Visit to the Universidad del Desarollo in Chile

What career prospects are available in Germany for nursing professionals? How long does it take to learn German? How much does a nurse earn in Germany? And what is the weather like in winter? Last week, 25 students and graduates of the Universidad del Desarollo in Santiago de Chile learned more about these questions. Dr. Tilman Frank and Patricio Suárez, Managing Director and Project Manager at the recruiter and education provider TalentOrange GmbH from Frankfurt, had traveled to Santiago to inform Chilean nursing professionals about employment opportunities in Germany. The university’s career services department had invited them to give this presentation.

TalentOrange supports nursing professionals throughout the entire process. It is free of charge for the professionals. The language course is paid for, and there is a scholarship during the course. TalentOrange covers the visa fees and flight tickets. The company also supports the nursing professionals upon their arrival in Germany.

Germany is facing a significant shortage of nursing professionals—there are too few young people, which means there is also a lack of new talent in other professions. One of the hospitals recruiting new employees in Chile is Uniklinik Köln. Mr. Dennis Nano, Mr. Stefan Reimers from Nursing Management, and Ms. Julia Scherf from International Nursing Personnel Management at Uniklinik Köln presented the hospital and all of its specialist departments. The facilities are modern and the equipment is state of the art. Valentina Garrido, a Chilean nurse who will be traveling to Germany in the coming weeks, shared her positive experiences with the TalentOrange program.

Thank you all for your interest! Thank you to Liliana Jadue, Vice Dean of the health degree programs, Paola Damke, Director of Public Relations, and Mariana Brevis, Deputy Director for Employability and the placement network at the Universidad del Desarrollo.