A career guide you fill in
How to apply when changing careers in Germany
A fillable guide of 28 pages: you measure your switching distance in a matrix, translate your existing experience into the language of the target field, and rebuild your CV, your evidence and your interview answers from it.
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Where you are
What's holding you up
You have real experience, but on a German CV it is written in the wrong language and gets filtered out in screening.
For you if you are switching industry or function in the German market and your past experience should not start at zero.
The build
How you work through it.
Not a loose pile of pages to skim. The order is built on purpose, each part sits on the one before it, and you end up with a finished result instead of a list of good advice.
Measure your switching distance
The four-field matrix shows whether you are changing industry, function or both. That decides how much translation your application needs.
Narrow down the target role
The target-role funnel takes you from ten ideas to one role through a weighted decision matrix.
Translate your experience
Twelve example translations from hiring practice, your own bridge sentence, and a CV with reversed weighting including translated job titles.
Evidence and the trust question
The credibility ladder helps you plan proof for the side you are missing, together with the answer script for why anyone should trust you with the switch.
What is inside
Switching Careers in Germany
17 €- Target-role funnel with a weighted decision matrix
- Twelve example translations from hiring practice
- CV with reversed weighting, step by step
- Answer script for the trust question
One-off, no subscriptionInstant downloadInvoice incl. 19% VAT
A look inside
Real pages, not mockups.
Three pages from the guide, exactly as they reach you after the purchase.
The download
One purchase, two languages, two ways to work.
Both versions
The download holds two folders, one English, one German. You pay once and decide yourself which language you work in.
Real form fields
You type straight into the PDF on your computer and save as you go. Printing works too, it just is not necessary.
Worksheets included
If you would rather write in Word, use the worksheets that come with it.
What the price is measured against
No new CV content needed, just the right translation of what you already have.
Who is behind it
Written from the hiring manager's side.
I am Nick, over 7 years in HR teams from start-up to corporate, most recently as Head of People. Everything in this guide is something I have used, asked or decided myself.
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What buyers want to know first.
My experience is in a different field. Does it even count here?
Almost always, it is just written in the wrong language. The translation table shows across twelve examples how hospitality, trades or time at home turn into a skill your target industry recognises immediately.
Is this in English or in German?
Both. The download holds two folders, one with the English and one with the German version. You pay once and decide yourself which language you work in, which helps when a German employer asks for documents in German.
Do I have to print this out?
No. The PDF has real form fields, you type straight into it on your computer and save as you go. If you prefer Word, use the worksheets that come with it. Printing works too, it is just not necessary.
How does buying work, and is it safe?
Payment runs through Stripe, the same payment provider Amazon and Zalando use. I never see your card details. Right after payment you get the download link on the confirmation page and by email, plus an invoice showing German VAT. Checkout, download and confirmation email are all in English.
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Switching Careers in Germany
Your experience is enough. You are just translating it wrong. The system for switching industry or function in Germany.
One-off, incl. 19% German VAT.English and German version in the same downloadRight of withdrawal