GERMANY

Bundesagentur für Arbeit

Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Service), with its headquarter in Nuremberg, has 181 local employment offices (Agenturen für Arbeit)  throughout Federal Republic of Germany that offer services to job seekers and employers.

Since January 2005 the services of the Bundesagentur (BA) relevant to Europe are being provided from a single source - the Europe Service, abbreviated ES-BA, located in 16 regional centres that also form the NRCVG centres Germany. They offer vocational guidance with a European perspective combined with EURES network activities.

The objective is to promote educational and professional mobility and experience throughout Europe.

European vocational guidance is supported by the European Commission’s Education and Culture Directorate. Each of the ES-BAs co-operates with one or more countries in the EU, the EEA, with Switzerland, Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria and maintains close contact with partner organisations in these countries.

These co-operation arrangements enable the advisors to give their clients access to a wide range of information on studies in the partner country, training opportunities, issues concerning recognition or equivalence of training certificates, and much more.

There are 45 advisors throughout Germany, offering vocational guidance face-to-face, by phone and via E-Mail with a view to encouraging German citizens to take advantage of training openings or work placements abroad.

They also provide information about opportunities in Germany for students and young professionals from abroad.

Other activities run by the centres include road shows, job fairs and workshops to promote mobility in Europe.

Further information is available at http://www.arbeitsagentur.de

Among other useful tools on our website you will find the “KURS” database which offers information on some  600,000 training events at all levels as well as study opportunities in Germany and some neighbouring countries.

Under "Berufenet" there are detailed descriptions of many occupations.
 
Useful information on living and working in another European country and the Europe service of the BA can be found under http://europaserviceba.de