Client stories
What engagements felt like from the client side
Testimonials reference specific consultations — partnerships, coaching, packages — and the constraints that shaped each German job search.
I had been sending English-only CVs to Berlin startups for months with almost no replies. Infraautomation rebuilt my application pack for German hiring norms and coached me through three onsite rounds at a Munich fintech. The process took longer than I hoped — visa paperwork slowed everything — but I signed within eleven weeks.
German technical interviews ask different cultural questions than London ones. My coach walked me through how to talk about Betriebsrat, notice periods, and salary bands without sounding evasive. Not every mock session felt polished — one left me frustrated — but the real interview at a Stuttgart automotive supplier went smoothly.
The Anschreiben rewrite alone changed my response rate. Recruiters started asking for calls instead of sending silent rejections.
I was wary of another generic LinkedIn makeover. Instead we wrote outreach sequences aimed at in-house talent partners at German Mittelstand firms — shorter, more concrete, and in bilingual form. Two conversations opened within a fortnight.
From remote contractor to Hamburg permanent role
James arrived with six years of contractor experience and a portfolio of AWS migrations, but German permanent roles kept stalling at HR screening. Together we reframed his freelance years as client engagements with named deliverables, aligned his salary expectations to Hamburg market ranges for cloud architects, and sequenced applications toward employers already sponsoring Blue Cards. After eight targeted applications and two final rounds, he accepted a permanent architect role with a logistics software firm in Hamburg. Relocation advisory covered Anmeldung timing and the first months of German payroll deductions so the offer letter numbers made sense before he signed.