Interesting that in some cantons, RAV don't make you go through the information session. In Neuchâtel, everyone seems to have to do it. When I was laid off a year ago along with seven colleagues (all in relatively senior positions), all of us were made to attend a session during which we were told absolutely nothing that wasn't already written down in the various brochures that we were given.

Thankfully, when I went back recently to sign on again, they exempted me from it because I had already attended last year.