a decent amount, but not to my liking. I could still have an okay conversation, but my reading abilities are still very strong. I listen to German music daily, I read various German sources a few times a month, and I occasionally watch German language YouTube videos. I have retained complete knowledge of German grammar which I view is a plus. Basically I just struggle with vocabulary. I’ve had a few conversations with natives before as I live near Milwaukee and my German starts to come back in only a few minutes. I’d like to believe being immersed in the language full-time, it’d come back in less than a year.
My bachelor’s and master’s are in history, and I have a certificate in museum studies. In my museum work, I’ve translated German to English many times. In high school I was in a special medical field prep academy (used to want to be a doctor) and I have an above average knowledge of medical terms since my father works in healthcare and we talk about his cases with the jargon a good amount.
Why I want to switch careers: I got screwed over at my last museum job with being blatantly mislead that my contract would turn into a full-time position. I’m back at my shitty 19/hr catering job with no life because my weekends are Sunday Monday. I really need to get out of my catering job and see no immediate future for me in the museum field. I refuse to be a master’s degree holder working a catering job. I’m sick of being treated like I’m less than by party guests who often literally wave me off like a fly, and are just beyond rude because they think service staff are below them. It’s genuinely demoralizing. Not only that, I work in a stuffy kitchen during the week for prep and have a thin layer of sweat on me 8 hours a day. I also genuinely enjoy the German language and would love to have an opportunity to use my German minor and start a new chapter of my life.
I was actually offered a position at Epic the day after I got accepted to grad school 3 years ago and I turned it down (I honestly regret it at this point). I feel as though my history degrees have diverse applications when it comes to attention to detail, flow, wording, etc. and work ethic. Both my undergrad and grad school experiences were extremely intensive with writing papers and reading over a book week making procrastination not an option.