Germany needs 260 000 expats!

Hi, is there any jobs in Germany for Burmese (Myanmar Nationals)?

SophiaKhan wrote:

Hi, is there any jobs in Germany for Burmese (Myanmar Nationals)?

What are your skills?

Germany has absorbed over a million refugees in the last few years - most of them integrated relatively well (given the difficult circumstances) and many found jobs at all levels and in all fields.
Yest there is still a skills shortage both in the high-tech, highly educated field and for lowly educated (and paid) manual labourers.
Thus I believe the number quotet above, 260000 new residents needed per year, is not sufficient.

Totally off-topic, but I once sold a car to Herr Bertelsmann's driver. 

I often speak with companies across Europe but run into the same problem - I haven't worked in their industry, even though I understand their quality, supply chain, engineering requirements.  This is the problem of Europe and companies worldwide, they say they need skilled staff but can't explain how they get them without training or using people from outside their industy.
I built the early mobile phones, worked on Yahoo and ICRC websites when the internet was starting up but have been told that I can't work in the industries because I don't have the right qualifications.
Frustrating

Alanharp22, just a well-meant advice:
Germans are generally averse to boasting - and any perceived attempt to do so will start them making some logical sanity checks (which they are usually good at doing).
After reading your post, my thoughts went like this: "If he worked on early mobile phones (in the 1980ies) and early Internet (in the 1990ies), he is most likely above 60 years old or in the late 50ies. That is the age where companies do no longer see a benefit in hiring and training an employee - the remaining working life is simply too short to recover the invest. Thus he will only be considered for roles that perfectly fit his prior experience, so he can add value immediately."
In addition, employers (not just German ones) usually value paper qualifications, which you don't have according to your post, over practical skills.
Thus I suggest you stay within your industry and adjust your salary expectations to make up for missing certificates and language skills (or do you speak German well?).

One often hears of such projections which are nearly worthless. They just look at a few trends of the population aging and where there are some shortages and project them endlessly into the future, in this case 2060. What nonsense! There are many factors that will contradict such a projection and many things will change in the meantime. It can be that many more people leave Germany when they retire to live in warmer climates; this is also a trend world-wide. Birth rates can change etc. etc.

As Beppi pointed out, Germany took in over 1 million refugees over the last 4 or 5 years. Maybe some can eventually go back to their home countries but the majority will stay and need jobs. These are more likely candidates for such jobs than recruiting outside the EU for additional people. And EU countries will always have higher priority. Add in that Bulgaria and Romania have joined the EU and I foresee possibly more foreigners coming to Germany but from not outside the EU.

Yes there are currently shortages in personnel to care for old people, like nurses and nurses’ aids. But the reason is that the pay is too little. Rather than raise pay levels, companies are looking to find foreigners to come and do the job and keep the pay down. One has to have mixed feelings about this. It gives more opportunities for foreigners without advanced degrees to work here but also means that pay levels are artificially suppressed for jobs that are very stressful and most of the workers very dedicated. But they seem not to manage to get enough qualified foreigners either, maybe because many don’t have the potential to master that language well enough. Thus it is questionable how long this trend can continue. The forces of capitalism suggest wages will have to go up in this sector and thus more German residents will be willing to pursue such a career.

I am skilled in Business sector like customer services, sales & marketing, management and research analysis.

SophiaKhan wrote:

I am skilled in Business sector like customer services, sales & marketing, management and research analysis.

These probably won't help you much, especially since you don't list German as one of the languages you speak. Maybe you might consider a country like France since you claim to speak French.