Feis Germany

FEIS GmbH, based in Neuss, is a partner for Fachkräfteeinwanderung and integration services, helping employers win qualified skilled workers and apprentices from abroad. Its experienced team supports companies through a smooth and efficient recruitment process intended to strengthen the business with highly qualified and diverse talent, and it stresses that it does not simply place staff but places skilled people with high quality human resources, so that clients recruit Fachkräfte and Auszubildende without great effort of their own. The firm's services extend beyond hiring into Visum und Einreise, covering visas and entry, and the Chancenkarte, the German opportunity card. What it says sets it apart is that integration begins on the ground before immigration, because bringing qualified candidates into work in Germany is only half the task and they then need to be accompanied and integrated step by step.

FEIS supports small and large businesses across a wide variety of sectors, and it sets its work against the skills shortage in North Rhine-Westphalia. Citing the IHK Fachkräftemonitor NRW, the company reports a current shortfall of 350,000 skilled workers, of which 305,000 or around 87 per cent are vocationally qualified and 44,000 or around 13 per cent are academically qualified. Because the challenge is largely demographic, with many baby boomers retiring, it notes the gap could grow continuously to around 1,300,000 by 2035, split into roughly 1,200,000 vocationally qualified and 103,000 academically qualified.

The company is based at Drususallee 83 in Neuss and works for employers recruiting into Germany. It has more than ten years of experience in the market and says it is characterised by commitment and trust with both applicants and clients. Its management team of founding partners Nick Wachowiak, Christian Cichon and Susanne Thywissen, with integration adviser Omar Niass, describes a holistic concept for foreign skilled labour immigration with people at its centre, built on experience in recruiting, integration, cultural and language understanding and communication.