You don’t need to pay anyone to see real Ausbildung vacancies in Germany. The country’s own public employment service publishes its full vacancy database for free, and it’s worth knowing exactly what that portal offers before you consider anything else.
jobsuche.arbeitsagentur.de — the official portal
The Bundesagentur für Arbeit’s job search portal is Germany’s largest jobs database, run by the country’s Federal Employment Agency itself. Searching is free, and basic searches don’t require creating an account. Crucially for Ausbildung applicants, the portal has a dedicated filter — “Angebotsart: Ausbildung/Duales Studium” — that narrows results specifically to training and dual-study positions, rather than making you sift through general job listings. This is the single most reliable source of genuine, current Ausbildung vacancies from Germany’s actual employers.
How to use it well: search by trade/occupation name (in German, where possible) and by region, and apply the training-offer filter early so you’re not scrolling through unrelated postings.
make-it-in-germany.com — the federal government’s international portal
Make it in Germany is the Federal Government’s official portal aimed specifically at international candidates, including guidance on finding vocational training. Its job listings are drawn from the Bundesagentur für Arbeit’s own job exchange — meaning the vacancies you’ll find here overlap substantially with jobsuche.arbeitsagentur.de, but presented with English-language guidance aimed at applicants coming from abroad. It is a free government service and does not charge for access.
EURES — useful, but check the fit
EURES (European Employment Services) is the European Commission’s official job mobility network, built to support free movement of workers within the EU/EEA and Switzerland. Its portal aggregates vacancies from national employment services across member states, including Germany, and its core services — career guidance, CV support — are free. Worth noting: EURES’s primary purpose is supporting EU/EEA/Swiss citizens who already have the right to work across borders. As an Indian applicant, you can still search listed vacancies, but you won’t have the automatic mobility rights EURES is built around — you’ll still need the German national visa route regardless of where you found the listing.
What to be cautious about
Searching “Ausbildung” plus a trade name in a general search engine will surface plenty of private job boards and consultancy-run listing sites alongside the official ones. Some of these are legitimate aggregators; others charge for access to information the official portals give away free, or list positions that are no longer open. Before paying for access to any vacancy listing service, check whether the same or similar positions are already searchable, free, on jobsuche.arbeitsagentur.de.
Putting it together
- Start with jobsuche.arbeitsagentur.de and its Ausbildung/Duales Studium filter — this is the primary, authoritative source.
- Use make-it-in-germany.com for English-language guidance alongside the same underlying vacancy data.
- Treat EURES as a supplementary source, understanding its EU/EEA mobility focus.
- Never pay for a vacancy list you can search for free on the official portals above.
Once you’ve found a real vacancy, see our guides on writing your Lebenslauf and Anschreiben, and the full step-by-step application process. Browse sector options on our Ausbildung programmes page, or contact us for help with your search.
Where this comes from
Portal details are drawn from the Bundesagentur für Arbeit’s job search portal, the Make it in Germany federal government portal, and the EURES European Employment Services portal.
