{"id":7453,"date":"2022-07-08T01:11:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T23:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myjobgermany.com\/?p=7453"},"modified":"2023-04-20T23:27:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T21:27:33","slug":"avgs-job-coaching-for-internationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myjobgermany.com\/avgs-job-coaching-for-internationals\/","title":{"rendered":"100% subsidized by AVGS voucher: Job Coaching for Internationals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AVGS and funded job coaching is a German employment promotion tool. It’s also available for Internationals seeking a job. However, only a few professionals from abroad have insider knowledge of how AVGS and Job Coaching & Guidance in Germany works. The term „AVGS“ refers to vouchers that the employment agency or job center may issue to a jobseeker. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Few people know that they may request support and a personal job coach to help them get into a job. In this article,<\/strong> I teach you more about the German AVGS-Voucher and how it works. Also, as I’ve been guiding Internationals via AVGS, I share a few examples of my work experience. And, if you’re interested to learn about the ALIGN-Program, which is created by MyJobGermany for Internationals in Germany, you find information at the very end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Does AVGS apply for international professionals in Germany?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it does. Or may. Because there are many foreign or international people from outside the EU who live and work in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For an AVGS funding to obtained the individual situation of a person is taken into account. Naturally, the respective residence titles\/ visa type and work permit that an international person holds as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For people who have lost their jobs, AVGS vouchers may be issued to significantly shorten the period of prospective unemployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professionals who haven’t been employed in Germany yet may also be supported via AVGS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To really understand how this works with the AVGS and how you too might qualify for this kind of funding, let’s start at the beginning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is, with an explanation of what an AVGS actually is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shall we dive into the depths of the AVGS funding? Ok. let’s get started<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the AVGS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The activation and placement voucher from the job center or the employment agency, AVGS for short, is issued to support people to get (back) into the labor market. Individual career counseling and coaching, further training, and also placement can be financed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#1 What is the aim of AVGS?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The goal of the AVGS vouchers is to support people individually in their situation to enter or re-enter the labor market. Ultimately, AVGS vouchers are a means of employment promotion and should help achieve politically important goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#2 Technical terms around AVGS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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German Terms made easy <\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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AVGS <\/strong>= Abbreviation for „General Activation and Placement Voucher“.
„Ma\u00dfnahme“\/ Measure <\/strong>= individual offers outsourced to education service providers, which must be legally regulated or approved. For example, ALIGN-Program<\/a> is such an approved and funded measure.
„Ma\u00dfnahmetr\u00e4ger“<\/strong> = this is a company that has undergone certification as an organization and is allowed to carry out measures on behalf of the Agentur f\u00fcr Arbeit.
Job coaches<\/strong> = this is the position or job title of personnel who are assigned in job coaching measures. Job coaches are not required to hold a special degree, undergo specialized training, and are not certified. It’s thus only natural to expect great variation in the level of consulting quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#3 AVGS is a chance to obtain job coaching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The main task of the employment agencies‘ contact persons is to offer consulting services to job seekers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ultimate goal is for the jobseeker to return to work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The road to a new job, however, may be hindered by a number of stumbling blocks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The objective of the consultation is to find out which difficulties or stumbling blocks the client is specifically facing. Then, it is possible to find out what and who can help to overcome these difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this purpose, the consultants at the employment agency have the option of commissioning an external training service provider to carry out an intensive coaching program, for example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is handled via AVGS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#4 Is there a right or claim for an AVGS? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A voucher is among the consulting services offered by German employment policy. However, there is no right to receive a voucher for coaching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is called an „optional benefit“ or, in German, „Kann-Leistung“. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means: The person in charge at the employment agency or the job center CAN issue you a voucher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Namely, if she or he expects your chances of finding a new job to be significantly improved as a result. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your individual situation is important on the one hand. And, on the other hand, you have to provide strong reasoning for investing in you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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„Kann-Leistung“ <\/strong> = Optional benefit <\/strong>or discretionary benefit<\/strong>
A technical term from social security law. In social insurance, it refers to benefits that are granted at the discretion of the insurance provider in individual cases (discretionary benefits).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Important aspects if you want to request an AVGS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Who is eligible for an AVGS?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The AVGS is approved by the personal contact person. In the past, the following people have come to me for advice because they have received an AVGS for coaching:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International spouses, whose husband has found a job in Germany and are still new in Germany. (so-called trailing spouses).<\/p>\n\n\n\n