Before you are going "Klinkenputzen" you better become a Tonmeister VDT or at least find some Tonmeister VDT who likes to go "Klinkenputzen" with you.

Are there really NO Germans ON THE LAU LIST who either want to work with multimedia hardware on a daily basis while travelling around the country to interesting locations OR no one who can assist with finding/recommend anyone who does want a job like that?

The kind of offer, with all the missing information and the hint to have your own car clearly leads to "Klinkenpuzen" (word by word translation "polishing doorhandles", IOW "bell ringing"). "Multimedia

It seems to me that all y'all Germans are not feeling the cuts like the rest of Europe.

Am 05.07.2015 um 04:35 schrieb Patrick Shirkey: Thanks, but I've a good job, and maybe that’s true for most "Germans" here which have the skills requested for your over.

Nobody in his right mind enjoys driving on the autobahn. Absolutely nobody!

@ Patrick 2015-07-05 11:37 GMT+02:00 Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com>om>: I think there's no need to pull in international politics to explain the lack of interest in your offer. Consider that your offer just doesn't sound that tempting. There are at least two aspects that make it seem questionable: 1. "must [...] enjoy driving on the autobahn." Nobody in his right mind enjoys driving on the autobahn. Absolutely nobody!

2. "Own vehicle is also useful." If employer expects you to drive regularly on the Autobahn, German employees expect to get a company car. It's as simple as this: If you're not offering a company car there's something dubious about the offer and you can expect salary to be subpar in general.

On Mon, 6 Jul 2015 03:19:30 +1000 (EST) "Patrick Shirkey" <pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com> wrote: AFAICT, no such thing. If you only do 160 km/h you stick on the middle lane. People in the left lane drive faster and will blink the lights towards slower drivers. On portions of the highway that are made for this (not all). But this is not "auto mania" as in English countries, USA for instance. Although some exists in Germany (witness products sold in stores) it is not representative of people doing 190+ km/h. It just makes sense to drive at these speeds. 160 km/h, at least when I lived there, was family speed. In English countries this would be outrageous.

Wiki ??

On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 03:19:30AM +1000, Patrick Shirkey wrote: If the 'Stau' (traffic jam) reports I hear on the radio during breakfast (and most of the day actually) are anything to go by then driving around Germany professionally doesn't sound like fun at all. Anyway, when I have to get anywhere I take the train. Works pretty well most of the time. If this job offer is from a bona fide German or international company then I wonder why they are trying to recruit this way (via some obscure Australian one-man joint) rather than going through the normal channels (like a professional recruitment agency). This, plus the absolute lack of any real information leads me to believe that what is offered is some sort of junk job (junk as in junk food). Junk jobs do exist here, but mainly for unskilled manual labour, and at places like Amazon. There is even an official form of them for part-time work (the 450 Euro tax exempt deal). But in general, one of the reasons why Germany is doing relatively well is because it has a highly skilled and hence productive labour force. Which in turn is possible only because the labour market is not the sort of jungle it has become in some other places. Even chimney sweepers are trained professionals here.

Hi there, long-time list lurker here, but I feel I kind of have to chime in here... On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:01 AM, Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com> wrote: You're most likely right about that, but as was already said, the job market is rather good in Germany as a whole, and I personally a) do have a good job I don't want to leave and b) know of nobody looking for a job in that field. Actually, we Germans quite often make fun of ourselves for how unflexible we are regarding work location. Most Germans despise moving, and the prevalent mindset at least in my circles is that having a well-paid job with lots of travel is worse than having a slightly less well paid job without travel - you might have less money, but you can spend your free time with friends/family/hobbies instead of in a car. But I also have to say that if I were looking for a job, honestly, I wouldn't have replied to that ad - too many obscure hints at the job instead of actual facts ("doing interesting things" in "interesting locations" etc.) to take it seriously. There's not even a title of the offered position anywhere - should I expect some hardware technician job doing repairs? being a salesperson? Both? It's just all too vague. I do think those are honest mistakes and that you actually do have a job to offer, but advertised this way I can see it not attracting anyone - try to include a couple facts, a job title so people can imagine what they should expect, a list of needed qualifications, additional benefits if there are any (like a company car if that's a possibility, as that would increase the target audience [I know _very_ few people without a driver's license, but a whole lot without a car, as you don't _need_ one in most larger german citites. also, if driving is required for the job and you do it in your private car it's insurance bureaucracy hell if there's an accident...]).

Can anyone say "ethnic stereotype"?