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Job search and unemployment
If you lose your job, you are bound to have lots of questions. Am I
entitled to unemployment benefit? Where do I have to register? How am I insured?
Where can I find help with looking for a job? You can find information and support
relating to unemployment and job-seeking here.
There are 31 services for Job search and unemployment
If you need to prove whether or not you have a criminal record, you can apply for a simple certificate of good conduct, an extended certificate of good conduct or a certificate of good conduct for submission to an authority.
If you are looking for or starting a new job or apprenticeship, you can, for example, have your expenses for application documents or travel to a job interview reimbursed by your employment agency.
If you employ people in your company who are not yet fully able to work at the start of their employment, you can apply for subsidies towards wage costs.
If you employ people in your company who are not yet fully able to work at the start of their employment, you can apply for subsidies towards wage costs.
If you need support in finding training or a job or securing your training or job due to your (impending) disability(ies), you can receive support in the form of funding or special assistance.
The Akti(F) Plus programme supports families and their children by providing parents with comprehensive advice on stabilizing their individual and family life situation and claiming social benefits, as well as supporting them in taking up and expanding employment.
The JUVENTUS program helps young people between the ages of 18 and 30 who have difficulty accessing the job market to go abroad for an internship in order to gain new experience and make a fresh start.
If you have worked in several jobs subject to compulsory insurance at the same time and lose one of these jobs subject to compulsory insurance, you can apply for partial unemployment benefit.
If you are no longer compulsorily insured under the unemployment insurance scheme, you can continue to be insured on a voluntary basis under certain conditions.
If you would like to do further training and need special support or assistance due to your disabilities, you can do the training in a company or institution that is equipped to meet your special needs.
If you would like to do further training and need special support or assistance due to your disabilities, you can do the training in a company or institution that is equipped to meet your special needs.
If you need special support with professional integration or to secure your job due to your disability, the employment agency can commission a specialist integration service for this purpose.
Minor children who live in another family (foster family or relatives) can receive benefits to secure their livelihood in accordance with SGB XII in order to secure the necessary livelihood of the foster child. Foster carers can also receive these benefits.
If you are employed in Germany, you have certain rights and obligations. Here you will find information on the legal conditions, for example on statutory working hours or unemployment benefits.
If you are unemployed, at risk of unemployment or looking for training, you can be supported by measures that make it easier for you to (re)enter the world of work.
If you wish to apply for unemployment benefit, you must register as unemployed electronically on the Federal Employment Agency's specialist portal or in person at the employment agency responsible for your place of residence.
