Skilled labor

The focus of the Munich Employment and Qualification Program (MBQ) is to help you acquire and retain new and existing staff.

MBQ services for your company

Access to the region’s talent pool via various, innovative advisory and qualification projects in diverse industries
Advice and information on acquiring and retaining employees
Advice and information on employees in understaffed professions
Free participation in job and training fairs in Munich
Recruitment projects from abroad
Welcome culture for international employees
Training provision for new and existing staff

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Acquiring employees

Gruppenbild mit den zehn Mitarbeiter*innen und Mitarbeitern vom Team Fachkräfte

MBQ resources and platforms for international professionals

amiga Career Center for Internationals

amiga helps international skilled workers, students, and graduates to start work in Munich by giving advice, offering training and contact to companies.
Make it in Munich

As Munich's official website, the portal promotes living and working in Munich for specialists and young professionals from abroad.
IT workers: ReDI School of Digital Integration

MBQ project: ReFIT – Recruitment and Training of Refugees and Migrants with IT Potential (mbq-projekte.de)
MBQ info on work and training in healthcare

Comprehensive info on the healthcare sector in Munich, including contacts and details about apprenticeships, training, voluntary social year (FSJ), studying, recognition of foreign qualifications, jobs
Expat communities

Munich is home to sizeable international communities and many international companies. New foreign residents therefore find it easy to make contact.
MBQ services at a glance

Skills in companies and industries

Additional platform

Integreat Munich

The free online guide for refugees and new immigrants provides information on everyday life, health care, school and daycare attendance, German courses, work, training, housing, free leisure / sports and cultural activities, offers for women, LGBTI+ and people with disabilities in Munich. Content is available in ten languages.

News

Innovation competition 2025 announced

10.03.2025

City of Munich's Innovation Cometition 2025 - key visual

Until May 18, Munich is once again looking for innovative solutions and new concepts that have the potential to be tested and implemented in an urban test bed.

Interview with Dr Christian Scharpf

03.03.2025

On March 1, Dr Christian Scharpf succeeded Clemens Baumgärtner as Head of Munich’s Department of Labor and Economic Development. An exclusive interview.

Munich economy - spring report

03.03.2025

Our concise brochure ‘Munich. The Business Location. Facts and Figures 2025’ offers insight into current economic developments in the region.

Careworkers for persons with disabilities

The “Care International” program brings trainee careworkers from Turkey to Munich to assist persons with disabilities.

Gruppenfoto der Programmteilnehmer*innen von Care International 23-24

More diversity in the workplace

The “amiga – Career Center for Internationals” has been supporting talented individuals from around the world for ten years.

Gäste beim amiga-Empfang im Foyer der VHS im Einstein

Munich as international hotspot for outstanding scholars

Some 200 visiting scholars from almost 30 countries attended a reception at Munich’s Town Hall (Rathaus), where they exchanged international views on a whole range of professional and cultural topics.