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| I am in the same boat. There is nothing to do but keep on chugging I guess. I actually had job a interview scheduled, finally, for today. Then they canceled it on me yesterday. Living here, unless recruited from outside, is no fun. I am really tired of people making posts "I need a job!" or "What should I earn in this position?" I know they have a right to ask, but for people in our position it is rather frustrating, eh? I also find it strange to just post: "I want a job," whereas I'm searching through Jobwinner, Monster and so forth on my own.
Do you have a B permit on account of a Swiss spouse or a non-EU/EFTA spouse working in Switzerland? If your spouse is Swiss you technically deserve the same treatment as the Swiss and EU nationals. However, the Swiss issue us the same permit as those not entitled to work -- it makes it that much more difficult.
I've only been looking for a couple of months now though -- I worked on my German for months before looking. I think that is just something else that must be done -- studying as much as possible, speaking with as many people as you can in German and reading the newspaper everyday. Do you have a Goethe certificate? | |
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It just takes a loooong time (usually) to change jobs/find a new one in Switzerland. Generally, the job market there is not dynamic so you can expect to be looking for months even though the economy is good. There were a couple of threads on this subject before, worth doing a search to see if they can give you extra info.
There's an additional complication in that fair recruitment laws either don't seem to exist or are commonly ignored. Definitely, the recruitment process in a lot of Swiss businesses is not transparent and often people get jobs based on personal contacts and not from being the best of the applicants for an advertised position. ie. The positions are never even publicised.
IMO, for a foreigner with no current job it's best to go via an agency. They will have made the contacts ready-made.