German Career Day (April 26th 2023)

Exciting insights into opportunities with German in Aotearoa New Zealand, and Germany during our “German Career Day”!

With the support of DAAD and the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics of UoA, the Auckland Goethe Society organized an event to show the broad span of options with German.

After the opening by Eve Walter, vice-president of AGS, guest speakers shared their experiences and gave advice:

The German New Zealand Chamber of Commerce CEO, Monique Surge, talked about her career as a bilingual Kiwi and gave insight into internships at German companies in New Zealand. Diana Feick, Senior Lecturer and program coordinator of German/UoA, advised on various internship options in Germany. Mareike Schmidt, representative of the DAAD in NZ, advised on study options abroad. Marcus Noakes, Press Officer at the German Embassy, shared his experiences while interning at the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) holding an “IPS - Internationales Parlamentssstipendium”.

After the talks, the audience got to know each other and asked more specific questions while enjoying coffee, cake, and pretzels.

About 25 interested people joined the event in person on UoA’s City Campus and online.

Written by Mareike Schmidt