Gregor, I just came across this guy: https://www.xing.com/profile/Gerard_Forelli
who is looking for " Hello All, Looking for IT Software Sales / Software Developers who currently hold a GERMAN WORKING PERMIT and speak FLUENT / ADVANCED GERMAN to fill some vacancies we have in the New Year!! I am originally from Sydney, and anyone who would like to have a chat or looking for work in the IT Industry who fits the above description then feel free to PM me! Thanks " Hope this helps. Kind Regards, Jochen Daum "There is no shortcut to anywhere worth going" - Beverly Sills P.S.: Missed our newsletter? http://eepurl.com/ejRsg Automatem Ltd Phone: 09 630 3425 Mobile: 021 567 853 Email: [email protected] Website: www.automatem.co.nz http://nz.linkedin.com/in/automatem http://twitter.com/automatem On 5 July 2011 21:30, gregor brabyn <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for all your replies. > > Cheers > Greg > > --- On Mon, 4/7/11, Jochen Daum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Jochen Daum <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [phpug]Finding work in Germany >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Monday, 4 July, 2011, 10:55 >> Hi, >> >> > Another thing that people anecdotally said was that >> Berlin wasn't the best >> > city to be looking for web dev work in. I think >> partially due to Berlin >> > being chock full of immigrants and travellers, there's >> a lot more >> > competition for the temporary / contract roles and >> there are others prepared >> > to work for less than you are. I was told there was >> more IT work happening >> > in Köln or Frankfurt. This probably doesn't help >> much. >> >> I can second that. Couple of my German school friends are >> in IT and >> they all say Frankfurt and Munich regions are the power >> houses, >> especially if you are looking for highly paid work (which >> means you >> need to try less harder on the continuation and hours. >> >> > >> > That aside, Berlin is a fantastic place to live. We >> had so much fun there, >> > and my appetite for Kiwi beer has been permanently >> tainted. >> > >> > Also If anyone turns up at your door with a clipboard, >> pretend that you >> > don't speak German or English. They come round every >> so often to check your >> > TV or Wifi network, which they impose big levies on. >> Kinda like the >> > broadcasting fee thing that we used to have here. >> >> Yep, good old GEMA, wondering if they get ever rid of >> it..... >> >> >> Also recommend that you use Xing, or there is a freelancer >> site called >> gulp.de - however you need to pay for membership. As >> everywhere, it is >> always about relationships. You can crash a couple of BNI >> meetings >> (www.bni.de) as well, usually you will just have to pay for >> breakfast. >> >> >> HTH, Jochen >> >> -- >> NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug >> To post, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> [email protected] >> > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
