A compass for a successful career in Germany Dedicated recruiters should provide intensive support to employer and employee alike, particularly when highly qualified specialists from abroad are involved. TEXT: SILKE HENKELE I PHOTOS: NEW START GERMANY
“We asked ourselves what kind of support we would need if we started our lives anew in a foreign country. Very quickly, we came up with the importance of cultural, social and structural integration – and made this the overarching motto of our services. We help foreign employees not only with finding a suitable workplace, but also provide them with a compass for the necessary orientation in their new home country,“ explains Patrik Kershi, founding member and CEO of New Start Germany Ltd. in Hannover, an affiliate of Interces GmbH, the point of contact for German applicants. New Start Germany’s focus is on the branches of medicine, care, electrical and civil engineering and IT: “Sectors in which it is often difficult to find suitable employees here in Germany,” says Kershi. Abroad, however, the supply of qualified employees in these particular industries is large: “We receive many CVs from candidates from Europe and around the globe. However, 98 | Issue 78 | September 2019
before we contact potential employers, we check the applicants’ language level, as well as their professional qualifications. This gives the employer a good impression of the potential new colleague’s training level; whereas the future employee gets to know the value of their work on the German job market. A win-win situation for both sides.” Approximately 75 per cent of all applicants have completed a university degree from a recognised university – a very attractive number. “One of our first clients was a highly qualified doctor from Albania which
we placed at a Berlin hospital. She is well integrated and feels happy here in Germany. Her supervisors and colleagues appreciate the quality of her work. Her employer has just contacted us and asked for other candidates. In this, we see us and our approaches confirmed: not only our candidates but also our services are outstanding!” With a view to the future, Kershi and his team are planning a cooperation with a private university in Albania, to help students with their choice of subjects to prepare them for the demands of the German job market. They have also planned the formation of two foreign subsidiaries to provide even better support for foreign applicants. www.newstartgermany.com