The top cities in Germany attract a lot of PhD graduate students for their lucrative job market. Let’s look at the top cities in the country for international students.
- Berlin, the capital of Germany is known to offer jobs in the marketing sector.
- Frankfurt is a hub for the financial sector
- Munich is known for its automobile industry
Since Germany has a skilled labour shortage of more than 400,000 people, PhD graduates can conveniently get a job in Germany. Here is how international students can find jobs in Germany post degree completion -
1. Public German Job Sites
The Federal Employment Agency is one of the largest recruiting service providers in Germany. It has more than 700 offices in the country and has a platform named “International Placement Service” through which international students can find work. Make a profile on their website and mention your qualifications to get matched with a job position.
2. Private German Job Sites
There are several websites through which PhD graduate students can search for specialised jobs.
- Academics is a website where students can look for research-related work
- Jobware for vacancies in the field of management
- Staufenbiel and Stepstone for internships and graduate jobs
- Students can also check Jobooh for working in startups.
3. German Recruitment Agencies
International students who have completed their PhH course from German universities can also look for a job position in "German Yellow Pages" which has an employment section named ‘Arbeitsvermittlung’ dedicated to recruiting agencies. If the recruiting agencies are a member of the Federal Employer’s Association of Personnel Service Providers, then they can be trusted for international students.
4. German Newspapers
For academic and governmental jobs, look through the job sections in the Sunday editorials of the following newspapers -
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
It has the widest newspaper circulation in Germany and 148 more countries. It is a centre-right, liberal conservative newspaper.
It is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany and is published in Munich. It is a centre-left, progressive-liberal newspaper.
It is the flagship newspaper daily of the Axel Springer publishing group and is printed in Bonn.
It is a German-language business newspaper published by Handelsblatt Media Group. The English language version of the newspaper is known as Handelsblatt Global Edition.
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