On the mountain. (usc) The course participants selected by the job center acquire basic, job-related German skills full-time at the ISE language and vocational training center and receive a basic qualification in the industrial, commercial and nursing sectors. The chances of placement are good, as was shown at the last course completion.
In the experience of ISE education coordinator Peter Blendowski, migrants from the Middle and Far East usually have false ideas about living and working in Germany. In order to facilitate and accelerate their integration into the work process, the local job center and ISE launched the “Focus on Career and Work” training program three years ago. This promotes linguistic competence and provides assistance for professional integration.
As Blendowski emphasized at the end of the course, linguistic fluency plays an important role, also insofar as it is essential for obtaining higher qualifications. ISE offers appropriate further training measures, for example in the professional field of “elderly care”, which one participant has already decided on.
During the course, five people were placed in employment subject to social insurance contributions, one participant received a written confirmation, two people found part-time employment, and four continued to attend school at ISE.
According to course leader Marianne Schubert, the men and women also learned about key qualifications and were able to put some of them into practice straight away, such as punctuality, perseverance, mastering stress and teamwork. ISE also provided assistance with applications, the recognition of foreign educational qualifications and many other formalities.
Ralf Doschat, deputy head of the local job center, gratefully emphasized ISE's commitment to placements in internships and jobs. “ISE offers high quality so that people can gain a foothold here,” says Doschat’s assessment. The employment placement team leader at the job center in Amberg, Rainer Liermann, appealed to the course participants to further improve their German skills and assured all those who have not yet found a job that the job center will provide further help.