You can earn a substantial sum of money working in Germany EFL wages are very high for Europe, you can earn anything from 15 euros an hour in a school. Monthly wages can be from 1000 euros plus depending on your school. Germany is a beautiful, culturally and historically rich, friendly and warm, comfortable, country to live and work in.
Germany can be expensive. It depends on your lifestyle as to what expensive is to you. It also depends on where you live eg. Munich is a very expensive city to live in than, make sure to make a list of questions before contacting the school you wish to teach in next. Germany is becoming more materialistic. It's a wealthy industrialized nation. This is the way it is.
Germany’s weather can be snowy in winter good for all those snow sports. Germany can get hot in the summer too so a good time to go camping. There are a lot of good campsites in Germany that have swimming pools; try camping in the Black forest it's beautiful there. Germany is Germany and Germany is what YOU make of it!! The Germans, generally speaking, are like most people in any country. Friendly, curious, happy, sad, funny, intelligent and so on.
The standard of living in Germany is very good and not particularly expensive. The pay is good, but the price of living can be high in major cities. Flats can run from 250 Euros to upwards. The Trains are reliable.
Virtually 'all' private schools employ teachers on a freelance, hourly-rate basis. Before the contract is signed try to obtain paid minimum and system of bonuses. Yes, it is true that there are some vast culture differences between Germany and the English speaking western world. It’s essential. Yes, they can be somewhat direct.
People from EU countries have the same status as Germans when it comes to seeking employment in Germany. They need no work permit. Non-EU nationals — including people from the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — do need a permit , and these are not easy to get.
Germany and authorities are not allowed to issue work permits to non-EU nationals for a job that can be filled by an unemployed EU national.
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