Why should you offer German speaking jobs from home?
According to our research and time spent speaking speaking to companies in the UK who want to hire German speakers: There is still a trend amongst companies to be office based.
But many German speaking professionals want German speaking jobs they can do from home.
According to our database, about 75% of our German speaking professionals would prefer to fully work from home.
And why should you, as a company, consider offering German speaking jobs from home?
Other companies are offering German speaking jobs working from home
In any given geography in the UK, there are around 25 companies in the same area offering German speaking jobs. 75% of these companies offer hybrid working as a minimum. So if your opportunity is 5 days in the office.
This will reduce the likelihood of hiring the right German speaking professionals. As they will look first at companies who offer flexibility in hybrid working.
Companies in London and elsewhere in the UK are hiring German speaking professionals in the UK, to work from home.
You will now be competition for the same small pool of German speakers, with other companies who are offering work from home German speaking jobs.
Companies from London will hire Northern based German speaking professionals for remote jobs, as it is more cost effective for them than paying London salaries for London based candidates.
This means that unfortunately, the demand and flexibility in the market may mean that German speaking office based roles are left unfilled for many months, if not more. Nothing we can do to stop it, if companies offering remote working get there first, to attract the limited pool of German speakers.
There are less German speaking professionals available for office based German speaking jobs
As above, if other companies in London and other areas are fishing from your pond, say in the North or Midlands: This means that less German speaking candidates are going to be available for you to choose from, if the office requirement is mandatory.
German speakers are getting paid more for German speaking remote jobs
Companies who want to find German speakers in the UK are paying their German speaking professionals well, and are not reducing their salary offering even if their German speaking job is a work from home or hybrid opportunity.
German speaking professionals will have the choice. Pay to commute to the office for the same salary as a work from home job, where they will be saving thousands per year on commuting and lunches.