Arbeitsagentur

Germany's public job search, reaching active job seekers

Someone working on a laptop at a large wooden desk in a modern office
Two colleagues at a desk looking at a laptop together
The Bundesagentur für Arbeit's Jobsuche: a search for job title and location above a grid of occupational fields
Jobsuche results: 417 office administration jobs in Cologne, with filters beside the list of job ads
A job ad in the Jobsuche with pay, location, contract type and start date, and buttons to save or share it

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

  1. Create your Join account

    One account for Arbeitsagentur and every other hiring channel, your team and all applications.

  2. Write your job ad

    Write it once in Join; the same ad goes to Arbeitsagentur and every other channel you pick.

  3. Publish to Arbeitsagentur

    It goes to Arbeitsagentur by default, included in your Join plan. Applications come back to Join.

Arbeitsagentur FAQ

Is Arbeitsagentur suitable for employers outside Germany?
Through Join, the Jobsuche only takes vacancies with a workplace in Germany. Use a board with coverage in the vacancy's actual market when the role is based elsewhere.
Which vacancies fit Arbeitsagentur best?
Clearly named roles that active candidates search by occupation and place: operations, services, care and skilled trades, including part-time, shift and mini-job work, which the Jobsuche lets candidates filter for. Very narrow or confidential searches need another channel.
Can I pay for more visibility on Arbeitsagentur through Join?
No. The listing is included in your Join plan and there is no paid upgrade to add, and the Jobsuche ranks listings by its own relevance sorting. For more visibility in a competitive local market, add a paid board alongside it.
Should Arbeitsagentur be the only German hiring channel?
Usually not for a scarce profile. Keep its broad reach among active searchers, then add a specialist board or professional network that reaches the qualification or seniority the vacancy requires. Outside the listing, your own account with the Bundesagentur also opens its Bewerberbörse, where you search candidate profiles yourself, and its Arbeitgeber-Service, which takes placement requests.
Do I need my own Arbeitsagentur account?
No. Join publishes to Arbeitsagentur for you, so you post from your Join account and never set one up.
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