Community News & Announcements

• It's been a while since we published a new Berlin Life guide and are latest one is all about mistakes you should avoid making during interviews in Germany.
• As usual, you can get updates from our job seeker and how she's faring in her search for a new gig in Berlin.
• Did you miss our last newsletter? Give it a read: Berlin Is Said to Have the Best Transit System in the World and Our Job Seeker is Still Interviewing​

Berlin Life Guides

• ​NEW: Avoiding Embarrassing German Interview Mistakes: Dos and Don’ts - Discover the most common German interview mistakes and learn the dos and don’ts to help you avoid embarrassing slip-ups.
• ​UPDATED: The Diary Of A Berlin Job Seeker - Read the latest updates and find out what our job seeker has been up to over the past week.
• See the rest of our Berlin Life Guides.

German Companies Hiring Right Now

• ​ExpressSteuer (Hamburg)
• ​Nia Health (Berlin)
• ​Sastrify (Berlin, Cologne, Remote)
• ​About You (Hamburg, Lüneburg, Remote)
• ​Element Insurance (Berlin)
• ​Tarent (Berlin, Bonn, Cologne, Remote)
• ​World of Digits (Berlin)

News & Developments in Germany

• Check out Berlin Food Stories - their website is under construction right now, but you can join their mailing list to receive alerts about local restaurant jobs.
• ​Renter asked to do pregnancy test for Berlin flat viewing - New flat criteria alert! A landlord asked a local Berliner for a pregnancy test to prove she wasn't about to have a child.
• ​Germany’s worker shortage reaches record highs - There is a ... "Shortage of candidates for nine out of 10 qualified positions" in Germany.
• ​10 of the loveliest German old towns - A list of beautiful old towns you can visit throughout Germany. Some nice travel inspiration as the nationwide €49 ticket comes out on May 1.
• ​Germany: Immigrants made up over 18% of 2022 population - The country struggles to identify who is actually an immigrant, with some looking at "people with an Einwanderungsgeschichte, an immigration history" versus "people in Germany with a Migrationshintergrund, a migration background.
• ​Scholz party paves way for new center-right mayor in Berlin - In blahhhh news, Berlin has its first conservative mayor in decades.
• ​Strange Berlin: 10 Things You Didn't Yet Know About Our Favourite City - Learn some weird facts about the German capital.
• A tweet making fun of "sage" career advice people tend to post on LinkedIn. 🤡
• ​Battle of Berlin: 12 places you can still see damage from World War II - History buffs can use this list to see visible WW2 damage still lingering around Berlin.

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