Programmers, system administrators, big data specialists, website developers… As a company, you are awarded a lucrative project, but are unable to fully utilize your capacities. More would be possible, but the lack of suitable personnel is slowing us down, everywhere and persistently.
Recruiting competent auxiliary and skilled workers from abroad is increasingly becoming a sensible and important option for your own entrepreneurial development. Signite helps you through the complex process from recruitment to work visa and provides the language training of your expert. Please feel free to contact us!
The shortage of skilled workers in the IT sector is now so blatant that special options have been created in German immigration law to make it easier for foreign IT specialists to enter the country. Where professional recognition is usually required for a skilled worker’s permanent residence, there is the option for IT professions for the employer to assess their professional suitability for the job themselves. This means that people who have not completed training or studies in the relevant reference occupation according to German standards can also start working in Germany, but also those who have been able to build up their skills through many years of project and professional experience. By the way: there are no legal challenges for language skills either. If it suits you as an employer, then a good knowledge of English is sufficient to start work.
In the end, it depends on what skills you need for your team. At Signite, we bring in our detailed knowledge of residency requirements and country-specific professional qualifications and will be happy to advise you on what is possible in relation to your specific needs.
The three-year dual training courses in IT professions, as well as professions after completing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT, are non-regulated professions. There is no legal requirement for them to practice their profession. Therefore, no state body is required for the process of recognizing the foreign professional qualification; this is usually carried out by the IHK FOSA.
Professional recognition of IT professions is possible, but not required in terms of residence or professional law. Anyone who wants to go the route of professional recognition must be prepared for a lengthy process, at the end of which there will probably be a considerable deficit in practical and theoretical content, which will have to be compensated for by the employer as part of an adjustment measure.
Signite therefore recommends that this professional group take advantage of the facilitations for IT professions created in the Skilled Immigration Act and rely on the possibility of the employer assessing the skills of the skilled worker when entering and taking up work in Germany.
For employers who hire IT professionals, the migration path is a little easier than for other industries. After a successful interview with the future specialist, the waiting time is significantly shorter, as professional recognition and long waiting times for the visa are no longer necessary. What is important for a smooth process is the salary that is typical for the location and industry, so that your specialist can ideally obtain the visa via the simplified Blue Card route.
If you consider the new employee to be technically and linguistically suitable for the position to be filled, there is not much in the way of your journey. For you as an employer, the actual job then begins, namely active support with integration and induction.
Signite is represented in various countries to support motivated professionals there on their way to Germany. The training systems are as different as the countries are. It is not always possible to find every desired profile in every country of origin.
So the following applies: the more openly you send us from Signite on the search, the greater the chances of interesting applications. We are happy to take over the recruitment on your behalf – without obligation and free of charge. Our country portfolio enables a broad search and thus many opportunities to find the right specialist for your team.
