{"id":10004,"date":"2023-09-22T22:54:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=10004"},"modified":"2023-09-22T22:54:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:54:47","slug":"exploring-ferienjob-a-summer-adventure-for-international-students-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/10004\/exploring-ferienjob-a-summer-adventure-for-international-students-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Ferienjob: A summer adventure for international students in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Germany has become the number one destination for foreign students<br \/>\nseeking to make some extra money and live in Germany over the summer. Germany<br \/>\nhas long been a hub for international students seeking world-class education and<br \/>\ncultural experiences. Ferienjob, or summer job programs, in Germany have become<br \/>\nincreasingly popular, especially for students from outside the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>Ferienjob, translated as &#8220;holiday job&#8221; in English, is a program that allows<br \/>\ninternational students to work during their summer break. It is designed to provide<br \/>\nstudents with an opportunity to gain practical work experience, earn some extra<br \/>\nmoney, and immerse themselves in German culture. This program is particularly<br \/>\nbeneficial for non-EU students who often face more stringent restrictions when it<br \/>\ncomes to working in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are still certain criteria that international students from outside the EU<br \/>\nmust meet to work in Germany. Firstly, they must be enrolled in a university program.<br \/>\nSecondly, they are allowed to work only up to 90 days per calendar year and only<br \/>\nwithin their official semester breaks. A command of the German language is often<br \/>\nnot required but heavily depends on the job. For example, Gabriel Beqauri, a student<br \/>\nfrom Georgia working in Frankfurt over the summer, who works as a waiter at a<br \/>\nrestaurant, is required to know German at least at a basic level, but some students<br \/>\nworking as janitors or in other menial jobs do not need to know German.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10021\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10021\" class=\"wp-image-10021\" src=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2023\/09\/img-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2023\/09\/img-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2023\/09\/img-3-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2023\/09\/img-3.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriel wipes down a cabinet at his job<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Luka Giorgadze, another Georgian student who works in a restaurant in Hamburg,<br \/>\ndescribes his work experience as: \u201cvery exhausting but it\u2019s all worth it to live in<br \/>\nGermany for a bit and make some money, get some more experience, and improve<br \/>\nmy German.\u201d Gabriel was mostly of a similar opinion, but he put much more<br \/>\nemphasis on culture and language: \u201cWorking here really connects me with German<br \/>\nculture. I talk to the locals in their own language and learn their mannerisms,<br \/>\nattitudes, and other stuff that you can\u2019t just read about in a book or online. It&#8217;s<br \/>\nsomething you have to experience in person or you won&#8217;t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Ferienjob is not without any downsides. To even get a job like this, you need to<br \/>\nknow the job providers, which most of the time the students don&#8217;t. This makes it<br \/>\nnecessary for students to contact either a local German agency or an agency in their<br \/>\nown country. They provide the service of finding a suitable job, providing<br \/>\naccommodation as well as a visa if necessary, but they charge a large sum for these<br \/>\nservices. The sum depends on the agency but is usually not lower than 200 Euros.<\/p>\n<p>A large problem is also the amount of time it takes for these agencies to prepare<br \/>\neverything. The aforementioned Luka and Gabriel had to wait 3 months for the<br \/>\nagency to finally give them all the necessary documents. Their flight to Germany was<br \/>\nsupposed to be on the 6th of July, but instead, it was a week late. The two of them<br \/>\nhad also planned on working at the same place and living in the same<br \/>\naccommodation which they had told the agency and were promised that this would<br \/>\nbe the case. Instead, they ended up in opposite ends of Germany.<\/p>\n<p>But despite all the negatives, both of them, as well as thousands of other students,<br \/>\nare planning on coming back next year as well. \u201cOverall, it was pretty good. Could<br \/>\nhave been better, sure, but I really liked it. I\u2019ll make sure to come back next year too,\u201d<br \/>\nsaid Gabriel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Germany has become the number one destination for foreign students seeking to make some extra money and live in Germany over the summer. Germany has long been a hub for international students seeking world-class education and cultural experiences. 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