Student jobs
How to finance your studies in Germany
Many students work part-time to finance their studies and foreign students can do the same without having to get a work permit.
However, the amount of time you are allowed to work is limited to 90 days per year or to a limited number of hours per week. In some federal states, you are only allowed to work during vacation.
Typical student jobs include working in a bar, office work, courier work, taxi driving (though you need a special permit for doing this), hostess work on fairs (well paid) and street cleaning in winter. Pay for student jobs is typically €10-15/hour. Vacancies are often promoted on newspaper websites, via student unions or the university.
As part of their studies, many German students do apprenticeships during their summer or winter holidays. These offer first-hand experience and direct contact with potential employers. People leaving university without ever having worked in the "real world" might find it hard to get a job.
Universities often help with organizing appropriate internships, especially during summer vacation. For international internships, you can contact the international student union AISEC - www.aisec.de .
There are magazines that focus on career issues for university students and young professionals, such as Junge Karriere. Its website has information on employment perspectives in different industries, tips and tricks for writing CVs, a job spider which searches through different job engines, an list of headhunters and information on career fairs - www.jungekarriere.com .
If you get a permanent job offer after university graduation, don't forget that you are not permitted to remain in Germany with a student visa. Official policy is that you must return to your home country before you can apply for a residency visa and work permit. However, if your employer wants you to start working quickly, this can be avoided by a lawyer making a petition on your behalf.
Also in this section
- Introduction: The German job market for foreigners
- Work permits: When and how to apply for them
- Finding a job: Where to look for a job in Germany
- Job applications: How to apply for a job in Germany
- Student jobs: How to finance your studies in Germany
- Working in Germany: Management culture, salaries and labour regulations
- Social security: The German social security system
- Unemployment insurance: Getting money when you loose your job
- Pension insurance: An introduction to the German pension system
- Accident insurance: How you are insured at your working place
Comments from other users
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This is rubbish
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Not really rubbish ;)
I don't know what you are doing wrong. Especially students are not that bad paid... In many jobs you get around 12€/hour or more.
And this doesn't have anything to do with the minimum wage.
I do also live here (Bavaria), although i don't have a job most of my friends have. And they do get more.
So it is not completely rubbish. You just have to look around and be clever enough to take these jobs.
Regards
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please explain
exactly how many hours are foreign students allowed to work in germany and is it enough to continue our studies?
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Typical Student rates are less than 8 euros an hour. Same as everywhere else in the world.
Who would pay more. Germany does not have a minimum wage.
I live here and know this to be true.
Regards