Ausbildung vacancy requirement matcher

A school-leaving certificate

Guter Hauptschulabschluss · Mittlere Reife · Mittlerer Schulabschluss · Benötigter Schulabschluss

What the employer wants shown. Proof that you finished school, usually to a named level. For dual training this is the company's own criterion, not German law.

Evidence the tool offers

• I finished school and I have the certificate
• I finished school and the certificate is in another language
• I am still at school and will finish before the training starts
• I have a higher qualification, such as a diploma or a degree
• Something else you have done, written in your own words
• Nothing yet, which is a real answer with its own next action

If you have nothing yet. Name the certificate you will have and the month you will have it, instead of leaving the line unanswered. German law sets no school-leaving qualification for dual training in a company: every company decides its own criterion, and many ask for an intermediate certificate. Whether a certificate from another country counts as an equivalent German one is decided by the certificate-recognition body of the federal state, and that process normally needs a German address or a confirmed training place first. The anabin database names the body.

School-based training is the exception: there the qualification must be completed and officially recognised.

German at a stated level

Ausreichende Deutschkenntnisse in Wort und Schrift · Gute Deutschkenntnisse · Deutsch mindestens B1

What the employer wants shown. Enough German to follow the work, the vocational school and the exams, which are held in German.

Evidence the tool offers

• I have a certificate at the level the advert asks for
• I have a certificate at a lower level and I am still learning
• I have booked the exam and I know the date
• I am in a course now but have no certificate yet
• I learned German at school or at work and have no certificate
• Something else you have done, written in your own words
• Nothing yet, which is a real answer with its own next action

If you have nothing yet. Say the level you are at now and when you sit the exam. Make it in Germany states that as a rule you should be able to evidence German at a minimum level of B1, and the higher the level the easier the training content becomes. Do not write a level you cannot speak: the interview is in German and will show the difference.

Interest in this occupation and this employer

Interesse am Beruf · Motivation · Lernbereitschaft · Interesse an praktischer Tätigkeit

What the employer wants shown. One concrete reason you chose this occupation, and one concrete thing about this employer. A sentence that would fit any company answers nothing.

Evidence the tool offers

• A task named in the advert that I want to learn
• Something I read on the employer's own website
• A taster day, a school placement or a visit in this field
• Someone I know who does this job and told me about it
• The official occupation profile, which I have read
• Something else you have done, written in your own words
• Nothing yet, which is a real answer with its own next action

If you have nothing yet. If nothing about this employer interests you, that is information about the application, not a sentence to invent. Spend ten minutes on their website and on the official occupation profile first. The Federal Employment Agency asks applicants to research reasons why this company in particular is interesting, and the interviewer will ask you to expand whatever you write.

Practical experience or an internship

Erste Erfahrung · Praktikum von Vorteil · Praktische Erfahrung

What the employer wants shown. Tasks you have carried out, described as tasks. A job title on its own tells the reader nothing.

Evidence the tool offers

• An internship or placement in this field
• An internship or placement in another field
• A part-time or holiday job
• Regular help in a family business
• Volunteering or unpaid work
• A school project with real tasks and a deadline
• Something else you have done, written in your own words
• Nothing yet, which is a real answer with its own next action

If you have nothing yet. Say plainly that you have not done an internship in this field, then name a task from somewhere else and say what you want to learn in the company. Do not invent a job to fill the gap. If there is time before the deadline, ask the employer whether you can do a short placement first: many training companies offer exactly that.

Working in a team

Teamfähigkeit · Teamgeist · Zusammenarbeit im Team

What the employer wants shown. One time you worked with other people towards the same result, and what your part in it was.

Evidence the tool offers

• A school or course project I did with other people
• A job or placement where I worked in a team
• A sports team, a band, a choir or a club
• Sharing regular duties at home or in a family business
• Volunteering with a group
• Something else you have done, written in your own words
• Nothing yet, which is a real answer with its own next action

If you have nothing yet. Teamwork is not a document you can obtain, so there is nothing to fetch. What you can do is stop looking for a job and look for any group task you have taken part in, including at home, at a place of worship or in a club. If there is genuinely none, say what you have done alone and say you want to learn the team side. Claiming it without an example is the thing to avoid, because the next question is always for the example.

Reliability and taking responsibility

Zuverlässigkeit · Pünktlichkeit · Verantwortungsbewusstsein

What the employer wants shown. A commitment you kept over time, with the detail that proves you kept it.

Evidence the tool offers

• A regular shift or job I turned up to over months
• A caring duty at home I am responsible for
• Training, classes or rehearsals I attend on a fixed schedule
• A task nobody checked, such as opening, closing or handling money
• A school report or reference that mentions my attendance
• Something else you have done, written in your own words
• Nothing yet, which is a real answer with its own next action

If you have nothing yet. There is no certificate for reliability, and writing the word on its own is the weakest line in any application. Look for something you have kept up without being reminded, however small, and describe the schedule rather than the virtue. A school report that mentions attendance is usable evidence, and you probably already have one.

Care and accurate work

Sorgfalt · Genaues Arbeiten · Organisationsgeschick

What the employer wants shown. A task where being wrong would have cost something, and how you checked your work.

Evidence the tool offers

• Counting, measuring or checking something against a list or document
• Handling money, a till or an invoice
• Keeping records, files or a timetable in order
• Work where a mistake spoils the piece, such as cooking, sewing or repairs
• A method I use to check my own work before I finish
• Something else you have done, written in your own words
• Nothing yet, which is a real answer with its own next action

If you have nothing yet. Answer with the habit rather than the history. If you check a list before you leave the shop, or read a message twice before sending it, that is the checkable thing to describe. The interview follow-up is usually about a mistake, so have one small real example ready and say what you changed afterwards.

Contact with customers or patients

Freude am Kundenkontakt · Service- und Kundenorientierung · Kommunikationsfähigkeit · Einfühlungsvermögen

What the employer wants shown. A situation where you dealt with people you did not know, and what you actually did for them.

Evidence the tool offers

• Serving in a shop, market, café or restaurant
• Serving customers in a family business
• Answering calls, messages or questions for someone else
• Helping patients, older people, children or guests
• A stall, a tour or a desk at a school or community event
• Something else you have done, written in your own words
• Nothing yet, which is a real answer with its own next action

If you have nothing yet. Say what you want to learn instead of claiming you already enjoy it. This is also the requirement most worth fixing before the next application: a few days behind any counter gives you a real answer, and it is the kind of task a placement can supply quickly.

Computer or software skills

PC-Kenntnisse · MS-Office-Kenntnisse · Umgang mit dem Warenwirtschaftssystem · EDV-Kenntnisse

What the employer wants shown. Which program, and what you did in it. Naming the program the advert names is what the reader is checking.

Evidence the tool offers

• I have used the program the advert names
• I have used a different program that does the same job
• I write documents, spreadsheets or presentations for school or work
• I completed a computer course and have the certificate
• I taught myself and can show what I made
• Something else you have done, written in your own words
• Nothing yet, which is a real answer with its own next action

If you have nothing yet. Name the program, say you have not used it, and name the nearest thing you have used. That is one sentence and it survives the interview. Hiding it does not, because the first practical week finds out.

Physical work, standing or lifting

Belastbarkeit · Körperliche Belastbarkeit · Freude an praktischer Arbeit

What the employer wants shown. That you know what the working day is physically like and have done something comparable.

Evidence the tool offers

• A job where I was on my feet for hours
• Carrying, loading or moving goods
• Farm, building, garden or other outdoor work
• Helping people move, wash or get up
• Regular sport or physical training
• Something else you have done, written in your own words
• Nothing yet, which is a real answer with its own next action

If you have nothing yet. Ask the employer what the day is actually like before you promise anything, and use the interview to ask it. If you have a health condition that affects the work, the interview with the company is where that belongs, not the letter.

If you are under 18 when you start, the Youth Employment Protection Act requires a doctor's examination within the last fourteen months, and the employer must hold that doctor's certificate before you may be employed. That is a document to arrange, not a reason to worry.

Shift, weekend or early and late work

Bereitschaft zur Schichtarbeit · Wochenendarbeit · Flexible Arbeitszeiten

What the employer wants shown. Whether you can actually be there at those hours, including the journey.

Evidence the tool offers

• I have worked shifts, weekends or early mornings before
• I have checked how I would travel at those times
• Nothing at home stops me working at those times
• I live close enough to get there outside normal hours
• Something else you have done, written in your own words
• Nothing yet, which is a real answer with its own next action

If you have nothing yet. Do not promise hours you cannot work. Say which times you can do and ask what the shift pattern is in the first year. An applicant who agrees to everything and then cannot come is a worse outcome for both sides than one honest sentence now.

If you are under 18, the Youth Employment Protection Act limits employment to the hours between 06:00 and 20:00. Applicants over 16 may work later in named cases, including until 22:00 in hospitality and until 23:00 in multi-shift operations. Check the rule before you agree to a night shift the law does not allow.

A driving licence

Führerschein Klasse B · Fahrerlaubnis · Führerschein von Vorteil

What the employer wants shown. Whether you can drive, and from when. Some adverts want it on day one and some by the end of the training.

Evidence the tool offers

• I hold a licence issued in Germany, the EU, Liechtenstein, Norway or Iceland
• I hold a licence issued in another country
• I have started lessons at a driving school
• I will be old enough to take the test during the training
• Something else you have done, written in your own words
• Nothing yet, which is a real answer with its own next action

If you have nothing yet. Ask the employer whether the licence is needed at the start or by the end of the training. That one question decides whether this line is a blocker. If your licence comes from outside the EU, EEA and the named countries, the official rule is that you may drive on it for six months from the day you register your address in Germany, an official German translation is needed for almost every country of origin, and a German licence is required after that. Whether you have to sit another test depends on the issuing country, and your local Fahrerlaubnisbehörde decides.

A licence from the EU, Liechtenstein, Norway or Iceland is valid in Germany without restrictions and needs no exchange. A licence from anywhere else may be used for six months from the day you register your address in Germany, needs an official German translation for almost every country of origin, and has to be replaced by a German one after that. Whether you must sit another test depends on the issuing country, and the local Fahrerlaubnisbehörde decides.

A line the list does not cover

The tool does not know this requirement, so it gives you the two sentence moves that work for any of them. Put your own task in the brackets.

If you have nothing yet. Name the requirement, say in one sentence that you do not meet it yet, and say what you will do. A named gap is a question at the interview. A hidden one is a surprise in the first week.