Across Europe, tech companies are increasingly turning to international talent to propel their companies to success. Finding the best and brightest developers - wherever they come from - is key to competing on an international scale.

Increasing the diversity of companies also brings a lot awesome perks along with it! International colleagues bring knowledge of new languages and international markets, not to mention creativity and new perspectives. They can enhance and add to your workplace culture, and studies have even shown that increased diversity can boost overall company performance…

To succeed in today’s fast-paced and hyper-connected world, it is critically important for companies to find and retain the very best technical talent to propel growth. Across Germany, companies are adapting their sourcing, hiring, and onboarding processes to attract talent– and the growing shortage of technical talent across Europe means candidates are increasingly coming from abroad.

Whether you are a company looking to hire international talent or a developer trying to figure out how to move to Germany, it’s important to understand both the process and the options available to you.

We recently caught up with the talented, young Dutch developer Lydia Hallie for a quick chat about starting to program, important coding languages, and how her 2017 Medium article ‘Advice from a 19 Year Old Girl & Software Developer’ helped her to create a nexus with the developer community. Her do-it-yourself attitude and engaging, fun personality made it a blast to get to know her.

Finding an apartment, or even a shared flat, can be difficult in Berlin–especially if you are new in town. The good news is that Honeypot is here to help make your move as smooth as possible and to welcome you to Berlin with open arms!

In this post, you’ll find 15 tips to assist you in your search for the perfect home.

Ever considered jetting off to Amsterdam and joining the city’s booming tech scene? Well, perhaps you should! Boasting more than 60k tech professionals working at over 1,000 tech companies, globally-recognised homegrown success stories such as Booking.com, Tomtom and Adyen and the European HQs of some of the world’s biggest tech giants including Netflix, Uber and Tesla, Amsterdam is fast becoming one of the hottest technology cities in Europe, if not the world.

We are very excited to announce XING’s acquisition of Honeypot. Together, the two companies will work towards Honeypot’s vision of creating the world’s largest worklife community for technical candidates while empowering developers and other technical candidates to find jobs they love.

The EU Blue Card offers many other benefits to potential card holders that might be attractive to you - Let´s explore what is in for you once you land your dream job!

Tech recruitment can be tough, for employers and developers alike. Employers often have to send hundreds of messages and get few responses, while developers have to read through dozens of generic messages. Here at Honeypot, we want to change tech recruitment, for the better, and make sure companies can easily connect with the best tech talents from around the globe.