Immigrant Spirit - Find English jobs in Germany!

Hi Reader, Last weekend in the FAZ Sonntagszeitung, we had a full-page article about Americans leaving the US and wanting to come to Germany! Why is this important? Well it's always nice to see your work featured in the top publications in the country you work in. This take time, relationship building, and having the right connections. 18. May 2025, Wirtschaft (Economy) section Frankfurter Allgemeine This is going to help more people feel comfortable about working with Immigrant Spirit and...

I heard a quote from Seth Godin that stuck with me from the interview I watched between him and Tim Ferris."Human resources (HR) comes from the idea of treating people like a machine"I thought when I heard that - "hmm.. that sure is accurate." Then I thought; Why don't recruiters just sit down with the hiring manager and define the open role in the most simple terms - including most important goal, biggest challenge, and probation KPI's? This would help so much on the confusion between job...

Reader hi again back from last week. We had a great roundtable focus group with some brand new members as well as some of the oldest members of Immigrant Spirit. If you were there; I hope you enjoyed it. I got some feedback from a few people, but if you would like to send me additional feedback on the session, please do that. I will be having more of these group meetings this year. I will invite those who I have actually heard from before, or who are engaging with these weekly emails. If you...

Hey Reader, Short one today but I will tell you a cool story. First off, lets be honest, getting a job in Germany right now is extremely tough. So I applaud you when you still look for other jobs while you are working at your current firm. You never know what can happen on a day-to-day basis. So I think it is smart to keep your options open, unless you know you'll never leave your current firm. The reason I say this is because one of my clients basically decided to contact me because he...

Hey Reader, something weird happened to a job seeker last week. Last week, I wrote that you should take control of your own interview process once you hear good news from your application. Maybe you were invited for an interview from a cold application recently. Or perhaps you wrote to a manager, had a short call or online chat, and they invited you for a formal interview. How do you take control after this point? It's a good question, and one that I thought previously was impossible,...

Hey Reader, Happy "new normal" in Germany. We had a change of the leadership since I last wrote, and there's already a lot of talk about what, (if anything) will change for the country. Today I will talk about one major point I thought of earlier, as far as getting your Visa sponsored in Germany. What should you do when someone says "We don't sponsor work visas." Is that really the case? Or is it rather they would like to avoid the extra work associated with your relocation? (By the way, last...

Hey Reader, Hope you're doing alright. There's a lot going on this week in Germany in case you haven't heard yet. But I am going to ask you to try and stay focused on what actually matters. Not in the sense that politics don't matter. But be cautious about letting big picture and long-term things affect your daily progress towards your immediate goal. One goal => One focus on getting that job offer. When you think about it; no matter which party wins and takes the majority, it will likely not...