Background material the profession profiles link to.
- Ausbildung — the dual system
- The Bauhauptgewerbe — how construction differs
- Beamte vs. Angestellte
- Choosing a Bundesland
- Employment basics The three-week deadline is the single most important line in this file. A Kündigungsschutzklage must reach the Arbeitsgericht within three weeks of receiving the dismissal.
- Glossary
- Health insurance
- Language certificates — which paper, for which authority
- Language requirements, by profession
- The Meisterbrief and the ladder above Ausbildung
- Minijob and geringfügige Beschäftigung monthly ceiling = Mindestlohn × 130 ÷ 3, rounded up to the full euro
- Occupational certificates — the short tickets that gate the work These are short, cheap relative to a qualification, usually employer-funded, and frequently the actual gate to a role or a pay step — more so, in the near term, than the next formal qualification.
- Pay, by profession
- Who recognises your qualification
- Shift work and supplements
- Tax and what actually reaches your account
- Versorgungswerke — the pension system for the Kammerberufe
- Visa and residence routes, by profession Unregulated does not mean paperwork-free.
- How retraining is paid for