Many Germans are calling this the generation of internships for recently graduated students in Germany looking for a job. More and more students are finding that you just can’t get a job in Germany, rather, you’ll get subjected to a low paying internships before you get that lucrative job.
A Generation of Internships
I have written a little bit about this before, but it’s an important issue in my personal case, since I am looking for a job in Germany, but all I turn up with is internships. The reason? Jobs simply don’t want to pay workers full wages right from the start. In Germany, it is mandatory for parents to give money to their children, therefore students can easily survive and get paid next to nothing for an internship before given a real job.
Recently, I heard a story of a guy who worked for nothing for a company for an entire year. He was supposedly promised a job at the end of this 1 year period. He developed one long software program this whole year. When the year was almost over, they told him: We don’t need you anymore. No job, no pay. What did he do? He destroyed all his work for that whole year…
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Hi,
I’ll be looking for a job in Tuebingen in late August or early September. I’ll be moving there to study at the Uni, so Im actually going to need help with it all. Maybe you can help me out with some advice as another expat. drop me a line at alexdanielcarter@gmail.com. Any advice would be greatly appriciated.
Hi,
I will be coming to Stuttgart for studies in October 2009. I would like to know about the par time job opportunities in Stuttgart. Please help me ragarding this issue. Thanks a lot!