Job boards and networking: where to look

The big boards: Arbeitsagentur (jobboerse.arbeitsagentur.de — official and free), Indeed (all levels), StepStone (office jobs), LinkedIn (international), Xing (the German LinkedIn), kununu — employer reviews like "Zalando for firms". But 40% of jobs never get posted — the "hidden market": friends, direct calls ("Initiativbewerbung" — applying without a posting works!), LinkedIn posts.

• ●Set a "job alert" for profession + city — the posting comes to you
• ●kununu + Glassdoor: check the rating BEFORE applying — red flags are visible
• ●LinkedIn in German: recruiters search by keywords