Eight people alone are needed to process the up to 300 requests that come in every day. Some come from applicants seeking information about the so-called Green Card. Roughly every fourth person making an enquiry goes on to apply for a job. All applications are stored electronically. Anyone interested in an IT job in Germany can register at the center's web site .
Potential employers can then check the site for exactly the sort of person they're looking to hire.
The site offers everybody an excellent possibility to be very precise about what they want. There's a whole range of possibilities. One third of the applications registered so far have come from India. Americans and Eastern Europeans have also enquired into the possibility of taking up work in Germany. Even with the Green Card safely in their pockets, foriegn IT specialists will only be granted a five-year stay in Germany.