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Job Search Insider · Aug 13, 2026

August Is Quiet in Germany. Use It to Get Ready for September.

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Susanna Kis · Job Search Insider

If you are job searching in Germany and August feels unusually quiet, there is a reason.

Vacation time is taken seriously here.

Employees take two or three weeks off. Managers are away. Recruiters go on holiday. Decisions slow down because often one of the people needed for the next step simply isn’t there.

For international professionals, this can be frustrating.

You apply. You wait. Nothing seems to happen.

But August is not necessarily a lost month.

It can be the perfect time to prepare for September.

When people return from their holidays, projects restart and hiring processes begin moving again.

And when that happens, you don’t want to start wondering:

Which positions should I target?
Is my CV good enough?
Which companies should I approach?
How should I tailor my application?

You want to be ready to apply.

Before rewriting your CV, you need to understand where you actually have the strongest chance.

  • Which positions fit your experience?

  • At what seniority?

  • Which alternative job titles should you search for?

  • Which industries and companies are realistic for your background?

  • Which companies hire international and English-speaking professionals?

Then your CV, LinkedIn and applications need to communicate that positioning clearly.

And when you find a vacancy, you need to be able to answer:

Can I prove that I can do this job?

This is the foundation of my Fastlane to Interviews approach:

define the right target, identify the right companies, build the evidence, and then tailor your application to the specific opportunity.

For the first time, I am opening 5 places for a private 1:1 implementation of my Fastlane to Interviews program.

This is not another webinar.

And it is not a coaching program where I tell you what you should change and then leave you to implement everything yourself.

Over three intensive weeks, I will personally:

→ identify the positions where you have the strongest realistic chance

→ rewrite your Master CV

→ create a tailored CV for a real target position

→ rewrite your LinkedIn positioning

→ write your targeted cover letter

→ research and create your personal target-company list

→ analyze real vacancies and applications with you

You will not leave our sessions with a list saying “rewrite your CV” or “improve your LinkedIn.”

I will actually do the rewrites for you.

This is equally important.

While I do the first implementation for you, I will teach you how to repeat the process yourself.

When I tailor your CV, I will show you how I read the job description, identify the most important requirements, choose the right achievements and use the employer’s terminology.

When we analyze vacancies, I will teach you how to decide whether a position is genuinely worth applying for.

When we build your company list, you will learn how to find the right employers and opportunities yourself.

And when we create your first targeted application, you will learn how to tailor future applications without starting from zero every time.

The idea is simple:

I do it for you first. Then I teach you how to do it yourself.

So you leave with more than better documents.

You leave with the skills and system to find the right jobs, evaluate opportunities and create stronger applications in the future.

Speed matters when the right vacancy appears.

That is why we will work intensively:

3 weeks
6 private 1:1 sessions
2 sessions per week

Between our sessions, I work on your documents, research and rewrites.

During our sessions, we make the strategic decisions together and I teach you how to use the system yourself.

✓ Your target positions clearly defined

✓ Your Master CV rewritten by me

✓ One tailored CV for a real vacancy, rewritten by me

✓ Your LinkedIn positioning rewritten by me

✓ One targeted cover letter written by me

✓ Your personal target-company list

✓ A method for finding suitable jobs and companies

✓ A method for deciding which vacancies are worth applying to

✓ The skills to tailor future CVs and applications yourself

✓ The complete Fastlane to Interviews Implementation Kit

The goal is that when September hiring starts moving, your preparation is already done.

I am limiting this first round to 5 people because a significant part of my work happens outside our sessions.

I will personally research, write and rewrite your materials for you.

If all elements were booked separately — the six private sessions, Master CV rewrite, tailored CV, LinkedIn rewrite, cover letter, target-position strategy, company research and application analysis — the complete package would cost around €3,000.

For these first 5 Fastlane Implementation places:

This includes the complete 3-week private implementation program and the done-for-you work described above.

If you would like one of the 5 private places, simply reply to this email, and I will send you the details and next steps.

Paid Job Search Insider subscribers receive an additional €50 discount — €749 instead of €799.

August may be quiet.

Use it to prepare.

So when September hiring starts moving, you are ready to find the right opportunities, tailor strong applications, and act quickly.

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