Abeitsagentur: job search by employment agency

The job placement is actually the main task of the Federal Employment Agency. What exactly does it do?

So you can use the employment agency

The employment agency can only find jobs that actually exist. When the economy is good, it can of course fulfill this task better than in bad times. At her Job Search you should therefore not rely solely on the employment office. It is better to be active yourself. So the chance is greater, not in an unloved Further Training to be stuck or to have to accept a "reasonable" but completely unsatisfactory job for you. Also, you will improve your chances of success and show your future Executivethat you are ready to get involved of your own accord - and everyone likes to see it. But feel free to use all the help from the employment agency.

Use the information provided by the BA, but also actively search for a job yourself. That brings more and also shows your future employer that you are committed.

Mediation of a new work

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When looking for a job, the employment office may help you directly. If you would like to follow one of the following ways of mediation or if you would like to receive funding, you can obtain further information on the website of the BA or directly from your employment agency or case manager.

The placement officer will be assigned to you (e.g. based on your place of residence or your name). You can find out who is responsible for you at the information point in the entrance area of ​​the employment office. That you, as planned, simply go to the next free agent is still a dream of the future in many employment offices. The intermediary creates a profile of your professional and personal strengths and weaknesses and compares it to the requirements of vacancies to maybe find the right one for you. Support your employment agency as best you can: Be Honestly and don't hide anything. A correct profile can improve the already not rosy prospects for a new job. Your profile is also fed into the “Virtual Job Market” – a computer system that automatically matches job offers and job seeker profiles.

Employment Agencies: What can you do specifically?

Employment agencies also have contacts with companies and will help you with the preparation of your application documents. They should also be able to advise you on all aspects and problems of finding a job, such as possible cash benefits, eg covering application costs. If the employment agent does not know what to do and the Opinions If only further education or training can help you, he will refer you to the job advice service, which we will talk about later.

If you receive unemployment benefit or unemployment benefit II and come to the employment agency (also because you have to report there regularly), the agency will try to find the job that suits you. He doesn't always manage it. If he gives you the address of a Company there, you have to apply there, whether you want to or not! It doesn't matter whether the position offered is yours Job - often enough you will unfortunately be offered jobs for which you are overqualified. For example, if you're a secretary and you're offered a job as a data typist, you can't say, "That's not my job." It makes no difference whether the position offered only lasts three hours a week or whether you turn it down for the first time or the tenth time - if you "Nosay, you probably have to reckon with closure times.

Duty to Apply: Attention Blocking Periods

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So you bite the bullet and apply. But be careful: if you have a really bad one, brimming with spelling mistakes Application writing (with the understandable hope: "Then they won't take me!"), has that too negative Effects. This gives the employment agency the impression that you don't have any Lust have to work - and it can rain down times or cuts in performance. The same applies, by the way, if you do this job interview boycott in tattered jeans or by being rude, or not going at all. The employment office requires you to make an effort and show it. If your intermediary asks you to show your applications, it's bad if they end up being a disaster. And your future employer must explain why you were not hired. Therefore: Always appear well-groomed, friendly, open and committed, both in the office and during job interviews, so that you make a positive impression right from the start and the employment agency does not react to them Idea Come on, you didn't want to work.

By the way: If you want to avoid the blocking times, you should have a good chance if you are not sufficiently qualified for the job offered: If you are a mechanic and your agent offers you a job as a hairdresser, the fault lies with him and you can ( if you still face a lockout period because you haven't got the job) talk to your line manager. However, this is only partially useful: If you, as a secretary, reject the job as a data typist because you have too little computer knowledge, then you will hardly be able to be found as a secretary in the future - and perhaps for precisely this reason you will be offered one soon Job as cleaning lady at ...

Personal Service Agencies (PSA)

These are private temporary employment agencies who hire unemployed people on behalf of the BA and then lend them temporarily to companies. You can get a taste of different jobs, make contacts in different companies and thereby improve your chances. Maybe you even stick to a company. Unfortunately, it may well be that the PSA can not offer you a job, because the job offers for temporary workers are limited in the current labor market situation.

You should therefore see the PSA as one option among many: there is no harm in trying, because Money you get here as well as at the employment office - and maybe you will find a job. But if you notice that it doesn't work, you should do something else ways go. Under no circumstances should you rely entirely on a PPE and sit at home patiently waiting for the next job or be completely frustrated by a possible failure.

placement vouchers

If you are entitled to unemployment benefit I or II, you can receive a placement voucher after six weeks of unemployment. You can hand this over to a private employment agency after he has found you a job subject to social security contributions with a minimum working time of 15 hours per week and for at least three months. The intermediary only gets money when you have signed the employment contract – the longer you have been unemployed, the more. He only gets the full amount (uniformly 2000 euros) if you have worked for six months. You don't have to pay anything yourself. If the intermediary demands money from you, this is not permitted! Feel free to involve several intermediaries - this increases the chances that you only pay with the voucher Success. But don't expect miracles here either. Incidentally, a private employment agency must have been recognized by the BA (more on this on the BA website).

Subsidy

1. Job creation schemes (ABMs): In the case of an ABM, employers receive a subsidy on labor costs. For you as an employee, it can be useful if you are unemployed and have little chance of finding a "normal" job. ABM keeps you on the job, maybe even learning something new, and your chances of getting ABM into a normal course of action increase. Unfortunately, you can not choose the ABM yourself. The employment office assigns them. After all, you can inquire about which measures in your region are being promoted and which ones might be suitable for you. This will signal your own efforts to the employment consultant. However, you have no legal claim to the promotion. The disadvantage: You are not insured for unemployment benefits during such a measure and thus do not acquire any new entitlement to unemployment benefits.
2. Vocational Rehabilitation: Those who find it difficult to get a job because of their mental or physical disability can get help from the BA: job placement, training or transitional allowance, car assistance, money for technical aids or a handicapped accessible housing and finally education vouchers for further education. Contact the specially trained rehab teams found at the employment office.
3. Reimbursement of application costs: A professional application with copies of certificates, photos, portfolios and postage goes into the money - and certainly if you have to write a few dozen of them. But: Anyone who is already unemployed, has to worry about becoming unemployed, or is looking for an apprenticeship can be reimbursed by the employment office up to 260 _ per annum. Your employment agency will tell you if and how much you receive subsidy, with him you also make the application.

Gather all the receipts that you can get in connection with your applications: application photos, letterhead and envelopes, application folders, copies, printer cartridges, stamps... Make a note of them expenditure in your "diary".

mobility aids

If you are looking for a job, you will be expected to be "flexible and mobile". That's not always cheap. The employment office will “under certain circumstances” take over Costs for trips to work, separate household management or a move.

The purchase of equipment such as work clothes is also financially supported, and also for living expenses until the first salary the employment office can pay. You can apply for the aid from the employment agency.

Grants to payroll costs for employers

They are well educated, have many years of professional experience, but fit into the logic of the labor market Problembecause you are over 50 years old or not 100% operational? Then the employment office classifies you as “difficult to place”. That may not be nice, because one is your Competencies not taken into account, but offers an advantage thought positively:

An employer who wants to employ you can receive money from the employment office. You can thus provide your potential future boss with an additional argument. You also have this argument if you want to start as an unemployed person in a newly founded company, because even then your boss can apply for a subsidy for you.

Mediation abroad

If you can't find a job in Germany, maybe a job abroad is the right one Solution. But: Without qualified professional training and sufficient language skills, this should not be easy.

The BA supports workers willing to migrate, even with special training courses, in the event of a prospect of placement. There is a good chance of skilled workers whose skills are urgently needed in another country - and that depends heavily on the economy. Inform yourself in detail - eg at one of the following contact points.

Central Office for Employment Services (ZAV)

As a personnel agency, the ZAV advises and places, among other things, specialists for managerial tasks (without age restrictions) and junior staff (Boy Employed persons, trainees) up to a maximum of 35 years (depending on the program) for jobs and internships abroad.

European vocational guidance centers (EBZ)

The EBZs are located in various employment offices throughout Germany. However, each agency only deals with one partner country. Careers advisers who are familiar with the subject and who speak the respective language will help you Consulting, information events and mediation.

European Employment Services (EURES)

18 European countries (EU, EEA, Switzerland) are involved here with their public employment services as well as trade unions and employers' associations.

European programs

Some programs in Europe allow workers a limited stay (up to XNUMX months depending on the program) in another European country. Advantage: Good Organization, financial support and local contacts. Disadvantage: Not everyone can participate, such programs only exist for younger people People or specific professional groups.

Help for self-help: Job offers and information of the BA

The job center not only provides new jobs, it can also help you to actively seek a new job yourself. Take advantage of these opportunities. Here you will find an overview of the various job and information offers.

The "virtual labor market"

The virtual labor market is a database comparing job vacancies and the qualification profiles of jobseeker and trainee job seekers. Included are offers from numerous private job boards that work with the employment office. Your job broker can see on the computer which jobs are tailored to your abilities. If there are none, he can at least recognize in which area it may be worthwhile for you to further your education. For example, if you have worked as a secretary in the past, but you are not proficient in certain computer programs and are not getting a new job on your own, you will greatly increase your chances of learning these programs.

You can manage your "profile" yourself from home or from the computer in the BIZ. You can then register with your personal data (name, address, telephone number, date of birth, etc.) on the BA’s start page. Then log in (enter username and password) and draw up Your personal profile: Education, work experience, general skills, personal characteristics, desired area of ​​work and salary. You can then match the profile with job offers or publish it like an application. You should then be able to activate the specific offer with a PIN number (the employment office will send you this after registration by email or post).

Market + Opportunity Vacancies

ZAV newspaper (circulation: 155) with current BA job advertisements, clearly arranged Industries divided, appears every Friday free of charge to take away in employment offices, town halls or libraries. An issue with applicant profiles appears every two weeks on Fridays with job applications from all areas and is given to companies free of charge. You can also publish job advertisements here free of charge. Ask your employment agent.

application coaching

If you are unemployed, you can also get paid by the BA for an application training (more on page 66): Here you will learn, among other things, how to correctly read job advertisements and create a proper application folder. You can then also look through your own application. This will help you to avoid mistakes and to ensure that your documents comply with current standards. A service that you should use, if you have the opportunity.

Application tips for apprenticeship seekers

Advertise the brochure correctly, but how? Tips for applying for an apprenticeship is primarily aimed at young people, as is the CD-ROM applying for an apprenticeship: the information on this CD is not only in writing, but also in the form of films and pictures. However, users can also create application situations to practice and their procedure with checklists to plan. The CD is part of the Mach's Right career choice folder, which also contains numerous application tips.

JOB PROFESSIONAL

The folder helps you with the most important job search stations: What can I do, what do I want? How do I actively look for a job myself, how do I read job advertisements? And how do I apply, how do I pass the interview?

Orientation guide to selection tests

Have you been invited to the selection test and don't know how to prepare? This brochure explains which ones for free selection there are, and includes, numerous exercises. However, it is quite general. Alternatives There are opportunities for practice in the Eichborn book. Selection tests consist of the Fit for the Job series.

Self-initiative: how to help yourself

You should not just rely on the employment agency when looking for a job. Although she can also help you with these ways to find a job - such as with advice, addresses and naming of contacts; however, you are relatively on your own if you go one of the following ways - but you can only benefit from this initiative. Below is a brief overview of how you might even get a job yourself:

• Notices: eg on black boards of companies.
• Sectoral Books: They provide company addresses clearly structured by area and are the starting point for further research: Find out Internet addresses and contacts, try to find out more about the company.
• Unsolicited applications: Many jobs are filled internally or, as there is a sufficiently large market available, they are not even advertised. With an unsolicited application, you can be lucky if it ends up in the right place at the right time.
• Internet sites of companies: Many, especially larger companies are looking for their staff on their own site, eg under the heading Job or job offers.
• Internships: Especially for job beginners a good opportunity.
• Personal Contacts: One of the best ways to find a job. Do not hide from your circle of acquaintances that you are looking for a job and try to make further contacts - for example through professional associations and at events.
• Private Job Boards: They are often specialized in individual professions, larger job boards are also cross-industry.
• Job advertisements in the newspaper: Many companies do not rely on the BA in their search for qualified personnel and prefer to advertise themselves. Many a person may also think that qualified employees are being courted and are not in need of advice from the employment office to take.
• Temporary work agencies: On the one hand, they are a great way to try out different jobs, to learn a lot and make professional contacts. But: Job hopping also leaves you barely time to really get to grips with a place.

Remember: What do I have to consider when looking for a job?

• Get all the necessary information from the employment office.
• How do I apply correctly - ask at the employment office!
• Let the BA explain exactly how the virtual job market works.
• Am I ready to move for a job?
• Would a job be possible abroad?
• How can I continue to qualify? Take advantage of all the possibilities of the BA.
• Is there financial support for me, such as mobility allowances, wage subsidies, application cost reimbursement?
• Are certain measures such as ABM or setting in a PSA possible?
• Job exchange, internship or unsolicited application - which way to work is best for me?

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