Number one country in the world for Logistics, great opportunities to network with people from all over the world and a drive to improvements in business culture: This is what motivated Vinicius Andriolo (32) from Vitória/ES (Brazil) to undertake his next career step in Germany. Find out more in this interview! Andriolo’s list of steps for […]
Author: Joelle Delvecchio
Find a flat in Germany: Six tips for your apartment search
After finding a job in Germany, finding an apartment appears at the top of your to-do list. Finding an apartment isn’t always easy, especially in Germany’s large cities. Often there is intense competition between dozens of apartment-seekers for one flat. We have six tips to make your apartment search less stressful and more successful. 1. […]
Frosty German sayings that have nothing to do with the winter
We find ourselves now in the middle of winter – a season which means cold temperatures, runny noses, and snowy streets, especially in Germany. But Germans can be heard saying a lot of winter-related phrases regardless of the season. 7 German idioms, which refer to the cold but have nothing to do with the winter. 1. […]
Finding an Apartment in Germany is a nightmare – A Venezuelan’s Experiences
After working in the aircraft industry in Hamburg, Germany, Oriana Menabue (28) from Caracas, Venezuela is now pursuing a Master’s degree in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the Kühne Logistics University (KLU) in Hamburg. After having shared her experiences with Germany in a recent Employland-Blog post, Oriana now sits down with Employland to […]
An Indian’s Findings: What I like about German, Germans and Germany
Aakanksha Shirsat (26) left her hometown of Nasik, Maharashtra, India in July 2016 in order to participate the German Teacher Training (Deutsch lehren lernen /DLL) at the Goethe-Zentrum Hyderabad. This month she moved back to Nasik in order to focus on learning German for her C1-exam. In the future she hopes to work in Germany […]
Typical German Versus Typical Kazakh: A Kazakh’s Findings
Kalima was born and raised in Kazakhstan and earned her law degree in China, but she left all of that behind her when she married her German husband and moved to Hamburg. She has been living in Germany since March 2015, works in the Gastronomy and plans to pursue a Masters. She shares her findings […]
Why Germany? What’s good, bad, weird? An interview with a Venezualian
After working in the aircraft industry in Germany, Oriana Menabue (27) from Caracas, Venezuela is now pursuing a Master’s degree in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Hamburg. How did she find her way to Germany? What’s good, bad, and just plain weird about her new home? She shares this and more in an interview with Employland. […]
Interview: Goethe-Zentrum teacher gives advice for life in Germany
Don’t ask your boss’s marital status, and survive on a new bread every day (be warned, though, German bread is addictive). For the last nine years, Padma PVL has been a German teacher and language department manager at the Goethe-Zentrum in Hyderabad, India. She sat down with Employland for an interview about her students, teaching […]
Six untranslatable German words you need for the fall
Fall has come – a season which not only changes the outer world by re-coloring leaves, cutting daylight hours short, and calling umbrellas back to life, but also affects our inner world. Below are six words unique to the German language, which gain relevance as soon as the summer ends. 1. Fernweh It’s wet, […]
I knew I’d like it: My life in Germany – A Brazilian’s Story
Darlan came to Hamburg this year to pursue a job in a German E-commerce company. In his last posts, he described how he got this job and the steps he had to take in order to obtain a German work permit. In this guest commentary, Darlan tells us what he did after reaching Germany, how […]