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Service for companies
Are you looking for international professionals? Or do you need support with the successful onboarding of foreign professionals?
Find valuable information on the following pages or contact us for an individual consultation.
Consultation for companies
The Welcome Service Region Stuttgart advises you as a small and medium-sized company on issues relating to the recruitment and integration of international professionals.
You can contact us if you have any questions about the recruitment of international professionals – both abroad and in Germany – or if you have specific questions about an individual case, e.g. with regard to specific entry and residence regulations.
Among other things, we can advise you on
- Attracting international professionals
- Skilled Immigration Act (Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz) and fast-track procedure for international skilled workers
- Residence regulations and work permit
- Initial consultation on the recognition of foreign qualifications
- Adaptation qualifications and post-qualifications
- Procedure for the recruitment of international professionals
- Operational and linguistic integration of international professionals
- Intercultural training
- Building a welcoming culture
- Retention of international employees
- Dual career, i.e. prospects for the life partners of your new employees from abroad
- Family reunification
- Local integration (e.g. clubs, advice centers, etc.)
We can advise you in person in Stuttgart or at your company, by e-mail, virtually or by telephone.
We look forward to hearing from you and will be happy to help you.
Consultation in the Stuttgart Region
Once a month, the Welcome Service Region Stuttgart offers consultation hours in the districts of Böblingen, Esslingen, Göppingen, Ludwigsburg and Rems-Murr.
Book an appointment and let us advise you in detail on your topic.
Advice for your international employee at the Welcome Center Stuttgart
Does your international professional need support with recognition of qualifications, residence or family reunification? We can advise your foreign employees in person at the Welcome Center – by email, by phone, during consultation hours in the districts of the Stuttgart Region or via video call.
Corporate events
We regularly offer free information events on the topics of “recruitment and residence” and “integration and onboarding”: Virtual or in person, with selected partners and networks, up-to-date and practical. The focus of the events is always the exchange with other companies and labor market players.
Job fairs
We regularly organize free job fairs to recruit foreign professionals together with the partners of the Skilled Professional Alliance Stuttgart Region, such as the Stuttgart Employment Agency, the Stuttgart Region Chamber of Skilled Crafts, the Stuttgart Job Center and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Stuttgart Region.
Register for the next job fair, present yourself to potential applicants and get advice on support services for hiring foreign professionals.
Next events
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Beratung für internationale Fachkräfte, Studierende und Unternehmen der Region Stuttgart
Beratung für internationale Fachkräfte, Studierende und Unternehmen der Region Stuttgart
Do you have any questions about our events?
Then contact Dr. Verena Andrei
Head of Welcome Service Region Stuttgart
verena.andrei@region-stuttgart.de
Tel. +49 711 22835-880
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Information for companies
We also answer the most important questions about recruiting and integrating foreign professionals on our website!
We have also compiled helpful materials such as checklists for you:
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Service provider database
Are you looking for professional help? In our service provider database, you can quickly and easily find suitable providers in your area who offer the services you require in the area of international professionals – for example training, support for your foreign professional, german courses, translations or advice.
Further offers for companies in the Stuttgart Region
Networking
Our events offer you the opportunity to network with other companies and key players in the labor market.
Get to know international professionals
If you are interested in presenting your company at an event and getting in touch with international professionals in the Stuttgart Region, please contact us!
Company visits with international students
We offer company visits for international students so that they can get to know a company and its employees personally on site. Please contact us if you are interested in a company visit.
Application of your vacancies
Many of the people who come to us for advice are well qualified and looking for a job. We keep a list of companies that have vacancies and are interested in employing international professionals to advise job-seeking foreign professionals. We would be happy to add you to the list! We draw the attention of job-seeking professionals to your company and to job vacancies during the consultation. This also applies to internships or Master’s theses.
Dual Career
The Dual Career Network Stuttgart Region supports you as a company in attracting and retaining international profesionals who want to move to the region together with their partners. As part of the dual career program, partners can take part in workshops, get to know regional employers, prepare job applications and receive practical tips to open up their own career prospects.
At the same time, as a member company of the Dual Career Network, you will find out about potential new employees at an early stage. The network thus offers small and medium-sized companies in particular additional opportunities for successfully securing professionals.
Events on topics related to securing skilled workers are regularly offered to companies in the network, including the HR Business Breakfast and an After Work format. You can find the next events here.
From Frankfurt to the Stuttgart Region: Read how one couple managed to gain a foothold in the Stuttgart Region with the Dual Career Service.
Would you like to become a member?
Then contact
Strategieprojekte, Dual Career Service Region Stuttgart
Telefon: +49 711 22835-52
Hi Tech!: Tech talents for the Stuttgart Region
The location marketing campaign Hi Tech! draws the attention of international tech specialists from the IT/AI sector to career opportunities and the quality of life in the Stuttgart Region and provides international start-ups with access to cooperation partners and support services.
On wesayhi.tech, companies from the Stuttgart Region have the opportunity to present themselves free of charge as employers for tech specialists or as cooperation partners for start-ups.
Interested tech specialists can submit a short profile, such as a LinkedIn link or CV, via the Tech Connector. This profile will be forwarded to the participating companies for networking purposes.
Would you like to inspire international tech specialists for your company or explore new potential with international start-ups?
Then please contact us if your company
- works technology and innovation-driven,
- has at least one English-language career page,
- is open to international IT and AI specialists or cooperation with international start-ups and
- has its headquarters in the Stuttgart Region.
Contact:
Kampagnen Deine.Region.Stuttgart und HiTech!
Telefon: +49 711 22835-320