Casual jobs in hospitality and hotels, placed personally.
We connect casual staff, skilled professionals and self-employed service staff and chefs with restaurants, hotels and events across Germany. Free for candidates, a membership for businesses.
Casual staff from 16, freelancers from 18. No CV and no password.
Sample views from the candidate portal: profile, availability, a job offer, the automatic youth protection check and the confirmed placement.
New at Jobtresen
Self-employed chefs and service staff, booked flexibly.
Hired chefs, bartenders and service staff with their own registered trade take on individual assignments, even at short notice. Businesses book them without an employment contract; contract and invoice go directly between the two.
- Hired chef
- Chef on assignment
- Self-employed service staff
- Bartender
- Event and catering service
- Interim head chef
- €0
- for freelancers, no commission
- short notice
- even the same or next day
- direct
- contract and invoice without a middleman
Hired chef, self-employed
Radius 60 km · season and events
- Hourly rate€38 net
- Short noticeyes, from tomorrow
- Trade registrationuploaded
- Health certificateuploaded
Applies only to the genuinely self-employed. For an ordinary service shift to your roster, short-term employment with immediate notification is the fast, legal route, and you will find casual staff for that with us too. More on the status check
When the work is
The winter season runs from late November to Easter. Demand is highest during the school holidays, which differ a little in every German state. Otherwise mainly at weekends. Whoever signs up early is asked first.
- Nov49Week 49
- Dec50Week 50
- 51Week 51
- 52Week 52, holidays in 16 of 16 states
- 53Week 53, holidays in 16 of 16 states
- Jan1Week 1, holidays in 8 of 16 states
- 2Week 2, holidays in 1 of 16 states
- 3Week 3
- 4Week 4
- Feb5Week 5, holidays in 6 of 16 states
- 6Week 6, holidays in 4 of 16 states
- 7Week 7, holidays in 2 of 16 states
- 8Week 8
- Mar9Week 9, holidays in 1 of 16 states
- 10Week 10, holidays in 1 of 16 states
- 11Week 11
- 12Week 12, holidays in 12 of 16 states
- 13Week 13, holidays in 14 of 16 states
- Apr14Week 14, holidays in 2 of 16 states
- School holidays, the stronger the colour, the more states
- Other weeks: mainly weekends
- Free for candidates
- Only the business pays.
- Youth protection built in
- Only shifts that suit your age.
- Never below minimum wage
- From January 2027 €14.60 per hour, including for under-18s.
- Data stays in the EU
- Shared only with your consent.
How a placement works
- 1
Create a profile
Sign in with your email address, no password and no CV. Takes about three minutes.
- 2
Enter your times
Choose the weeks, weekdays and times when you can work. Change them any time.
- 3
Accept an offer
If a business fits, we ask you first. We only pass on your details after you say yes.
Trained professionals
We also place chefs, restaurant and hotel professionals: for the whole season, part-time or permanent. You upload your CV, references and health certificate once and share them per position.
Page for skilled staffFor parents
Working hours, minimum wage, data protection and who your contact is. We place young people from 16 and only suggest shifts to minors that the Youth Employment Protection Act allows.
Page for parentsFrequently asked questions
I am self-employed. Can I get assignments through you?
Yes, from age 18 and if you genuinely work self-employed, meaning with a registered trade or as a freelancer, for example as a service professional or chef. In your profile you choose “Self-employed, on assignment”, optionally enter your hourly rate and whether you are available at short notice. You sign the contract directly with the business and invoice them yourself. No money goes through us, and it is free for you.
Does it cost me anything?
No. Everything is free for candidates, now and later. Our work is paid for only by businesses through their membership.
From what age can I join?
From 16. At 16 and 17 you sign up yourself; we do not need confirmation from your parents. The youth employment protection rules apply to you, though, for example shifts ending by 10 pm at the latest. Unfortunately we cannot place anyone younger.
Who sees my data?
Only us. A business only gets your contact details once you have agreed to a specific suggestion, and this is logged. Uploaded documents are only included if you tick them for that suggestion.
What does placement cost for businesses?
Businesses become members and pay no fee per hire. The monthly fee depends on how many candidates are active within 15 km of the business's postcode: under 30 candidates €0, from 30 candidates €29, from 100 candidates €59, from 250 candidates €99 net per month. On jobtresen.de/en/betriebe you can see what applies to you after entering your postcode. We announce a higher tier 6 weeks in advance, you only pay if you book it yourself, and membership can be cancelled monthly. Anyone who joins while it is still free for them pays 50% less permanently. There is no guarantee of a hire.
What is the difference between casual staff and freelancers?
You employ casual staff, for example as a mini-job or short-term employment: you are the employer, set the roster and instructions and register the person. Freelancers take on an assignment on their own responsibility, with their own trade, their own invoice and their own price, without an employment contract. What matters is not the contract but how the work actually happens: anyone working to your roster like your employees is usually employed, even if they write an invoice. Good fits are, for example, a hired chef with several clients, event and catering service, a bartender for an event or cover for a head chef.
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