How I Got a Job in Germany! Speaking German? Interview Cultural Differences?

In this video I answer many questions I have gotten like: which German level do you need to work in Germany? How do you learn German fast? Can you just work in English in Germany? Are there cultural differences between the hiring process and job interviews in the US vs Germany? Do employers in Germany help you get your visa? Why was I happy with the freelance visa... and how you can design your resume in a good way for German employers. #AmericaninGermany #Hamburg #workinginGermany #lingoda202110

[JK-kyic]

Nice video! I would be interested in how German and American universities differ, from your point of view. Maybe you can talk about it sometime.

[PalmyraSchwarz]

Hi Lila, I would like to congratulate you on your job afterwards. Such an application situation is always very nerve-wracking. I would be further interested in whether there were further cultural misunderstandings between you and your colleagues, how you were received, whether and how comfortable you are now in your new job.

[felixklusener]

Every employer has to pay for social security insurances in Germany. That includes health insurance, long-term care insurance and pension insurance.
The amount an employee and the employer have to pay for the insurances depends on the monthly gross wage, but the insurance benefit is always the same with health and long-term care insurance. Only the pension depends on the amount paid to the pension fund. The insurance rate is paid in equal parts by employee and employer, except for jobs with a monthly gross wage not exceeding 450€. For those so called 'Minijobs' the employer pays 100% of the insurance as a flat-rate.

[dorokanski]

I think that in Germany job offers or vacancies are usually published and that it happens less often or only in small family businesses that you get a job through relationships or hearsay. But there are certainly differences between, for example, a salesperson in a bakery and an administrative position in a larger company. However, jobs with a high English language level as a requirement will most likely be found online, since internationally operating companies naturally rarely search only in the region.

[MiciFee]

Lingoda is great. I am currently doing the super sprint until the end of October for spanish. It is soo good fir improving and creating a habbit. I dont know what I should do after the 90 days are over😂

[mweh]

Yes, health insurance is also with part time jobs as long as the payment is above a mini job, thus 450€. So working 20 hours a weeks will have a full public health insurance. And: If you are a married couple, you can be included into the partners insurance without any extra costs - which might be nice if you (or your partner)decide to have kids and stay at home for some time. The kids are included without any extra charge in one of the parents insurance. Even to the opposite: The "Pflegeversicherung" will be lover once you have kids. Btw - there is "Elternzeit", so if you happen to become parents at some point, you and your partner are entitled to a total of 14 month if both take part of it. So maybe both take 7 month off (within the first year of the child's life) or one takes this year, one two month. You then get money from the state, either 66% of your net income or 1800€ maximum (each!).
And maybe you should mention that sick days don't count against vacation, you get your full wage for the first 6 weeks of illness, afterwards the health insurance will pay, which is a bit lower but will be still enough to support you. And it is per case, so if you e.g. have an accident and are off for 5 weeks to heal and later you are off due to a real influenza for 2 weeks, the employer will still pay your full wage.
Vacation days have a minimum of 24 per law - but most will have at least 30 days. Some companies will give extra days e.g. for being 10 years in the company a day a year extra etc or as a reward, negoziated into your contract etc. I am very lucky and this year I have 43 days,

[jessiejamesferruolo]

Im hoping I can work with the Arbeitsamt as soon as I get permission to work from the Ausländersampt.

[tombrauey]

I would suspect that Frankfurt might be the other big city (aside from Berlin) that is international due to the banking sector and the ECB.

[marcusb]

I guess the German level required can be on 3 different levels:
No 1. Very low. These are the jobs you well explained as English only jobs.
No 2. Medium. The focus is on internal communication in German but the work itself isn't in German.
No 3. High. These are jobs where you work with the language. This could be customer contact, orally or written or writing German documents.

[mattesrocket]

I don't understand really, why you don't say roughly in what business you are, it would be so interesting for us. No one needs to know details, but you could say something like "online marketing" or "trading", "tourist business" or "insurance" or "secret service - department ..."😂😂😂

[unknownuser]

Can you make a video on how to grow up? Early 20’s and can’t seem to pick a career. Stuck in low paying jobs

[robertzander]

Hi to Hamburg 😎🌞☕
For the major cities it's not always necessary to learn the language, you will find working places, bar's, pub's and shops where you can survive with English, but if like to get in contact to locals, if you like to become part of the social life with visiting a theatre or other things like that, the German language is the easier way to do it.
And if i would like to life and work in a different country, it's for my opinion my task to learn the language. I'm not just there to work, I'm also there to learn something about the country, the culture and the people and people appreciate it if you are trying to learn the language.
I like my independence in life.
We are not on earth to work the whole life for the advantage of other people.
The mighty lion for example is catching his food, eats it and then he prefers to enjoy the rest of the time with sleeping and maybe hiking a little bit. He is not catching five antelopes on one day to have some days off in the future.

[lexi.curtiss]

what was your major in college? i am interested in being an english teacher in germany because i have family that lives there!! (i’m a senior right now going for international studies). i’m taking german courses in college also.

[melissavillegas]

In theory Germany wants doctors but damn they've such complex requirements 🥲really struggling to find the info to do it.

[hfh]

Hmm, something you may want to experience is the difference in accents in Germany due to the fact that there is no real Germany. Germany was artificially created after WW1 and all the different tribes in it don t rly play well with one another. So every village has its own version of the German language, only exception being the bigger cities. It should be fairly easy for you to experience this since you are located in or around Hamburg, since, if you go a bit north, slightly different language, if you go south, just another, if you go west, slightly different, and east, even more so, have fun trying to spot the differences, btw, you can actually still see the development of the English language by listening to the Platt from east to west along northern Germany, Holland and so forth.

[waledmaher]

I'm living in Thüringen you are not allowed to speak English here u neked to speak only German😜