Employment agencies for jobseeker registration in Germany

Each agency covers a set of addresses, so start with your city

Registering is easiest online or on the free national phone line, but the local Agentur für Arbeit is the office that advises you afterwards. Start with your city: you will see which branch covers your address, whether you can drop in or need to book, and why you should use only one way of registering.

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1 office in Cologne

  • Cologne

    Agentur für Arbeit Köln

    Butzweilerhofallee 1, 50829 Cologne

    Once you have registered online, you can book individual advice on finding your next job.

    Apply onlineBook an appointmentOffice website+4922194290

    Have the expected employment-end date and your contact details ready. Qualifications, employment history, skills and job goals help the later advice. A missing profile activation code need not delay deadline-sensitive registration. Report a changed end date instead of registering again. Telephone enquiries: +49 221 9429 0, Monday–Thursday 08:00–18:00, Friday 08:00–14:00. Send letters only to Agentur für Arbeit Köln, 50575 Köln, not the visitor address.

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