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    Hallo zusammen, ich suche Ratschläge oder Tipps zu meiner aktuellen Situation.

    Ich bin Data Science-Studentin in Deutschland und lebe seit rund drei Jahren hier. Zudem habe ich fast zwei Jahre Berufserfahrung in Deutschland gesammelt, hauptsächlich im Marketing, speziell im Bereich Analytics & Ads.

    Ich habe mich in den letzten drei Monaten für Praktika und Werkstudentenstellen im IT-Bereich beworben. Ich habe mich auf über 150 Stellen beworben, aber keine Angebote erhalten.

    Mein Lebenslauf wurde mithilfe meiner Universität optimiert und ich verwende zwei Versionen: eine auf Englisch und eine auf Deutsch, abhängig von der Sprache der Stellenbeschreibung. Außerdem verfasse ich für jede Bewerbung ein maßgeschneidertes Anschreiben.

    Meine Deutschkenntnisse entsprechen dem Niveau B2 und meine Englischkenntnisse dem Niveau C1 und ich habe vier Universitätsprojekte abgeschlossen, die auf meiner Website vorgestellt werden.

    Trotzdem bekomme ich immer wieder automatisierte Absagen und konnte keinen Praktikumsplatz ergattern.

    Gibt es etwas Bestimmtes, das ich falsch mache? Ich bin für jeden Rat dankbar!

    https://i.redd.it/fu4no1bo5yqd1.jpeg

    Von Cette_Rizzler

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    24 Comments

    1. Cette_Rizzler on

      Please ignore the calculation mistake on the chart, it was a typo when coding

    3. DemoDimi on

      Most of the time it is about the CV. Post it in the comments without personal information ofc and we can give you feedback!

    4. hold-my-haworthia on

      The “Got in touch” number is too low, either you are applying in the wrong place or there is an issue with your CV or something is bothering the potential employers… I think there are some people who offer help with the CVs and this kind of stuff, maybe they could review your application / cover letter. It also might be that the industry is satiated at this point.

    6. Winter-Atmosphere969 on

      An internship is a tough sell in this market. Fewer positions, more competition. Are you on a non-permanent resident permit? That would be compound the problem.

    7. Nyasaki_de on

      124 rejections already is very good lol, you are lucky if you even get one of those automated rejections

    8. BeAPo on

      Only 26 ghosted is actually pretty good. When I was writting applications for an apprenticeship it was more like 70/100 gehosted me. I’m still “Schadenfroh” whenever I see them publicly crying about “Fachkräftemangel”.

    9. Masteries on

      >B2-level German

      Thats the problem I assume. If you want more advice, you can always share your CV (anonymize it before)

      Currently is a really unfortunate time to search for a new job/internship.

      Good luck for you search!

    10. brown_birdman on

      A bit off topic question. What software did you use to make the graph?

    11. Celmeno on

      There is virtually no need for data scientists. Like, at all. But we are training thousands. Many many more than we need. And in a supply vs demand situation like that, you will always lose out with English only at C1 and German not near perfect. Most companies struggle to even have usable data, so there is a lot on the domain side to be done which is 99% German. If I have multiple applicants, you lose out. If the jobs even exist in the first place.

    12. Latzenpratz on

      One problem may be that internships and Werkstudent aren’t very common or wanted… Did you try applying for a full time /part time job?

    14. kipler_tanker on

      Same here man. As a Masters student looking for a Working student job, I’ve been rejected 53 times. I study Data Science with is supposed to be hot, but still nothing. My German is A2, which is decent enough I feel.

    15. DonMatronn on

      Can anyone here give advise on where to get my cv checked since I have absolutely the same problem :/

    16. Proud_Cause_4660 on

      Try with Administration to apply for something like the Auswärtiges Amt

    17. kev_kik_12 on

      Experienced Data Analyst here. Only English, No German. Took me 1.5 years, 1000 application, for 15 interviews and 1 job. It’s tough out there man …

      Here’s my take, hope it helps…
      – Your numbers look like applications on Linkedin. I’d say Direct applications at the company’s website works 10x better.
      – You should try putting your CV into an ATS (see if it can parse correctly …). IMO, 1-column CVs parse much better than 2-column…
      – For students, try to keep it short in 1 page.

    18. ThreeFingersHobb on

      Are you also doing Anschreiben? Data Science is a bit of an over saturated field I think, years of recommending every potential student to enroll in some sort of CompSci field has borne its fruit by now, tons of untrained university students or recent graduates but not enough companies and more importantly senior employees that can train or supervise them.

      If you have a good Anschreiben that might be able to balance out this problem and the issue of B2 german level being a problem for a lot of employees.

      From what I saw here on reddit many in IT related fields think an Anschreiben is unnecessary but the fact is that if 10 people apply and only one has an Anschreiben, the company will likely invite the one with Anschreiben first.

      I have an educational background in humanities (Geisteswissenschaften) and always wrote Anschreiben, internships only took me about 5-10 applications. Whenever I see these absurd application numbers from IT people I have the feeling they just scattershoot out their cv and an email with a generic two sentences a la “hello I’d like to apply, see the attached cv”. Thats just not enough to show the hiring manager that you are highly interested and who you are as a person.

    19. Classic_Department42 on

      Are you applying in the vicinity of your university? A company will likely reject an werkstudent if it is not plausible for them to reach work and uni on the same day.

    20. kvis_mech on

      Try LinkedIn premium, I heard it helps for applications etc. Try trial version first, maybe you can share your experience once you have done that. It costs nothing.

    21. Mikadomea on

      How dare you apply for an internahip without 20 Years of Experience and 2 academic degrees! /S
      Jokes aside its generally insane how mental companies are.

    22. V4_Sleeper on

      this brings out bad memories when I was trying to apply for my praxissemester

    24. AlexH1337 on

      I would change the CV layout to fit in one page. The current format wastes 1/3 of the page for no real use.

      And I assume the language is what is holding you back. I can see the same thing happening for me in Italy as well. Companies always prefer people with C1 English **plus** near C1/C2 for the country’s language as well. They actually tend to be more flexible with a lower English level than a lower regional language level. Unfortunately this filters you out of the pool in many cases :/

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