Stories
Specific moments from Ausbildung application coaching — not marketplace star widgets.
Full application package
We started in January with no trade shortlist. Lena made my son visit two workshops before writing a single Anschreiben. The electrician’s interview still felt hard, but he could describe cable sorting from his Praktikum instead of guessing.
Sabine R. · Parent, near Bad Kreuznach
Document review
My first Lebenslauf looked like a university template. The review cut half a page and moved my garden-centre Praktikum higher. I wish I had sent the hotel applications after the edit, not before — two early replies were blank.
Tim S. · Realschule leaver
Interview rehearsal
Markus stopped me from promising I “loved every task.” We practised saying I prefer outdoor measuring to desk work. The Tischler nodded when I said that — apparently they hear the opposite story too often.
Nina P. · Applicant, Mainz-Bingen
Parent briefing
I wanted to rewrite her Motivationsschreiben the night before. The briefing was blunt: support logistics, do not ghostwrite. That was uncomfortable to hear and useful. She still asked me to proof numbers and dates only.
Daniel H. · Parent, Koblenz
Career orientation
I thought I had to choose between Bürokauffrau and something “more creative.” The session laid out what each Ausbildungsordnung actually schedules across the week. I picked office administration knowing the Berufsschule load, not because the title sounded safer.
Mira L. · Gymnasium leaver
Erik finished Realschule unsure between warehouse logistics and mechatronics. Orientation narrowed him to Fachkraft für Lagerlogistik after a week’s Praktikum showed he liked inventory puzzles more than machine noise. Document work took three Anschreiben cycles for regional firms. One interview rehearsal focused on explaining a mediocre English grade without spiralling. He signed in June — and later told us the Probezeit felt less mysterious because we had already walked through what the first months usually contain.
Outcomes vary. What we commit to is preparation you can reuse across multiple employers, not a promised match.
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