Work successfully in Brandenburg

Are you looking for skilled workforce and new staff? Would you like to qualify your employees or improve the compatibility of work and family life in your company? Then we’re just the right partner for you!

Take advantage of our tailor-made workforce protection services in Potsdam, Cottbus, Eberswalde, Frankfurt (Oder) and Neuruppin for your economic success.

Our WFBB Labour division offers you a targeted and comprehensive information and consultation service. We will be happy to assist you - individually, free of charge and in the utmost confidentiality.

The Fachkräfteportal Brandenburg (Brandenburg Workforce Portal) offers you the chance to publish job and training vacancies for free and to present your company as an attractive employer. It’s worth it: Over 12,000 interested users from Germany and abroad visit the portal every month. It is designed not only for returnees, commuters and immigrants, but also Brandenburg residents, especially students and academics who are encouraged to pursue their career path in the State of Brandenburg.

When looking for skilled employees and managers, it is sometimes worthwhile to look abroad. The „Immigration Act for skilled personnel in Germany“, which came into force on March 2020, simplifies immigration opportunities for skilled employees and managers from countries outside the EU.

Would you like to use the opportunities offered by the „Immigration Act for skilled personnel in Germany“ for your company to recruit international skilled employees and mangagers from third countries or international students in Brandenburg as future skilled employees?
With our International Talent Service we advise and support you in recruiting international employees and managers. Our experts have the necessary know-how and can put you in touch with other experts.

Would you like to hire qualified servicemen and women once they’ve finished serving? Soldiers receive first-class training from the German Federal Armed Forces and enjoy ongoing further training during their service. We will help you recruit skilled employees and managers from the German Federal Armed Forces. Economic Development Agency Brandenburg (WFBB) works closely with the Promotion Service of the German Federal Armed Forces (BFD). You can submit situations offered, introduce yourself as an employer, get in touch with interested parties and find out about BFD funding possibilities.

We will provide you with general information on the career development of skilled employees and managers, learning strategies, quality characteristics and the validity of qualifications. You’ll also find lots of information about this in our portal, Berufliche Weiterbildung (Vocational Development Database).

We will advise you individually on the implementation of your company’s qualification projects.

We will help you find suitable education opportunities and service providers, as qualified employees are important for the development of your company. In our WDB Suchportal (Search Portal of Vocational Development Database) search portal you can find around 30,000 regional education offers from all sectors and professions. The portal is also available as an app. As an educational service provider in the capital region, you can use the WDB search portal to present your own offers for free.

Brandenburg supports the development and qualification of skilled employees in your company by providing comprehensive funding programs. We will happily advise you in a personal discussion.

Family friendliness pays off. With our Department of Reconciliation of Family and Work, we will provide you and your employees with individual advice on the compatibility of work and family life. We’ll support you in the planning and organisation of family-friendly concepts, such as flexible working hours and locations, bridging family downtime, and recruiting qualified substitute employees. We will also gladly provide you with information on company-supported childcare options and show you the tax benefits linked to family-friendly measures.

Our experts will inform you of current job market programmes in the State of Brandenburg or will establish contact with projects and project owners. They’ll support you for instance in the process of recruiting the right manpower and filling vacancies, or even in the modernisation and further development of your work organisation within the company.You can find more information about "Workforce Integration" on the website of our Division WFBB Labour.

We’ll provide you with statistics and specific assessments in the Fachkräfteinformationssystem (Brandenburg Workforce Information System), which are differentiated by region and prepared specific to cluster, sector and job. In this way we allow you to benefit from an assessment of the regional job market situation and the particular situation for workforce.