About us

Our services for securing skilled labour 

The Welcome Centers in Baden-Württemberg support small and medium-sized enterprises in particular as a central and comprehensive point of contact, providing initial advice and information on issues relating to the recruitment and successful integration of international professionals. At the same time, the Welcome Centers are also an important point of contact for international professionals and their families as well international students. Initial support covers topics such as entry and residence regulations, information on the regional labour market and its companies, job search and application, recognition of professional qualifications and German language courses. 

The Welcome Center Ostwürttemberg is financed by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economics, Labour and Tourism, the Ostalb district, the Heidenheim disctrict and the cities of Aalen, Ellwangen, Giengen, Heidenheim and Schwäbisch Gmünd. 

Here you can find our services for international professionals and companies. 

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Are you new to the Ostwürttemberg region and have questions about living and working here? 

 

The Welcome Center Ostwürttemberg can provide you with information and/or refer you to further organisations that can advise you on the following topics: 

  • Recognition of foreign educational and professional qualifications  

  • Working, finding and applying for a job  

  • Vocational training and study  

  • Learning German  

  • Immigration and residence 

  • Healthcare system  

  • Childcare  

  • Mobility in the region   

  • Religious communities  

  • School education  

  • Insurances  

  • Clubs and leisure activities  

  • Housing & Rentals 

The initial guidance covers topics such as entry and residence regulations, information on the regional labour market and its companies, job search and application, recognition of professional qualifications and German language courses. By networking with each other and with key partners in the regional labour market, the Welcome Centers in Baden-Württemberg have become comprehensive competence centers for the integration of international skilled workers into the labour market. 

 

Here you can find our latest flyers in English and German.  

 Feel free to contact us! 

 

The Welcome Center team has compiled an overview of regional job opportunities. The list includes companies that are interested in hiring refugees from Ukraine.  

 If you are looking for a job, please contact the Welcome Center Ostwürttemberg. 

Steffen Kohnle 
Phone: 07171 92753-24 
Mobile: 0151 27168215 
E-mail: kohnle@ostwuerttemberg.de 
Speaks German, English, French, Spanish 

Find out more about Ostwürttemberg as a location here: www.erstaunliches-ostwuerttemberg.de 

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Welcome Center Ostwürttemberg

 

Steffen Kohnle

Head
c/o Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH
Region Ostwürttemberg (WiRO)
                                           Bahnhofplatz 5
                                           D-73525 Schwäbisch Gmünd

Focus: Businesses and SMEs Skilled Immigration and Skilled Recruitment Act

phone: +49 7171 92753-24

mobile: +49 151 27 16 82 15

E-Mail: kohnle@ostwuerttemberg.de

Speaks German, English, French, Spanish

Advisor Welcome Center Ostwürttemberg

Solveigh Gauditz

Hochschule Aalen
Gartenstr. 135
D-73430 Aalen

Focus: International Students

                International Skilled Workers

phone: +49 7361 576 1705 

mobile: +49 152 26043929

E-Mail: solveigh.gauditz@hs-aalen.de 

speaks: German, English 

Welcome Center Ostwürttemberg

Project Management Agency

 

Nadine Kaiser
Managing Director
Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH
Region Ostwürttemberg (WiRO)

                                      Bahnhofplatz 5
                                      D-73525 Schwäbisch Gmünd

phone: +49 7171 92753-0
E-mail: kaiser@ostwuerttemberg.de

 

 

Advisor  Welcome Center Ostwürttemberg

Daniel Schramm

DOCK 33 Heidenheim 

Leibniz-Campus 9

89520 Heidenheim

 

Focus: International Skilled Workers 

                Businesses and SMEs

phone: +49 7171 92753-31

mobile: +49 176 74787412

E-Mail: schramm@ostwuerttemberg.de

speaks: German, English