In Bremerhaven, there are numerous competent partners for the recruitment of skilled workers. The joint Employer Service of the Bremen-Bremerhaven Employment Agency and the Bremerhaven Jobcenter offers companies comprehensive and tailored advice on the subject of personnel and provides support in the search for qualified specialists.
You can see the entire range of advice and services offered by the Employer Service, such as labour market advice or qualification advice for small and medium-sized enterprises, here.
Of course there are also specific contact persons at the Employer Service in Bremerhaven.
General nationwide phone number of the Employer Service:
Mo - Fr, 08:00 am - 6:00 pm, Tel. 0800 4 555520 (toll-free)
The two locations of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce – Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bremen and Bremerhaven work closely together to help recruit skilled workers. With their skilled personnel programmes, they offer assistance in the search for suitable specialists and executives from abroad.
On the job and training portal karriere-bremen, companies from the State of Bremen can publish their job offers, training and dual-study places for Bremerhaven, Bremen and the surrounding area. Competent network partners of the portal are e.g. BIS, WFB and the Employment Agency.
Former servicemen and servicewomen are often also well-trained specialists. The Vocational Advancement Service of the Bundeswehr is the point of contact for integration into the civilian labour market and helps companies to find suitable employees. The Job Service of the Vocational Advancement Service does the appropriate networking. It also provides support with its own job exchange.
Guidance and placement of skilled workers through personnel service providers
There are numerous personnel service providers* in Bremerhaven who offer a broad portfolio of advice and assistance to help companies find the right employees. Recruitment services are provided for short and long-term employment, together with personnel requirement analyses and planning or the development of working time models.
Adecco Personaldienstleistungen GmbH
ASP Personaldienstleistungen GmbH
DEKRA Arbeit GmbH Bremerhaven
Hanseatisches Personalkontor Bremen
M&B Industrietechnik GmbH
Northwork Personalservice
Orizon
Personal Aktiv GmbH
Persona Service
Personal Service PSH GmbH – Personal Service PSH Bremerhaven GmbH
Runtime Services GmbH
TimePartner Personalmanagement GmbH
Zeitarbeit Personalberatung und Vermittlungs-GmbH (ZPV)
* The list represents only a selection of the personnel service providers. There is no claim to completeness.
The Gesamthafenbetriebsverein im Lande Bremen (GHBV), as a personnel service provider for Bremen’s port industry, is specifically concerned with the placement of harbour workers in Bremerhaven and Bremen.
Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences trains excellent specialists and executives in the study fields of engineering sciences, business administration, logistics, information technology and tourism. This also benefits Bremerhaven as a location and the local economy. The Career Service Center (CSC), as part of the staff unit “Research and Transfer”, establishes the contact between companies and students.
Companies can use the job exchange of the AStA (General Students’ Committee) to recruit students and graduates of the various disciplines for assignments as interns or career entrants.
Declining levels of training and education are triggering labour shortages, information deficits and, in particular, a decrease in the availability of skilled staff. The change in the labour market therefore requires a new orientation on the part of enterprises – but also on the part of labour market administration, social partners and young people in the education and training market. For this reason, the main goal of the Netzwerk Schule, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft [Network of Schools, Industry and Research] is the appropriate region-specific placement in training, study and work. The aim is to keep young people especially in the region, with a view to counteracting the demographic change.
The Jugendberufsagentur (JBA) [Youth Employment Agency] supports companies in filling their vacancies and in the search for suitable applicants for training or dual studies.
Job fairs
Job fairs are far more than just places where suitable employees can be found. It is becoming increasingly important for companies to position themselves as attractive employers on the labour market and to present themselves in a strong light. Employer branding is the keyword for attracting skilled workers and retaining them over the long term. Job fairs are a good opportunity for an exchange between companies and interested applicants.
Representing the Federal State of Bremen – and thus also Bremerhaven – top companies and motivated applicants have been coming together since 2006 at the Jobmesse Bremen to talk about careers and new prospects.
Another offering and a good platform for cross-industry recruiting is the Jobmesse Nord. It is aimed not only at the City of Bremen, but also at the entire surrounding area.