The history of barlagmessen

From 1988 until today!

The history of barlagmessen

March 1988: The 19-year-old Michael Barlag joined a small newspaper publisher in Osnabrück. Just two years later, he took over the media product as publisher and turned it into the scene newspaper INSIDER. In spring 2019, after almost 30 years, he relaunched THE NEW INSIDER, which has made customers and readers believe in print again and is now Osnabrück's biggest city magazine. At the same time, he built up his company as an advertising agency.

Initially, the company's core expertise lay in supporting clients with classic advertising, marketing and advertising concepts as well as campaigns, promotion, graphics and design as well as production and service. The third strand of the extensive portfolio is the organisation of job fairs. The team is now on the road 24 times a year in Germany and twice a year in Austria, organising one road trip after another - with passion.

Osnabrück, 1995. Our mother of all trade fairs is the immobilienmesse osnabrück. The immobilienmesse osnabrück has been taking place in the Auto Weller exhibition hall for many years and year after year makes one thing above all else come true: dreams of living and life come true.

The focus here is on building, living, buying, renting, modernising, financing and energy optimisation. On top of this, there is a varied programme consisting of lectures, childcare and other help for the perfect planning of your own home.

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Osnabrück, 2004: The immobilienmesse osnabrück whets the appetite for more. The idea of a recruiting event for all generations and qualifications is born. The jobmesse osnabrück is born! The concept works - so why not get even more people into their dream jobs and strengthen the economy at the same time? The agency is now travelling all over the country with the jobmesse deutschland tour and is more successful than ever. Whether Berlin, Cologne, Munich, Nuremberg, Emsland, Münster or Osnabrück: BARLAG werbe- & messeagentur is now represented nationwide with its concept at 18 locations and is one of the largest German organisers of job fairs. The jobmesse austria celebrated its premiere in Vienna in September 2022 and has also been held in Salzburg since 2024. Planning for further locations is in full swing.

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In 2014, it also took over the ‘beruf & bildung’ job fair format, which is well-known in Hanover and specialises specifically in young professionals. A concept that fits in with the diversity of Barlag and complements it perfectly. The beruf & bildung hannover is now the largest job fair for training, further education and study in the whole of Lower Saxony. What makes it special: A specially organised roadshow prepares pupils for their visit to the job fair directly at their schools in advance. And the journey continues: in addition to Hanover, the careers event also takes place in Osnabrück, Bielefeld, Braunschweig and Munich.

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