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seeking job + GC
gus
Member since 26.11.2003
Posted on 26.11.2003 11:01
Re: seeking job + GC
Hello Gus! Nice to hear from another sudamerican guy on the block. I am from Uruguay, and I have been living here as GC for 3 days (yesterday was my 3rd. year aniversary!)
Well, of course the first place to take a look at should be
http://195.185.214.164/gc/indexe.html?
This is the official job-seeker place of the Arbeitsamt. Many of us got their first german job thorugh this way.
On a general sense, if you haven't been there before, you may want to take a look at
http://www.arbeits.../greencard/index.html
And I strongly recommend you to take a look and follow the links at Trust7 FAQs page.
I must warn you: it is becoming really hard to get new IT jobs here in Germany. The whole immigration policy for Germany is now stalled in the Parliament, and the recent news are not quite exciting (take a look on the post of today by Mladen). And in a context of 4-5 million unemployed people, the GC program is somehow hanging on a limbo. Also, if you don't have a university/tech degree, you will have to base your application on your experience, and that means getting an employer who will be willing to pay you the minimum 50.000 euro, which to actual market standards is a little bit high.
In all senses, however, Germany is indeed a fascinating country, with lots of things to see and learn, and with hardy, frontal, sincere and friendly people (though it may take some time to understand the deep sense that friendship has here 
). And after learning some rules (and believe, there are quite a few rules here!), you will find here as at home as you can be away from your home, if you know what I mean.
Please feel free to contact me at
carboneta@hotmail.com
if you wish some extra tips, or whatever, or just to talk about this in Spanish!
Have a nice day,
Diego aka Sudaca.
gus
Member since 26.11.2003