Part time jobs in a German speaking Country

JD244

I put this up in the German forum but hasn't got any replies, might be better here?

Hi,

I'm just finished my Leaving Cert, and want to take a year out before I start college. I was thinking of continuing working at my summer job in a local supermarket until Christmas and then in January to go to Germany/Austria/Switzerland to find a job to improve my German. I'd intend to stay until the start of summer but might stay until the end of summer but I'm not sure yet.

Would January be a suitable time to go and look for a job? A friend of mine is thinking on going over next summer he was in Munich last summer and said they're was plenty of jobs over there.

On reading about jobs, I found that Munich is a very expensive city to live in, so I am wondering is there any cities in the region that would have a variety of jobs? I'd prefer to work in a shop, it's what I'm used to, but would take anything that'd come up.

Can help or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

CrinkElite

Try and get a job in an Irish bar.
You could even start ringing ahead.
Have a google on your city of interest and start ringing people.

Munich and Nuremberg are beautiful and civilised but I think Berlin and hamburg are probably more craic.

Best of luck with it anyway.

Carry

You seem not to be sure of anything which makes it hard to give any advice.
And a "German speaking country" is a wide field, as we say in German speaking countries. Or is your idea of German speaking countries Munich and surrounds?

January is usually bad for jobs, 'cause short-time employment is better during the summer, when everyone else is on holidays. It's not called seasonal for nothing. And with no special skills, well, you'll have a lot of competition.

Your best bet is checking out toy town: http://www.toytowngermany.com/jobs/

Forget about Switzerland. They are not very fond of casual workers from abroad. And you couldn't afford to live there anyway. Don't know about Austria.

Otherwise just jump in, bring a lot of savings, check in at a hostel, ask around, present yourself in shops or whatever, make friends and hope for the best.
The same advice I give to Germans who want an unskilled seasonal job in Ireland.

Otherwise google jobs+germany

Best of luck.

JonEBGud

If you go to Germany you should pretend to be Turkish.

Herb Powell

In Leipzig at least, places are always looking for staff it seems, but they really go mad around February/March looking for people.

Beautiful city with tons going on, and the rents are amongst the lowest in all of Germany (it is CHEAP to live in). The accent gets a lot of hate from other Germans, but hey, at least it's not Bavaria.

PM me if you want any more specfic details/contacts!

Sir Osis of Liver.

JonEBGud wrote: »

If you go to Germany you should pretend to be Turkish.

A black jewish gypsy turk.

Carry

JonEBGud wrote: »

If you go to Germany you should pretend to be Turkish.

Where does this wisdom come from? You are Turkish? Special experiences?
Explain.

Brien

If you're fine with the bavarian accent then upper Austria would work for you too. Not so much going on in sales here (you need to have done an apprenticeship to work in spar!) But plenty of work in warehouse and stock rooms and that kind of thing. You can google Leasing companies and get an idea of what's on offer or for all of Austria www.ams.at is the simplest. My personal tip, if you pick Austria, stick to the big cities or you'll find it pretty quiet.

B-)

hfallada

There is a massive shortage of workers in Munich. Every shop nearly has a sign looking for staff and im not exaggerating. The pay is better than most of Germany, since living costs are higher. You can earn about 450 a week in a shop. But tax and health insurance takes a large chunk of that. But the biggest issue with Munich is the fact its extremely hard to find accommodation. It can take up to 2/3 weeks to find a house share. You wont get a job in Berlin,as people still live Berlin to get jobs in the west.

Irish people are well liked in Munich, due to the huge amount of Irish bars and the fact nearly everyone has visited Ireland. I wouldnt work in an Irish bar. The pay is ****, they are shady in the way they are run and the working hours are horrific. Dont expect much of social live in Munich either. The clubs are fairly ****. The public transport is incredible for the city of its size. The streets are always spotless and I have never felt unsafe.

biko

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