Comments on: How to hunt for translation jobs in Germany

By: ratnaveera

ratnaveera — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:42:40 +0000

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By: bevchen

bevchen — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:05:43 +0000

incoherent – thanks. I hope so too

anxious – thanks for your comment. You’re right about the lack of in-house jobs, and right now it’s even worse. I was working at a translation agency and am hoping to do that again, but as you pointed out most places only want freelancers. The freelance thing may be a possibility once I’ve figured out what I need to do (step one is getting a tax number apparantly…)

Whatever job I get needs to be full time, otherwise I may have trouble with health insurance. So things like part time cleaning jobs or shelf stacking are out.

By: anxious

anxious — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:44:12 +0000

As I understand it, outside of big European institutions, there are very few in-house translation jobs. The vast majority of translation is done freelance. I’m a qualified translator and have looked for in-house work in order to gain experience so that I can eventually go freelance, but the jobs just don’t seem to exist.

Could you get any job to keep you going and do freelance on the side until you can be a full-time freelance and be your own boss?

By: incoherent

incoherent — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:41:05 +0000

Hooray for you actively looking for the next job! You’ll get it, and soon I hope.

Your diligence can only be repaid with a job… and soon! Good luck!

By: bevchen

bevchen — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:50:01 +0000

PPlongstocking – there are very few things I hate more than searching for jobs. In fact, the only one that springs to mind right now is going for interviews… which is unfortunately also part of the whole job hunting thing. But if I don’t manage to find a job there’s a possibility that I may lose my flat… hence the pro-activeness.

By: pplongstocking

pplongstocking — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:10:27 +0000

Its soooo boring doing the job searching thing.. At least you are being pro-active.

In the current financial climate we are experiencing at the moment, you find more and more companies only or mostly hiring freelancers.
It seems trying to find permanent work is getting harder and harder.
Keep on keeping on bevchen, something will come up.

Good luck.

By: bevchen

bevchen — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:13:16 +0000

Thanks Ali.
I know, the timing is the worst. I haven’t even finished buying furniture for my flat yet and now there’s a chance I may have to leave it (if the employment agency decides it’s too big for me to be entitled to the benefits). AND because I’ve only paid unemployment insurance for 10 months I’m only entitled to subsistence allowance instead of proper unemployment benefits. If I could have worked for just two more months I’d have been a thousand times better off!

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:42:24 +0000

I’m so sorry you lost your job, Bev. Especially as you just got your new place an are still setting it up, and planning a holiday, the timing is dreadful. I am sure you will find a great job soon. I will be keeping my fingers crossed that you do.