Once Romania entered the European Union in 2007, significant advantages for the highly skilled and educated were created with the liberalization of the labor-market. Gabriel B. lives in Germany since 2007, and is currently in the 5th residency year as a General Surgeon. After graduating medicine in 2007, Gabriel moved to Nordrhein-Westfalen in a city…
German labor unions start to change their opinion about Romanian, Bulgarian, Polish and Lithuanian immigrants that choose to work in Germany. They consider them colleagues and not competitors and act against their exploitation. – Deutsche Welle Numerous immigrants are forced to work in precarious conditions and are badly paid and some of them don’t know…
Berlin – German patients are in general satisfied by their visits to the doctor. This fact was revealed in a study conducted by Berndan-Schmittmann-Stiftung to which 7683 patients were subjected in 166 Doctor Practices from 2008 until 2011. The “impact†question of the whole study was: “Do you have any suggestions on how the quality…
Recently, we held a short survey designed to better understand our candidates’ wishes and desires when it comes to moving abroad and starting a career as a foreign doctor in a foreign land. The survey was relatively simple with just two separate questions. In which country would you rather see yourself working as a doctor?…
Berlin – “Surgery consists of more than just the pure surgical act†, this statement was pointed out by the German Society of Surgery, prior to a joint session noted with different sub-affiliates in August. “A well performed surgery is not composed by only the professionally executed operation, rather it is the result of…
Berlin – The vast majority of doctors are satisfied with their work. This is what the result from the medical monitor of Statutory Health Insurance National Physicians Association (KBV) and NAV-Virchow-Bund presented in Berlin. 98% of the 11.000 physicians interviewed by telephone consider their work useful and meaningful, 93% are making their work fun and…
“As a foreign doctor working in Germany, it’s not enough to know how to order a pizzaâ€. The German doctors complain about the fact that their foreign colleagues have an insufficient vocabulary when it comes down to the German language skills. “Even if the foreign doctors have in most cases basic communication skills, these…
Good training is a key to entering the work force. So why do many European countries have such high youth unemployment rates, despite graduating many well-trained people? And why is Germany different? It is not especially surprising that the unemployment rate of young people in most countries is higher than general unemployment. But what…
The German parliament has voted to make it easier for skilled workers from non-EU countries to work in Germany. The Blue Card, an EU-wide work permit, allows highly skilled applicants to seek work across the bloc. In the future there will be fewer bureaucratic hurdles for skilled workers seeking employment in Germany. The new legislation…
Germany needs more immigrants and more child care, because the men and women that immigrate will support the economy and fight inflation. The economists at the Federal Bank have calculated that Germany needs in the coming years about 150.000 – 200.000 new workers from abroad per year. In its monthly report from April, they…