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Soocute tips for job hunting

Job always dey but it depends on your city. IT guys no dey look for work. Just know your stuff and they will beg you no to resign.

Common DE job search engine na https://www.indeed.com/

Philfit:
In too try... I bow for you hadampson

Devmantic contribution

Having a good knowledge of the German language prior to graduation is important although most international companies in Germany (e.g. Siemens, BASF, German Aerospace Centre [DLR] etc.) are more than willing to hire young foreign graduates who speak English and have limited German language skill upon graduation. On the long run, one is expected to learn German over time if he/she wants to work and live in Germany. The main challenge in landing a job after studies is skill-related. Imagine having a skill that is on-demand yet rare to find (e.g. programming with Python, C++, Java or being a specialist in MATLAB, AutoCAD, PDMS etc.), everytime you submit a CV, I can guarantee you that you will be given an opportunity for an interview in English. So my advice to those coming to study in Germany will be to focus on STEM-related courses and DO ALL YOU CAN to master a software skill (either in Nigeria or in Germany via internships or HiWis).


KINGCEEZAH response

What you said is true, but how many of them. An English speaking student applied for internship to about 200 companies and got just 2 interview invitation in English language.


So if you want to work so hard for so little opportunities, dont learn it. Germans would employ Ausbildung/ Bachelors grad who speaks German over masters grad that does not plus your C++ and MATLAB

pompido response to KINGCEEZAH

You kind of missed the point where he said Skill is the determining factor. up to 95% of those I know that got internships and Jobs(after studies) speak near zero German. Loads of companies will employ skilled people without German knowledge and pay for them to learn the language on the job.

So this statement Germans would employ Ausbildung/ Bachelors grad who speaks German over masters grad that does not plus your C++ and MATLAB is absolutely incorrect.

Of course this is not saying Forget the Language, I am just saying that most companies here employ skill over language, especially in STEM.

STENON:
Goodafternoon all. Please where are the best places to visit in Germany for holiday. I am coming from UK for one week holiday and would Love to catch fun by visiting exciting places in Germany . Thank you

If you miss your flight, what you need to do and some other tips by pompido


Maybe your flight from naija arrived late or for whatever reason, all you needed to have done is go to the Turkish Airline customer desk and explain to them. They would normally book you on the next flight out free of charge. If the next flight is still some hours away, they even give meal tickets that you can use to get food at the food stands in the airport. Such experiences abound on this thread (part 2 and 3).

Your naija bank cards will also work anywhere for withdrawals (rates might not be nice).

Never put your cash and cards in your main luggage. Have them in your carry on or wallet (that's its purpose). Immigration can't force you to part with nothing. It is your money and you are not father Christmas.

Planning is key when travelling to a new environment. Google map is your friend. Ask people the best way to get to where you need to be and let them know if you are coming on a weekday or weekend. Transportation frequency differs. Staying a hostel is quite expensive and so should be avoided unless you have absolutely no where to stay.

Why N26 black card? Been using N26 for up to 2 years and see zero value in the black card other than just gifting the bank money when the regular account does everything one needs.

No matter the type of question you have please ask. Better to ask and get varying responses you can

justt:
You are welcome!
I pray very soon, I will be able to help those in need of BA funding or SL

Good luck to all applicants

IchBinBrait:
Why didn't you mention my moniker here.. Don't you know my spirit is in Deutschland although my body is here in Lagos. My brother i'm still in Nigeria cuz of lack of €uros for the compulsory Blocked Account. That money is on the high side!

Las las e go better!

Meanwhile am learning the language small-small shaa with Duolingo. I'm not into IT, my areas are Accounting & Business Studies, I don't need to be told that knowledge of the language is paramount.

You are right bro.. I do follow some of them on social media and I must tell you they look after each other's back. I have heard some Nigerians in diaspora say fellow Nigerians do hoard information and they possess the "I don't care" attitude. Well... I dunno how true but I believe these negative traits shouldn't be found in us.

Hadampson do you have more info about this bruder below, as regards to his city/school??

mychellin:
@Hadampson,
Need to expand your subscription coast as well. I jus pm you.

Pls, reply to get your details. God with you.

Good review on Mittweida by Yobaby

Reporting live from Mittweida with heybaby.
This our community is awesome. For only serious people to uphold the good reputation that one Nigerian guy has kept here for few years now.

Advice to all of us coming to Germany, please come here and act right because your actions can make people to believe Nigerians are GREAT people or bad.

justt:
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justt:
Seen, you should have it soon
More favours our way this new month

justt:
Just sent you a mail

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Just sent you a mail

Useful post from babanila

North Rhine Westphalia is a very big region with the highest population in Germany and lots of industries. It is a perfect place for engineering students to begin their career and they have some of the most hospitable people you could meet in Germany.

The state of Hesse has lots of industries too, quite notably, the Industrie Park situated in Frankfurt (it's as big as a small village in Nigeria) and would be the dream of any body who studied Chemical Engineering since all the companies situated there are the some of the biggest Chemical Companies in the world. Think BASF, BAYER, SANOFI, CLARIANT and so on. Other than that, Frankfurt is a purely banking and Stock exchange city with gigantic banking buildings.


Berlin does not offer much in terms of industries. It is a town where politicians, secretaries and assistants thrive. Think Abuja.

Other than that, the state of Hamburg is also another huge industrial region with lots of importing and exporting going on.

Bavaria is good (don't know much about it) but I heard that the people dwelling there are some of the most unpleasant people to meet. They even look down on other Germans and have some of the most effed up accent you can come across in Germany. Unfortunately they have some of the best looking german girls

badmus306:
Hadampson, thanks for all the great tips

justt:
A big thanks to everyone who has made the forum an interesting one. You guys are great.

@Hadampson, I'm really impressed and challenged by your selflessness. I hope you are also like this in the real world - selflessly helping people? You are really awesome! How I wish I have enough money to be of help with your BA!!!

Do you mind if I send you a token (N1,000) for recharge card for data? I can either send you recharge card or transfer the money.

If my offer is not too small for you, please get back to me with your preferred option.

Regards

Link to accommodation in Berlin

http://www.studentenwerk-berlin.de/en/wohnen/wohnheimseite/index.html

Best mobile phone network to use as an international student

I would suggest lycamoblie cos Vodafone go bill you

Cahnellven view on Dresden

Dresden is a nice city for work and study. Though it is in the east, it can easily give most western cities a run for their money in terms of employment opportunities

.It is the hub of silicon Saxony ( an association of about 300 registered companies in microelectronics, nanotechnology and related sectors) and many others .

It is arguably the most beautiful city in Germany hence its nickname "Florence on the Elbe",despite suffering untold destruction during the second world war. Rent and food is cheap too in comparison to cities in the west and north.

It is less than two hours train ride from Leipzig, berlin and Prague.
If you'll be studying at the technische Universität Dresden, then you're lucky to be in an Elite Germany university .
Just arm yourself with adequate proficiency in German and your stay will be worthwhile

Beware of dickheads though..

Just decided to chip this in. Germany needs 500,000 migrants yearly until atleast 2035 or 2050

http://rt.com/news/244873-germany-economy-immigrant-workforce/

Summer jobs by Futurewise11

Apply for summer job in these companies

Daimler

Bosch

Amazon

Volkswagen (You can make atleast 5,000 euro within 3month full time work) but the Job no be for lazy bones ooh

Make your cv in GERMAN with the help of your school career service.

Contact various Zeitarbeit in your city[Recruiting agency] and make sure you start on TIME

Eke40seven added his blueprint as well

Berlin is the best city to study in Germany. Very fantastic schools at the very top, multicultural city, good job opportunities and comparably affordable when compared to Munich and a far better semester ticket than the one in Munich. Although things are changing in terms of rent these past few years as rent is going up fast in Berlin

Rayhut contribution


If you know that you dont have anybody to send money to you when your 8000€ finishes try all your best to secure admission in a city where you can get job, e.g Berlin,Munich, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Bremen,Frankfurt,Bonn,etc, infact dont go to a school that is located in a village like europa university frankfurt(order) in eastern germany, Freiburg,erfurt,postdam etc.

You can work here, like myself i started working after 1month with mercedes, be ready to do hard job, cleaning job, if you know how to speak German then everything will be easy for you, you will be the one to select job but mostly manual jobs. If you cannot speak German, you can also get a job, in average big cities, it not difficult to get a student job of 450€ per month.

Try to get student accommodation in your school because it goes for 200 to 250€ in most unis, outside rent a shared appartment outside the student accomodation ranges from 270 to 450€ depending on the city you living e.g Hamburg and munich may not have room that less than 300€ per month but smaller city like Bremen will have from 270€. You can after paying house rent and insurance your student working of 450€ is finished then you use your block account maybe 100€ from it to feed for a month. This is reason why somebody that is having it in mind to become overnight rich when he comes to Germany while studying have to have a rethink because definitely it is not going to be easy hustling through out and going to school with German system of education where the work load of exercises every week is as big as mountain.

In addition by Gcapable


Don't go to a village in any part of Germany. Kleve is a village in the North, but people there can tell you how it is.... you have to travel to köln or dusseldorf to get work. People in postdam, frankfurter oder and Cottbus get job in berlin but the travel time is killing.

It's not about East, South, West or North. If your sending your blocked account money back home or you are using sponsorship, let the big or relatively big cities be your target. Please and please don't go to a place with 50k population because it's in the west or south.... you go cry eeeewwweeee. No matter how bad it is in a big city, you will always find something to do to sustain you.

For example in Berlin,

1. You get 2 years straight residency no need to get another 8k for the 2nd year

2. Relative to other big cities in Germany, accomodation/social life is cheap here, which means you can save more than someone in Munich for example

3. You can earn up to 950/month b4 u start paying tax. These and many more are advantages of been in a big city.

He who has ear let him hear, do not fall for the north, West, south or east theory.

Cnwag:
Thanks for the heads up...noted

jayceeabdulwasiu:
I've been marvelled with just one page on this thread. Kudos to everyone.

I have an offer from SRH Hochschule Berlin and Hochschule Fresenius, but I'm confused on a choice. Any recommendations will be appreciated

@Hadampson and other class reps

erny11:
You na course rep jor....Eldeee and Philfit na Departmental President and Vice. Case closed lol

Well done again bro

sassy92:
Thanks a lot Hadampson
They say a good man learns from his mistakes but a wise man learns from the mistakes of others. I wanted to apply for winter 2019 but after reading this thread and the student visa thread thoroughly I understood that if you want to succeed in DE, you have to plan thoroughly. So now I've pushed back my application to summer 2020 so I can write at least A2 here in Naija. It seems so far away but I know it'll surely be worth it.
My advice to my fellow aspirants: Patience is a virtue and knowledge is power.

ibrahimovic303:
Been plan to travel to 5 countries within Schengen cos of my football hustle but it got delayed if not una for tire sef, but will definitely go later this summer

uptimum123:
Nice job @ Hadampson

Eldeee:
Hahahahahaha.... for where, na you be our chairman oooo. See as you just dey give everybody their own handouts, digging facts from old posts. Kudos bro, you are doing a great job.

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Eke40seven view on private insurance

Don't think about Private, no try am at all. I have seen and i'm a witness to the predicaments they can cause.

Actually, what we are referring to as "private insurance" are actually "travel and health insurance". These are not real german "private insurance" because as students we can't even afford private insurance. Its for high income earners and they are very expensive.
There is a whole world of difference between "private insurance" and a "private travel and health insurance". The ones the students normally use is the latter. All from Mawista to union (Hanse Merkur), care concept, etc, all na same and that's why they are "cheap".

Note that hospital bills for here no be play play. When you go to a hospital with these insurance papers (dem no dey give card) Most big hospitals won't accept it, instead they Will send the bills to you and these insurance companies have a reputation of not covering all the bills and if unfortunately the illness that promted your hospital visit was a preexisting illness, na debt you don enter so because they won't cover it.

Again, hospitals here will charge you their highest rate if you use these type of insurance.

Again, hospitals here will charge you their highest rate if you use these type of insurance.


Finally, no matter what you do, dont joke with that 3 months travel and health insurance you get from IGI.

As my nairaland punster will say, "A ward is enough for the whys"