Nursing professions have specialised portals that outperform general job boards. Primary sources according to BA recommendations: (1) BA Jobboerse (arbeitsagentur.de/jobsuche) — largest database, free, unfiltered. (2) medi-karriere.de — specialised in nursing and healthcare professions. (3) Indeed.de — strong nursing category, easy filtering. (4) Krankenhausjobs.de, pflegejob.de — specialised. (5) Directly on carrier websites (Caritas, Diakonie, AWO, DRK, municipal clinics). BA Fachkraefteengpassanalyse and EURES: cross-regional searching pays off — Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and NRW have particularly high demand. LinkedIn is less used in nursing than in other industries. AGG: anti-discrimination protection also applies in nursing — requirements must be position-related and proportionate.
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