Week 35: Labor Market, Networking and Strawberry Royalty

This week on Plus Forty Nine we’re diving into migration,
education, and everything in between. We look at Germany’s push to
attract more students from Chile to Saxony, and reflect on ten
years after Merkel’s “Wir schaffen das” — where refugees stand in
the labor market today. Our guest is Daniele, founder of Product
Lab, who opens up about the highs and lows of entrepreneurship in
Germany, his experience on LinkedIn, and why sport clubs might be
the key to meeting new friends in Germany. In our culture segment,
we explore Germany’s delightfully quirky tradition of Strawberry
and Cucumber Queens. And in “Ask a German,” we get to the bottom of
why Hausverwaltungen seem to move at a glacial pace.