Job searches

How do I find a job? What do I need to consider when looking for a new job? Where can I get support if I am unemployed?

• General information on job searches
• Registering as an unemployed job seeker with the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS)
• Financial support for job seekers
  • Unemployment allowance
  • Other financial benefits
• Starting a new job
  • Contract of employment
  • Probationary period
  • Working hours
  • Entitlement to paid annual leave
• Job search for young people
  • Defining ‘work’
  • Special tips for job searching

• Job application tips
  • Application letters and motivation letters for jobs
  • CV
  • Job interview
• Job exchanges and vacancies
  • Public service job search
  • General job boards and job search engines
  • Special job exchanges (apprenticeships, disability, people over 50, individual sectors)
  • Job offers and job exchanges of the ÖH, universities and universities of applied sciences
  • Job offers in other EU countries
  • Job offers of the EU and the United Nations

• SERVICE: Online guide and calculator