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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
An Indian engineer in Germany: Being a specialist and culture-mediator
An Indian engineer who has been living in Germany for 11 years sat down with Employland for an interview. It has been 11 years since Shyam Machiraju left India to pursue a Masters in Germany. Today he plays an important role as engineer and project manager in an international company: He not only serves as […]
Interview: Studying Engineering – An Indian’s life in Germany
A renowned faculty for Engineering, an extensive job application process, and living the Indian way in Eastern Germany: Dinesh Kumar Kodavali, a 27-year-old from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh (India), shares his experiences of living and studying in Germany the past three years. Employland: Dinesh, you left your home country India behind in 2013 in order to pursue […]
Beer is cheaper than water: An American’s report about Germany
Beer is cheaper than water, people are coconuts, and don’t expect to practice your language skills – that’s what Mikayla Posey learned during her stay as an English teaching assistant with the Fulbright program in Germany. A 23-year-old from Kingman, Arizona (USA) shares her experiences from spending the last eight months in Frankfurt am Main. […]
Surprises in Germany: An American’s Findings
Naked greetings in the sauna, a bakery on every corner, and – ha – German buses do run late! Megan Lester, a 23-year-old from Portland, Oregon (USA), shares her experiences from spending the past 7 months as an English teaching assistant with the Fulbright program in Germany. Since August 2015, she has lived in Hamburg, working as […]