Karriere Südniedersachsen

What Karriere Südniedersachsen does

Karriere Südniedersachsen is a regional, German-language online job board operating from Göttingen that aggregates and distributes employment opportunities across the Südniedersachsen (South Lower Saxony) region. The platform operates as a two-sided marketplace with a free-of-charge job-seeker side and a fee-paying employer side, serving individual candidates searching for jobs, apprenticeships, dual-study placements, internships, or thesis projects as well as regional employers — primarily small and mid-sized firms plus notable local enterprises such as Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, SMA Solar Technology AG, VR-Bank in Südniedersachsen, PHYWE Systeme, and the Kindertagesstätten of the Ev.-luth. Kirchenkreis Göttingen-Münden. Its product surface spans a core Stellenangebote (job listings) module, dedicated apprenticeship (Ausbildung), dual-study (Duales Studium), internship (Praktikum), and thesis (Studienarbeit) boards, a Jobalarm email-alert add-on, an anonymous Bewerberpool talent-pool system, and an Unternehmensverzeichnis (company directory) of Top-Arbeitgeber, with regional marketing content delivered via dedicated Bewerber- and Arbeitgeber-blog channels plus Instagram and Facebook accounts.

The platform is technically built on the ontavio shared regional-portal infrastructure (evidenced by core.ontavio.de CSS and asset references across the site), with SSL-encrypted data transmission, German-hosted servers, and a "Software Made in Germany / Hosted in Germany" certification providing a data-sovereignty credential for both candidates and employers. It operates as part of a mutual partnership network of at least 9 other regional German job portals (Karriere Nordhessen, Karriere Mittelhessen, Karriereportal OWL, Karriere Hamburg, Karriere Bergisches Land, Karriere Südwestfalen, Karriere Bremen, Karriere Metropole Ruhr), giving employers and candidates visibility into adjacent regional labor markets without requiring a single national portal account.

The revenue model is B2B employer-paid. Employers pay for one-time job-listing postings and for recurring subscription-based employer-profile and visibility services, while pricing is intentionally not publicly disclosed and is negotiated via a Mediadaten request channel. Ancillary revenue and engagement mechanisms include the TOPAS regional employer certification program (Top-Arbeitgeber Südniedersachsen) and cross-promotion through partner portals. Notably, no funding, headcount, or ownership information is publicly disclosed in the available data, and the company appears to operate as a privately held, lean regional platform with no parent-company or institutional-investor signals identified.

Name

Karriere Südniedersachsen

Legal name

Karriere Südniedersachsen

Website

https://karriere-suedniedersachsen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Karriere Südniedersachsen is a Göttingen-based regional job portal connecting job seekers with employers across the Südniedersachsen (South Lower Saxony) area of Germany. It operates a two-sided marketplace covering full-time jobs, apprenticeships, dual-study programs, internships, and thesis placements, with partner-network reach into 9 other German regional labor markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Board

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Vertical/Specialty Search (e.g., jobs, real estate, travel, products) (BPAMAAAD)

Keywords

• Regional job portal
• Online job listings
• Apprenticeship matching
• Employer recruitment
• Career platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Göttingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Employer Job Listings: Employers pay to post job vacancies on the platform, reaching the regional talent pool in Southern Lower Saxony.
2. Employer Profile/Visibility Services: Employers can purchase enhanced visibility and profile services to attract more candidates, similar to premium employer branding features.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Karriere Südniedersachsen operates an online regional job portal that aggregates job vacancies, apprenticeship opportunities, dual study programs, and internship positions from employers in Southern Lower Saxony, Germany. Job seekers register free of charge to search and apply for roles, while employers pay to post vacancies, purchase enhanced profile visibility, and access the Bewerberpool candidate database. The platform serves approximately 2,850 active listings across 600+ regional employers spanning multiple cities in the Südniedersachsen region.

Product overview

Karriere Südniedersachsen is a regional job board platform serving the Südniedersachsen (South Lower Saxony) region of Germany. The platform operates as a multi-service employment portal offering a job board (Stellenangebote), apprenticeship listings (Ausbildung), dual study programs (Duales Studium), internship opportunities (Praktikum), and student thesis positions (Studienarbeit). The platform connects approximately 2,850 job listings, 600 apprenticeship positions, and 600 top employers with job seekers in the region. Additional services include Jobalarm email alerts for new postings, a Bewerberpool applicant pool for passive candidate discovery, and a company directory of regional employers. The platform is built on ontavio technology infrastructure and includes regional network partnerships with other German career portals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stellenangebote (Job Board)

Quantifiable outcome

• Regional coverage of multiple cities including Göttingen, Einbeck, Duderstadt, Dransfeld, and surrounding areas in Südniedersachsen

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Karriere NordhessencoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional job portal partnership extending reach to the Nordhessen region in Germany, part of the broader network of regional career portals
• Karriere MittelhessencoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional job portal partnership for Mittelhessen region, enabling cross-regional recruitment and job matching services
• Karriereportal OWL (Ostwestfalen-Lippe)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional job portal partnership for Ostwestfalen-Lippe region, part of the integrated German career portal network
• Karriere HamburgcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional job portal partnership for Hamburg metropolitan area, extending the network's reach to northern Germany
• Karriere Bergisches LandminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional job portal partnership for Bergisches Land region in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Karriere SüdwestfalenminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional job portal partnership for Südwestfalen region, expanding coverage in western Germany
• Karriere BremenminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional job portal partnership for Bremen area in northern Germany
• Karriere Metropole RuhrcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional job portal partnership for the Metropole Ruhr region, one of the largest metropolitan areas in Germany covered by the network

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Meinestadt.de: German city/region-focused portal that bundles job listings with real estate, classifieds, and local information. Competes directly for the same regional SMB employer recruitment budget and job seeker audience in Lower Saxony.
• Stellenwerk: German regional job portal network operating across multiple university cities with a comparable employer-paid listing model and similar SMB/regional employer target audience.

Broad incumbents

• Xing: Germany-focused professional network with integrated job marketplace. Competes for the same experienced professional segment, particularly in white-collar roles from employers like VR-Bank and Universitätsmedizin Göttingen.
• Stepstone: Germany's leading national job board and direct substitute for Südniedersachsen employers and candidates. Operates at much larger scale with broader candidate reach, exerting significant pricing pressure on regional players.
• Jobbörse der Bundesagentur für Arbeit: Germany's official government job board — a free, mandatory-posting channel for many roles. Acts as a price anchor at zero cost that constrains what regional platforms can charge employers.
• Indeed Germany: Global incumbent with a dominant German presence and aggressive free-listing model. Captures a large share of the same job seeker traffic that Karriere Südniedersachsen targets in the region.

Emerging players

• Joblift: German job aggregator pulling listings from multiple boards to give candidates broader visibility. Competes indirectly by surfacing the same employer postings to the same Südniedersachsen job seekers via SEO.

Regional players

• Karriere Nordhessen: Closest peer — sister regional job portal in the same partnership network serving Nordhessen. Operates an identical business model (ontavio-based job board, employer listings, Bewerberpool) for a different German region, making it the most directly comparable entity.
• Karriere Hamburg: Network partner serving the Hamburg metropolitan area. Same technology stack, same hyper-local employer focus, and same SMB/self-serve distribution model as Karriere Südniedersachsen.
• Karriere Mittelhessen: Network-partner regional job portal for Mittelhessen, built on the same ontavio infrastructure and monetized via employer listings. Highly comparable product, customer base (regional SMEs), and revenue model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/karriere.suedniedersachsen
• Instagraminstagram.com/karriere_suedniedersachsen

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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