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“You have an (imaginary) emigration-ability-score of x…”

Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a „successful“ immigrant? To achieve a decent standard of living even though your education might not be accepted? Is there a formula? So that before immigration you could take a test and get a result: „You have an emigration-ability-score of x,...

Finding a good mentor in a new environment

One of the biggest problems when starting in a new environment is the fact that you don’t have a network. Not having a network almost always means that you don’t have access to the same opportunities as people who are deeply involved in this environment. A good mentor can solve...

How to handle German love of paperwork without going crazy?

„I have never received as many letters in my life as now that I live in Germany“ – I have heard this so many times! I have heard that from Europeans, from US Americans and from people from Latin America. So I assume paperwork must be something peculiar to Germany....

How to find a new destination when life has happened to you?

Sometimes life just happens. You studied something but then the economy spirals down in your home country and there are no jobs. Or you fall in love with somebody and follow your partner to his/her home country but there you can’t work in whatever you have learned originally. These and...

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How to deal with inappropriate questions regarding your intercultural relationship

The other day it happened again… I was sitting in my Portuguese class when one of the classmates started – for some reason or other – talking about her Brazilian boyfriend. The impertinent question came immediately: „Oh, so this is why you are learning Portuguese?“ and a few seconds later:...

How to switch to German in your intercultural relationship?

Learning German is a challenge – it can be a damn hard challenge. Even though I’m German, I know. I have been through the learning phase with other people. As kids it was easy and automatic to learn the language, it was playful and fun. But the older you get,...

How to find a job in Germany? 9 steps to rock your job interview

Are you looking for a new job? Do you take the first hurdle and get invited to job interviews but then don’t manage to convince your interviewer of your capability? From my experience of more than 200 conducted job interviews I see certain negative patterns occurring repeatedly. But they don’t have to...

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Five steps for landing a job interview in Germany

Did you recently get to Germany and are trying to find a job? Or are you thinking about changing your job after having been in the same company for a while and you feel like you have got a bit rusty in this whole job searching thing? Do you think...

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