Hi Lala

Thanks for your reply. What is "aduro"? What you say about people of color getting office jobs might be true where you are but certainly not where I am right now. Non-whatsoever and it's not a figment of my imagination. I was once told by a high personage to leave my academic qualifications, warts and all, at home if I ever wanted to get a job. Besides, I have foreigner friends here who have been sitting on years of experience and PhDs because of that mindset. You got to live here to believe what I am saying, its tough and a pain to say the least!

Zurich is attractive for the simple reason that it has a larger concentration of multinationals and it's a cultural melting port( true or false?). Geneva too, with its UN but its a long shot getting a job in that venerable organization, been trying forever anon!

As for local languages, I have a next to good smattering of French but don't think it's a deciding factor really! Ja! my permit says I can work anywhere, but yes I need to find a job first in order to move and that's exactly what I am trying to do.

Thanks anyway for the leads and believe you me or not, I am holding out for something to give- as in landing an interview then a job in that order.

Oh! you are right, I need to find a job in an urban area because I get the feeling I am not in one even if it's the biggest "urban " place in the whole blessed Canton