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Personal News & Musings

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Not long after we talked about the importance of learning German in Germany, Indeed Hiring Labs published some informative stats about the percentage of English jobs available in Germany.

I wrote more about it over on The Berlin Life. 👇

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• Our last poll asked: What is the biggest challenge you face in your job search in Germany? 169 people responded, with 45% saying language barriers proved challenging, 23% citing a lack of job opportunities, 22% claiming they get no responses to job applications, and 10% getting rejected after job interviews.

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Food For Thought

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• Knowledge workers in the US are seeing increased responsibilities on the job and are using AI to make their work lives easier.

• Tone-deaf Billionaire CEO Todd Graves says job hopping is the number one red flag he sees in candidates. He said: “I question that because it’s like, ‘Are you in it just for you?’” 🤡

• On why skills are becoming more important than degrees in the current job market, and what educational institutions could do to better prepare their graduates for the workforce.

• LinkedIn decided to retire some of its celebration post templates. If only it had been all of them.

• The past week has been rough, and this TED Talk from Jamil Zaki about how to escape the cynicism trap has been a big help for me.

Companies Hiring

🇩🇪 Companies in Germany that are hiring right now.

• BIT Capital (Berlin, 8 jobs, EN required)

• Homepoint (Berlin, 8 jobs, EN & DE required)

• Komoot (Remote, 2 jobs, EN &/or DE required)

• Luxoft (Various locations, 16 jobs, EN &/or DE required)

• Smartbroker (Berlin, 15 jobs, DE required)

• Wikimedia Deutschland (Berlin, 4 jobs, EN &/or DE required)

🇩🇪 German startups that recently raised new funding may also have vacancies.

• Cloudsquid (€1 M) | Berlin - No open jobs atm

• Dash0 (€9.5 M) | Solingen | Jobs - 1 job, EN required

• 🇩🇪 Fija (€1.2 M) | Munich - No open jobs atm

• Plato (€6 M) | Berlin | Jobs - 4 jobs, EN required, DE a bonus

• TCC (€20 M) | Hamburg | Jobs - 2 jobs, DE & EN required

• Xavveo (€8.6 M) | Berlin - No open jobs atm

* 🇩🇪 The article is in German.

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General Happenings

• In cannabis developments, Frankfurt and Hanover will soon begin a trial to sell from dispensaries.

• The Deutschbahn plans to launch a new train that will run three times daily between Berlin and Krakow.

• In case you ever wondered why the internet in Germany is so slow.

• Hamburg now boasts the inspiring title of being Germany’s happiest city.

Politics & Economy

• The German government collapsed this week - follow this page from DW to see how the calamity unfolded. Here’s a timeline of what’s next.

• Yesterday marked 35 years since the fall of The Berlin Wall.

• A German man received more than 1,700 letters from the Finanzamt.

Labor Market

• More insight into Germany’s trial of the four-day workweek. While the results of the pilot demonstrated positive outcomes, experts feel that the related data is flawed and doubt if a four-day workweek is sustainable long-term.

Immigration Insights

• Language barriers in healthcare pose a significant concern for both foreigners and German medical workers.

• A wholesome read - all about how a football club in Bonn is helping refugee children.

Fun, Interesting, and/or Useful

• Visit these top vegan restaurants in Berlin. Also worth visiting is Humble Pie in Neukölln for their fried chicken.

• Insight into why Cologne’s Carnival begins on November 11 at 11:00.

• Germany’s nudist clubs are seeing their membership numbers plummet.

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