Ukrainian refugees
Hire Ukrainian refugees. We handle the six things that usually stop it.
Since 2022 we have helped Ukrainian refugees in Germany find work and connected employers with candidates who fit. If you are hiring, this page is how it is done. If you are looking for work yourself, the job board has current vacancies.
German-owned and managed, in Ukraine since 2006
Who we are
Contract in Ukraine or in the EU
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Energy, engineering, retail and hospitality
Sectors we hire for
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Employer, or looking for work?
You are hiring
Six obstacles and what we do about each, the three services that cover them, and what it costs you to try. Everything below this block is written for employers.
You are looking for work
Current vacancies in Germany, alongside Ukrainian roles from our own clients. Free to use, and your application goes to the employer.
The obstacles
Six reasons the hire stalls — and what we do about each
Employers rarely fail at this because the candidates are unwilling. They fail on paperwork, language and housing, usually in that order.
Language
Most candidates have limited German or English, look for adverts in Ukrainian, and hesitate at an interview in a foreign language. We advertise in their language, interview through a Ukrainian HR professional, and provide interpreters.
Recognised qualifications
Doctors, nurses and drivers need national certification, and the documents have to come from Ukrainian universities and authorities. We review certificates and diplomas, arrange translation and legalisation, and coordinate the additional steps.
Residence restrictions
A registered refugee in Germany is tied to the district of registration, and the authorities may assign a different place of residence. We check each status, prepare the applications, and work with the local authority and volunteer groups.
Housing
Most refugees live in state accommodation and lose the right to stay there once they take a job. We arrange temporary housing for up to three months and work with local organisations on something permanent.
Employment formalities
Tax and social security registration, and a work permit whose validity has to be checked regularly. We organise the numbers and the documents, or place the person through a local staff-leasing partner.
Family and culture
Most Ukrainian refugees are women, many with young children, and Ukrainian working culture expects an employer to take an interest in the family. We interview in Ukrainian, stay in touch with the family, and keep supporting both sides after the hire.
Strategy
Two ways to do it, and the one that works
The first way is to treat Ukrainian refugees like any other local candidate: same requirements, same advertising channels. That works in a large city with a big Ukrainian population and affordable housing, and it works badly everywhere else.
The second is to go and find them. Targeted recruitment marketing, a search and selection process run in Ukrainian, and support through the immigration and integration steps. It gives you a far larger pool to choose from and a much better chance that the person is still with you in two years.
The best candidate is rarely the one who already lives near your site. Searching regardless of where someone happens to be registered is what opens up the choice.
What we do
Three services that cover it
Recruitment marketing
We build awareness for your employer brand among Ukrainian candidates at home and abroad, in their own language: a free company profile and advertisement on our boards, Ukrainian job-board campaigns at agency rates, and social-media recruiting on Telegram, Viber, Facebook and Instagram.
Search and selection
We run the search, the shortlist and the candidate support: targeted approaches, headhunting for a specific skill set, remote hires, and whole teams with English-speaking supervisors — with the mobilisation, immigration, childcare and housing work around it.
Employment and payroll
If you would rather not employ directly, we place people through local staff-leasing partners. For staff who stay in Ukraine and work remotely, we run the Ukrainian payroll.
What you get
What is on the table
- A free company profile and job advertisement on our boards, in English and Ukrainian.
- A candidate database built since 2006, and paid outreach campaigns on top of it.
- Candidates in industry, logistics, healthcare, hospitality, IT and marketing.
- Full-time, part-time or task-based work.
- Direct employment, employer of record, or freelance.
- Hiring from any country — not only from the district where the candidate is registered.
Before you write
Questions employers ask first
We support local charities and we are glad they exist, but a notice board is not a search process. A charity deals with the refugees already in its district, which is a small slice of the people who could do your job. We search across countries, in Ukrainian, and produce a shortlist you can actually interview.
Yes. The job board carries current vacancies in Germany alongside Ukrainian roles from our own clients. It is free for candidates and the application goes to the employer.
Ukraine has a large pool of doctors and nurses. Doctors usually have some English but face a long accreditation procedure before they may practise abroad, and that needs your side to agree the route with the local authority. Nurses are often trained outside university and speak little English, so the realistic start is a care role with light certification requirements, while the language improves.
We started in 2006 with sourcing and recruitment and found quickly that clients needed more than candidates: employment, payroll, permits, housing. Every service on this site exists because a client asked for it.
Get started
Tell us what you need to fill — we reply within one business day
Two lines are enough: the role, where it sits, and when you need the person. Marina or Stefan come back with how we would find, employ and support them, and what it costs.
- stefan@claruskiev.com
- +380 63 82 97 791 — EN · DE · UK · RU
- Reply within one business day
- Contract with APEX AV LLC (Ukraine) or FossaTech EOOD (EU — VAT, reverse charge)
