Under­stand­ing Ger­many: Inter­cul­tur­al aspects for liv­ing & work­ing in Germany

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This Think­cen­ter offers a prac­ti­cal and inter­ac­tive intro­duc­tion to the top­ic of “Liv­ing and arriv­ing in Ger­many”. We will take a brief look at the fun­da­men­tal ques­tion: What is cul­ture — and how does it shape our thoughts, actions and expec­ta­tions? In this con­text, we will also look at typ­i­cal char­ac­ter­is­tics that are often asso­ci­at­ed with “the Ger­mans”. The aim is to cre­ate an ini­tial under­stand­ing of cul­tur­al dif­fer­ences and similarities.

Par­tic­i­pants will then be giv­en the oppor­tu­ni­ty to reflect on their own inter­cul­tur­al expe­ri­ences in small groups. Which encoun­ters were par­tic­u­lar­ly for­ma­tive? What made them pos­i­tive or chal­leng­ing? The exchange serves to broad­en per­son­al per­spec­tives and to learn from each other.

Anoth­er focus of the lec­ture will be on the top­ic of find­ing a job in Ger­many. In par­tic­u­lar, it will focus on the expec­ta­tions of Ger­man recruiters and inter­cul­tur­al par­tic­u­lar­i­ties dur­ing job inter­views. Par­tic­i­pants will receive help­ful tips on how to pre­pare for job appli­ca­tion sit­u­a­tions in a Ger­man work­ing environment.

The next the­mat­ic block deals with social life: How can you make friends in Ger­many and estab­lish and main­tain social con­tacts? What role do leisure activ­i­ties, invi­ta­tions and exchanges play in every­day life? In addi­tion, spe­cif­ic offers from the Karl­sruhe region will be pre­sent­ed — includ­ing clubs, events and fes­ti­vals — which can serve as start­ing points for new encounters.

💡 Impor­tant

When reg­is­ter­ing please note whether you want the Round­Table on eng­lish or ger­man in die field “Warum nehmen Sie an der Ver­anstal­tung teil?”.

🎤 Speak­er 

Elke Müller is the own­er of com­pass inter­na­tion­al gmbh in Stuttgart, a busi­ness econ­o­mist spe­cial­iz­ing in human resources man­age­ment. As a train­er, her core top­ics are inter­cul­tur­al sen­si­ti­za­tion, work­shops in the field of anti-dis­crim­i­na­tion or sen­si­ti­za­tion for diver­si­ty — most­ly for man­agers or diverse teams. As a con­sul­tant, she stands for top­ics such as inter­na­tion­al­iza­tion in the HR sec­tor, the intro­duc­tion and imple­men­ta­tion of diver­si­ty & inclu­sion projects as well as the strate­gic onboard­ing of inter­na­tion­al employees.

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