German Employment Agency (Agentur für Arbeit)

Does the position you are seeking to fill qualify as a shortage occupation? Here you will find a list of shortage occupations in Germany. The German Employment Agency (Agentur für Arbeit) will provide you with support in looking for international candidates.

Please contact with the Employers Service with the subject that you are searching for a skilled person (otherwise they will not search abroad)

To find your contact in the Employers Service in the region’s local Employment Agencies, go to here:

Click here
Scroll down to „Weitere Informationen“ (“Further Information”).
Click on the relevant district (Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Rottweil or Tuttlingen).

The Employers Service in your local Employment Agency will send you a placement order, in which you have to write your job search and which requirements the candidate has to fulfill.

This placement order will be forward to the ZAV (Central International Placement Service).  This Service will assess the possibilities for placement and propose suitable candidates from inside and outside Germany. In addition your request will be published in the EURES network.

Please contact also the Employers Service if your position you are seeking is not a shortage occupation (see list above). You will also get further assistance in finding skilled persons abroad.

Make-it-in-Germany

Professsionals outside Europe (especially engineers and IT specialists) via “Make-it-in-Germany”. This website offers a pool of international professionals for job placement in Germany as well as information about the EU Blue Card etc.

gewinnerjob.de

Professionals from the Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg Region

If you want to look for candidates within the Gewinnerregion, you can use the www.gewinnerjob.de website and advertise your job vacancies free of charge. (This service is provided by the Wirtschaftsförderung Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg for jobs and employers in the region).

General advice for the search:
Important! Please always state what language skills you require, (German/ English…) and what remuneration, accommodation and other forms of support you can offer.

Employment of refugees

Here you find information how to employ refugees

Here you find information how to employ for a trainee refugees

(Information in German) Source: Employment Agency / Agentur für Arbeit

Brochure: Handlungsempfehlung “Willkommenskultur in Kommunen und Unternehmen  

Brochure “Make it in Germany” Ein Gewinn für Ihr Unternehmen

Brochure “The winners region”

No guarantee can be given that the above information is complete.