Student Jobs

Working in a student-job while being enrolled in university is a common way for students in Germany to earn money for living. Besides the financial factor students often consider this a good opportunity to gain practical work experience and build up important contacts for their work-future after university education.

Working positions range from jobs at the universities themselves, which offer a big variety of working opportunities for students, to employment in local companies or for example as a bartender in a student café. Baden-Württemberg with its well-off economic structure provides a fairly good situation to find an interesting student-job.

In Germany different places offer side jobs for students. Most regional employment agencies have job opportunities for students. Often jobs are advertised on the notice boards at the universities. Most university websites and Studentenwerke have a job market on their website. Regional or local newspapers have an adverts section where vacant positions are advertised.

Many employers are glad to hire students. The reason for that is, if the student does not work more than 19.5 hours a week, the employer is required to pay only a portion of the social welfare contributions, thus students are therefore cheaper than “regular” employees. The average hourly rate in this case is around 8 Euros per hour. The prospects are better of course for those with specific knowledge in demand on the employment market. Complete lecture schedules leave no time for a full-time job however.

Please also note that financing your studies entirely from a student job will only work in the rarest of cases.

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Date: 08.02.2012 16:02