Arbeitsagentur
Germany's public job search, reaching active job seekers
Images: Bundesagentur für Arbeit
- Best for
- Clearly titled operational, skilled-trade, care and service roles at a fixed workplace in Germany
- Less suitable for
- Specialist and senior searches whose candidates are not browsing listings and have to be approached
About Arbeitsagentur
Arbeitsagentur is Germany's public employment service, and its Jobsuche lists vacancies from employers of every size and sector. Listing there is the public baseline for hiring in Germany, since a clearly titled role at a fixed place of work enters the search that active job seekers across the country use.
The Jobsuche, the Federal Employment Agency's job search, runs on the web and in an app. Candidates type a job and a place, set a radius and filter by working pattern, from mini-jobs to shift and weekend work; apprenticeships have a section of their own. A listing surfaces through its title and place, which favours jobs people look for by name: warehouse, workshop, care and service work.
Specialist and senior candidates are seldom browsing listings, so a scarce profile needs a channel that goes to them. Add a professional network where people keep a career profile, or a specialist board for the sector, from the day the vacancy opens rather than once the listing has drawn no response.
How to post a job on Arbeitsagentur
One account for Arbeitsagentur and every other hiring channel, your team and all applications.
Write your job ad
Write it once in Join; the same ad goes to Arbeitsagentur and every other channel you pick.
Publish to Arbeitsagentur
It goes to Arbeitsagentur by default, included in your Join plan. Applications come back to Join.
