Austria : Vacancy sources

Graduate recruitment takes place throughout the year, with a peak at the end of the academic year. Jobseekers in Austria need to be aware of newspapers, recruitment agencies and the importance of networking.

Job websites

• Jobnet Austria - graduate jobs
• job-consult.com - graduate jobs
• Stepstone Austria  
• Job Pilot Austria  
• Jobbox  
• Hogastjob   - jobs in tourism
• Hoteljob Österreich - jobs in tourism
• Karriere  
• Stellenmarkt  
• Jobsearch Austria  
• Jobadler  

Check with EURES - European Job Mobility Portal for information about job vacancies, living and working conditions, and labour markets in Austria, as well as a CV-posting service for jobseekers.

Recruitment agencies

Some UK-based employment agencies deal with international vacancies or have branches in Austria. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has contact details of approved UK agencies.

Euro-CIETT is the European organisation of the International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (CIETT). Popular recruitment agencies include Manpower Austria and Adecco Austria .

Newspapers

The press is a very important source of vacancies. In Vienna, Der Standard and Die Presse carry vacancies on Friday and Saturday. You will find Der Kurier and Krone useful to browse.

Most of the major regional papers carry vacancies in their Saturday editions, including:

• Kleine Zeitung - Styria and Carinthia
• Nachrichten.at   - Upper Austria
• Salzburger Nachrichten - Salzburg region
• Tiroler Tageszeitung (TT) - Tyrol

Wirtschaftsblatt is less useful for finding vacancies, but is an invaluable source of business news if you want to sound well informed at a job interview. It also features a dedicated career section (click on 'service' and then 'karriere').

Access to Austrian newspapers is available via Kidon Media-Link .

Other sources

AIESEC (Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) recruitment fairs take place throughout Austria. The Austrian Employment Service (Arbeitsmarktservice) - the English pages on the website give general employment information and on the German pages you can search for jobs by region.

Hidden vacancies

You need to be aware of the importance of networking in Austria. Austrian students often develop their business contacts by linking their dissertations or project work to specific employers or industries. Family connections are also important, particularly to find a place in the public sector. You may need to think creatively to develop your own network of contacts. For example, find out whether your university has an Austrian alumni group and contact them for suggestions.