feuervogel: Alex on the bridge, deciding a course of action (sad)
So, according to a comment on someone else's f-locked post, the age I'm going to be in 10 years, once we have few or no cats and a smaller principle on our mortgage, that is, 45, is considered "too old" to get a job in Germany, really really.

Fuck my life, fuck me, and fuck that bullshit.

I'm never going to get to move to Berlin if neither Ben (who will ALSO be 45, and a 20-year-experienced software engineer) nor I will be able to get jobs to support ourselves.

I was happy until about 10 minutes ago when I read that comment notification. Now I want to curl up and cry a lot.

Date: 2011-03-21 03:31 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] picklish
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Yuck. *hug*

Date: 2011-03-21 05:10 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] kriski
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i have to say something about that to put the comment in a bit of perspective, i hope. just not right now, i'm almost out the door to school.

this much right now, don't despair yet, not all is lost ;-)

Date: 2012-11-20 08:23 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] kriski
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oops, i completely forgot about that. sorry. thanks for the nudge ;-)

right now the economy is down and 45 IS a stumbling block on the way to new/other employment. if you're not applying from a current job, that is. for some reason, the german job market is very unforgiving to people who are currently (and no matter for how long!) out of work. it's a lot easier to get another job if you have a current one on your resume.

however, software enginieers, especially experienced ones, are sought after. we recently changed the way our university degrees work and the industry is not responding kindly to the newfangled bachelors of sciences, they want the old school dipl-ing. or lots of experience. so, for your partner the lookout is not so bad.

as for yourself, the good thing about berlin is, it's cosmopolitan and needs people with other languages than german to cater to a variety of customers/demands. your english will most likely be the "selling" point that lands you a job. and the fact that you know german as well ;-) i doubt you'd be able to work as fully accredited pharmacist, not without jumping though lots of hoops to get your degree validated. but i gather from your recent posts you're not set onto that particular carreer path.

hope this is a tiny silver lining ;-)

Date: 2011-03-21 03:56 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] rike_tikki_tavi
rike_tikki_tavi: cuddle pile of mongooses (Default)
network drive-by comment

Speaking as a German, who lives in Berlin you can't say that 45 is too old to get a job in Germany. It depends a lot on what kind of job you are looking for and what industry you want to work in. And software engineers for example should have pretty good chances, particularly when they have some experience. Plus, trying to say today how the job situation in Berlin is going to be in ten years is insane. Lately we had trouble telling that 2 years in advance.

Date: 2011-03-21 05:13 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] rike_tikki_tavi
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Well, for job search I wouldn't just count on the Arbeitsagentur. He should take a look at monster.de, stepstone.de and other online job search sites. Those are usually better bets as a lot of interesting job openings don't even get advertised to the AA.

I'm afraid, I can't help with the pharmacist stuff. Maybe you could try looking for something that ustilizes your education, but is not a pharmacist, because I think you might have to re-take at least some of your courses over here.

Date: 2011-03-21 08:40 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] rike_tikki_tavi
rike_tikki_tavi: cuddle pile of mongooses (Default)
Hmm, if you really want to re-qualifiy in Germany, you might be able to transfer parts of your degree. They might recognize some of the courses you've taken, like biochemistry and other purely scientific stuff. It'd depend a lot on how your courses were structured in the states and which school you'd apply to here in Germany. Or they might not recognise it at all but the chance is there.

But you'd definitely have to take all the law stuff and courses that pertain to being a pharmacist and Germany/Europe.

Date: 2011-03-20 09:21 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] amakarie.livejournal.com
They have job restrictions after turning 45? That seems kind of...harsh. o_O;

Date: 2011-03-21 04:16 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] beth_leonard
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I wouldn't worry too much about it at the moment -- Google has failed me, but there was an article in the Wall Street Journal not too long ago about how many medical and high-tech professionals are leaving Germany, creating a bit of a shortage. You may want to look at the demographics of the field in which you wish to work and determine how many will be retired in 10 years before you give up in advance. Germany may well be importing professionals in your field to support their boomers' medical needs.

--Beth

Date: 2011-03-21 04:36 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] beth_leonard
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Found it sort-of. You can do a two-weeks-free log in to read the bit behind the cut:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704913704575453652182261156.html#articleTabs_comments%3D%26articleTabs%3Darticle

I already used mine so I can't see the rest.
--Beth

Date: 2011-03-22 03:06 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] donaithnen.livejournal.com
:( *hugs*

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