Is Baden-Württemberg the Best Place to Find English Speaking Jobs in Germany?! | Reaction Video

[@lifeingermany_]

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[@ulisirius9027]

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[@Kelsea-2002]

😂 What a cool video and a great advertisement for Baden-Württemberg!Gladly more of it.

[@lifeingermany_]

I thought the same 🥰 finally a creative marketing strategy!!

[@arnodobler1096]

i love the videos and the Länd

[@lifeingermany_]

Legitimately made me reconsider my move to NRW 🙈 but it’s home now for me at least for a little while! 💛

[@arnodobler1096]

@@lifeingermany_ You can start with visits, Jenna! 😉

[@benschwartz6318]

Loved your video and it makes me want to relocate to Germany. For fun I checked out the website for jobs and despite some interesting possibilities, I rather doubt anyone needs an "old" guy (ha,ha). After living in Berlin over 50 years ago your videos make me homesick. Also congrats on your latest baby.

[@JakobFischer60]

I am working in a pretty modern company and we hire a lot of old guys. Some of them are already retired but we pay a lot for experience and knowledge.

[@lifeingermany_]

Never say never 😉 talent is talent! And thank you so much on the best wishes! I’m writing you while she’s sleeping in my arms at the moment 🥰🥰

[@wora1111]

@@JakobFischer60 Seems like you have a smart boss. It usually is smarter to import the experience than try to learn it at your own

[@danielmatzner2507]

Die Länd-Videos sind großartig. BaWü ist extrem weit vorne, wenn es um interessante Jobs (grade für Ingenieure) geht. Ich würde mich aber auch in Bayern oder in NRW (besonders das Ruhrgebiet oder die Rheinarea) umsehen. Da ist auch viel zu finden.

[@flamedealership]

Though I'm certainly not a member of the target group (German, 57, hardcore Hessian, not fit in "schwäbisch, badener, badenser" dialect, "English for dummies" capabilities), I must say I like this video. Instead of just showing an ad for that specific company they're embedding it in a funny little storyline. Very creative. But I will also say that even us geezer Germans sometimes smile at strangers - not only peers of your age group do that, Jenna. OK, not now perhaps because your statement slightly offended me, grmpf 😉💛

[@wora1111]

Well, I have to agree with that youngster Flamedealer in this point, even being a Westfälischer Dickschädel well into his retirement.

[@flamedealership]

@@wora1111 OK, I concede to the "westfälischer Dickschädel". Hard to do for a "hessischer Sturkopp"...😉

[@lifeingermany_]

Hahaha my mom taught me a few tricks to get even the grumpiest of Germans to smile (like our DHL delivery guy and the woman at the bakery)… it’s such a wonderful feeling succeeding at getting a grumpy person to smile 😂 makes my day! Although I have a very tough time believing you’d be in that category of grumpy Germans 😝💛 you’re right, you don’t have to be young to smile - actually, for me, it can often be the opposite!!

[@vijayachouhan7520]

What is salary 0:33 for lab technician in pathology ?

[@stephanteuscher6583]

I personally loved the old add better: "Baden-Württemberg. We can do anything. Except speaking standard German." The last part at least was true. This from a "Badener".

[@lifeingermany_]

Haha regardless, I love the comical edge they keep in their ads 😂🥰

[@ulisirius9027]

Watch on Wikipedia on High German. The so called standard German is in fact the standard for the central and south german. The low german is originally more like netherland, own language.

[@zuschauer4764]

Ein schönes Video..... ♥ Liebe Grüße aus Baden Württemberg ⬛🟨

[@davidh7799]

I've got eight years with auto parts factories from East Tennessee, and I'm coming to Stuttgart. Would love a job and a work visa. Help!

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

And my one thought all of Germany is staffed with english well-speaking craftsmen? Everyone in the trades and in industry is well educated and professionals in Germany! So that's showing off from Baden Wuttenberg. 🤔

[@arnodobler1096]

Hey Hey stimmt so nicht, mein Freund und Schattenspender. Ba-Wü und Bayern haben andere Bundes-Länder weit überhohlt. Allein Ba-Wü investiert soviel in Forschung und Entwicklung wie Italien.

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

@@arnodobler1096 Na klar und der Norden schläft , nä ? Allein Niedersachsen ,Schleswig Holstein ,Bremen , Hamburg und Meck-Pomm geben mehr für Energiekonzepte und Umsetzung aus was die restlichen Bundesländer benötigen die daran aber kein Anteil haben . Forschung ist eigentlich in ganz Deutschland ein wichtiges Feld und findet statt , da kann man nicht behaupten das BW das Bundesland der Forschung sei denn was ist mit NRW wo im Bereich Informationstechnologie Hardware, Software und IT-Services steigt ? Pauschal würde ich sagen ganz Deutschland und nicht BW und Bayern allein ! Der Norden also jene Bundesländer die mehr mit Agar und Wind und Solarenergiegewinnung die Nase vorn haben decken da ein anderen Bereich der Zukunft ab .Möcht nicht wissen was die im Haushalt dafür ausgeben , daher mag ich nicht wenn sich einer da mehr ins Licht stellen möchte . Das ist meine beschränkte Wissenslage und Meinung was hier zu beitragen kann . Mit freundlichen Gruß an meinen Schatten Arno , grins ......

[@wora1111]

Kurz vor meinem Abitur in den frühen Siebzigern war ich als Austauschschüler in den USA. Als ich wiederkam war mein Englisch deutlich besser als das Englisch praktisch aller anderen, die ich traf. Einschließlich meiner Englischlehrer. Seitdem hat sich einiges geändert. Ich erinnere mich an Bewerbungsgespräche, in denen der (deutsche) junge Bewerber besseres Englisch sprach als sein älterer Gegenüber. Und im Beruf erinnere ich mich an eine Vielzahl von Gesprächen, in denen wir wild zwischen Deutsch, Englisch und Französisch wechselten, weil es ein multinationales Team war. Inzwischen habe ich auch in Deutschland aufgehört, offensichtlich ausländisch aussehende Leute (z.B. Asiaten) in Englisch anzusprechen. Sie beschweren sich dann immer, dass ich auch Deutsch mit Ihnen reden könnte. Bei 'Schwarzen' gehe ich inzwischen ohnehin davon aus, dass sie akzentfrei deutsch sprechen. Auch untereinander. Auch hier im Dorf. Von daher empfinde ich die Sprache gar nicht mehr als so wichtig, Ba-Wü kann Werbung auf Deutsch für Einwanderer machen und sie auffordern, nach der Ausbildung einfach aus ihrem Nebenjob einen Dauerjob zu machen. Ich habe selbst Dutzende von Kollegen (verschiedener Nationalität) vom Praktikum in einen Dauerjob übernommen. Ist für beide Seiten (Arbeitgeber und Arbeitnehmer) optimal. Man kennt sich (und schätzt sich) schon, insbesondere im Mittelstand. Sprache ist eigentlich nur noch so eine Art 'Geburtsfehler', den man nach der Integration in eine neue Umgebung ablegt, egal ob Westfale, Bayer, Türke, Kenyaner oder Amerikaner

[@arnodobler1096]

@@nordwestbeiwest1899 Naja nur weil Einer (Ba-WÜ) Werbung für sich macht, weil ihm Fachkräfte fehlen, heißt das ja nicht das er sich über die anderen stellt. Bayern und Ba-Wü waren auch ganz lange ärmere Agrarländer. Okay die Bayern tun das öfters, besonders deren Politiker 🙉🙈 Liebe Grüße in den Norden 🙋‍♂

[@B.A.B.G.]

It's home, sweet home. I want to leave here when I see the Burg Hohenzollern, country roads take me home to the place I belong. West Germany, down in Swabia, take me home, Autobahn 😭🤣.

[@flamedealership]

Of all musicians no wonder you quote Henry John *Deutsch* endorf...😉👍💛

[@B.A.B.G.]

@@flamedealership I guess so.

[@Dahrenhorst]

I'd say that in all of Germany Berlin is the City where you will get along with English the best, including finding English speaking jobs. In BaWü (and this is true for most of Germany with the exception of Berlin) you will hardly find English speaking jobs outside of internationally operating companies and below middle management. That means larger companies with more than 1,000 employees and the many companies and Start Ups between 100 and 1,000 employees which sell their products and services internationally. But small companies? Companies which sell their products and services only local or regionally, meaning around 80% of all companies in BaWü (or in all of Germany) - sorry, no, without sound knowledge of German language you will have a really hard time to find a job. Additionally, it depends on what level of work you are applying for: upper management, R&D, IT or Marketing it is much easier to find English speaking jobs, HR, Legal, Production, lower management, shop-floor or clerks level this is much more difficult. Federal, State or Local Government, public services, schools - as long as the job has no close ties with English language (like English language teachers or immigration officers for instance) - no English language jobs at all there. Generally, everything outside of Technology centered companies, international Finance / Insurance industry, or Universities, and even there everything below at least middle management - good luck to find a purely English speaking job in Germany, including (and probably especially) BaWü. Sorry. On the flip side: Although at least 80% of all companies won't accept people without good German language skills, there are still thousands of companies which actually will accept people who speak English within their ranks, and this is true across Germany. There is also an increasing number of companies (especially within the Start Up Scene) which actually apply an English language work environment. But note: this is only true for English, not for French, Spanish, Turkish, Russian, Chinese or any other language. If you neither speak German nor English, you won't find a job in Germany unless there is no language requirement (including coordination with co-workers) at all (there may be rare exceptions from this rule, though).

[@lifeingermany_]

I think you’re right, but it’s also entirely the point their trying to get across here. Their new start up industry is booming and they’re specially looking to recruit new and highly skilled employees from abroad (not necessarily all employees) with very specific niche education. That’s a super hard market to target, which is why I’m so impressed they’ve been able to make a campaign funny enough that it just might work to gain the attention of a wider audience and thus even if just 1% of that audience falls into these highly skilled niche markets, this is the first stepping stone to expand 🤩

[@wora1111]

Maybe I am a bit oldfashioned, but I think you ought to be able to speak the local language, wherever you live or work. I am not good at (speaking) languages but I tried picking up languages of places I visited often (Greek, French, Bavarian, Swyzerdütsch, ...). And I expect the same from somebody coming to my country for a longer time: students, workers or partners of them. Except of a few older Americans that stayed in their military surroundings all the people I know did try to integrate and use the local language. My usage of dialects always resulted in a lot of laughter, so I stopped that :-) Languages are either less of a problem or people more willing to accept my way of trying to communicate

[@lifeingermany_]

@@wora1111 I couldn’t agree more! That’s why I really actually liked the campaign video and how they showcased German employees who speak English… it gives internationals a better opportunity to also learn the language and embrace the local culture and customs 🥰

[@V100-e5q]

Regarding that promotional video I am not convinced. Like the very first which emphasized the touristy aspects the production video does not give enough information. I think an Indian or American will need more information. The video kind of gets the idea across there are interesting jobs. But the expat/immigrant wants to know more of the setting: housing availability, prices of living vs. income (net income!), how do they get supported in the company as well as with bureaucrazy, visa situation. It is one thing to advertize with interesting jobs. But what if you want to change it if you should discover you don't fit? Do you have to move to the next hamlet? All these questions. I think the Back Forest Family is a good example how it works smoothly because he was with a foreign company already that had a branch in Germany.

[@lifeingermany_]

That’s true, I guess that’s an entirely different segment to focus on, but that’s why there’s KZbinrs like us sharing our experiences and tips 🥰

[@wora1111]

I wonder whether they are really addressing people abroad, which are looking for jobs? Or are they addressing the relatives of people already living and studying in Germany, trying to get them to support their friend's decision in staying here? Studying in Germany means you take part on all actions around school/university/Fachhochschule and will know about lots of the subjects you mentioned. I remember the first time I took a job in a different country: I actually stayed in Germany and crossed the border to work. Colleagues of mine did it the other way around. They moved to France and kept their job on the German side of the border. French license plate, french school for their kids and another dialect for shopping. Looking at people already in Germany: Currently there are about 400 000 students from abroad studying in Germany. And the Studentenwerk says: "Insgesamt sind 73% der Bildungsausländer/innen mit ihrem Leben in Deutschland zufrieden. 66% fühlen sich in Deutschland willkommen. 81% fühlen sich in Deutschland sicher." So that is a group that is easily approachable and already knows a lot (or at least thinks, that they do) about the country. And most them them will speak the language, at least to some degree, which makes it easier to integrate them into a local structure.

[@V100-e5q]

@@wora1111 An Indian might not get the jokes. The title itself clearly shows its character. Which Indian will get that? So the video was done with a German cultural background. A total miss. They should engage an Indian, not a danish ... eh a Dane. The Indian would highlight things like clean streets, no beggars, no wild cows, orderly traffic, less people, cold winter etc. Perhaps they should watch videos made by Indians and what they point out as factors for coming to Germany. So the video is addressed at German who should buy it but will not really make a difference.

[@V100-e5q]

@@lifeingermany_ Yeah, but why make a promotional film when the real work is done through other means?

[@wora1111]

@@V100-e5q I would slightly rephrase what you said: ".. the video is addressed at 'people living in Germany' ". I live in Karlsruhe and all the Indians I know (from university or work) speak English - and German, sometimes starting with a broken German, but improving. As do their children (Kindergarten, Grundschule, Gymnasium...). Most of them came to Germany because they saw a smart way to study for little cost (or do some experiments at the university). Trying to rope in these people is a smart move, smarter than trying to import people that have only lived in India. A foreigner already living here ist a lot less likely to leave the job because he expected different things than one already having studied here (and probably worked in his Semesterferien). And he will need a lot less support for integration. So actually these videos are just step 2. Step one was trying to get them to study here. And that group is a lot easier to access. They expect less and are very willing to integrate

[@arnodobler1096]

Klar, weil wir können alles außer Hochdeutsch 🤣🤣 🙋‍♂vom Bodensee

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

Do they actually call their robots "Horst" ? "Sich zum Horst machen" means to make a fool of yourself. However it's better still than the usual lame "XYR 4711" ...

[@flamedealership]

As it can be seen in the video it's an acronym - and a rather funny one at that because Horst is as German a name as it can get AND I'm sure they're well aware of the phrase and having fun with it. Of course the latter is just a wild guess 😁💛. Ehm, wouldn't it be "XYZ 0815", though?😉🤣

[@johnveerkamp1501]

When you want an English speaking job you mast come to the Netherlands.

[@tnit7554]

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[@arnodobler1096]

@@tnit7554 in DE too

[@falcotol9299]

Ich finde diese Reihe lächerlich: wer in Deutschland wohnen und arbeiten möchte, sollte die Sprache lernen. Wem das zuviel Aufwand ist, der sollte bitte wegbleiben! Wir verlangen doch auch keine deutschsprachen Arbeitsplätze in den USA, Kanada, Australien usw.?

[@davidh7799]

I want to come to Germany to work. Isn't that good enough? I'm trying to learn the language, but of course I can't learn it right away.

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