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Old 06.10.2008, 14:55
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Re: English Writing and Jobs in CH

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Yes, there is a shortage of people with English writing skills.

Preferably you should have some editing/publishing experience.

I am an editor of the customer magazine of a major company. As it is distributed internationally it is written in English. We have huge difficulties finding suitable people to fill our vacancies.

Right now we don't have any vacancies, but stay tuned. I am sure that other companies must be in a similar situation. So why don't you try to identify such publications (check the website's of all the CH-based multinationals) and then contact the responsible staff?

You could also try working freelance as there are many companies who may have one-off English publications that need ghostwriting or copy-editing but not enough to actually justify employing a regular.
Thanks! This is such useful information. By profession I am an English editor, and have been looking for work in my line for the last year, but in vain. Moved here for love and it's not the best idea for my career. But, reading your post gives me some hope :-D
Will follow your advice.
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