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Re: Help me thinking outside the box

I would say 2 months is too early to expect results. At least 6 months would be more realistic. Keep applying and expect more open positions in the coming months after budgets are refreshed and people wake up from winter sleep.

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I would say 2 months is too early to expect results. At least 6 months would be more realistic. Keep applying and expect more open positions in the coming months after budgets are refreshed and people wake up from winter sleep.

Good luck.
Thank you for your post. I am trying to understand why a lot of people are saying that it can take such a long time. Besides the availability of open positions and if a candidate is fit for a role or not. Perhaps it is the Swiss recruiting process and the famous Swiss accuracy that is responsible for a longer process.

At this moment I strongly feel that the "supply and demand" of the employment market is somehow unbalanced. A lot of open positions and current unemployment statistics are relatively low. Or maybe the current open positions are not actual open and it just for show and tell, who knows.

But I kinda like the idea that it takes a long time because of people being in a wintersleep, this way I can always say that it is not about me or my qualifications and just point to somebody else to blame.
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Old 25.01.2019, 13:32
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Other people can’t think outside the box for you.... otherwise it would not be thinking outside the box, now would it!
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Other people can’t think outside the box for you.... otherwise it would not be thinking outside the box, now would it!
That might be/or is true (not completely certain which one, but I appreciate the brain teaser), but their reactions make it possible for me to think further beyond my own (limited) perspective or boundaries.
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Thank you for your post. I am trying to understand why a lot of people are saying that it can take such a long time. Besides the availability of open positions and if a candidate is fit for a role or not. Perhaps it is the Swiss recruiting process and the famous Swiss accuracy that is responsible for a longer process.
I have had interview processes that took 4 months with a lot of phone calls, emails and came to nothing.

I have had a case where I had 3 interviews and the recruiter told me they would make me an offer but never did.

I have had a case with a bank who outsourced the recruiting to Poland and it took them 2 months to get back to me after saying they are considering making an offer only to tell me after 2 months that I was "too experienced" for the position.

I had a case where it took them 1 month to reply to my application with an interview request and within a month I was hired.

I have never understood why it takes so long but it does.
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I have had interview processes that took 4 months with a lot of phone calls, emails and came to nothing.

I have had a case where I had 3 interviews and the recruiter told me they would make me an offer but never did.

I have had a case with a bank who outsourced the recruiting to Poland and it took them 2 months to get back to me after saying they are considering making an offer only to tell me after 2 months that I was "too experienced" for the position.

I had a case where it took them 1 month to reply to my application with an interview request and within a month I was hired.

I have never understood why it takes so long but it does.
Hmm after reading your message I am just happy for you that you managed it.

After reading numerous threads regarding the duration in finding a job seems to be an issue in all sectors or industries. This weekend I will start with the other suggestions in this thread, translating into German, maybe redesign my resume or adding a good profile photo etc. to get better results.
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Good afternoon everybody,

After all the tips I received things are moving forward. Even though it did not yet resulted in a actual job I am positive about the future. In the end a picture in the resume actually made a big difference. After talking with numerous people and meetings with recruiters I noticed that some people are saying that recruiting agencies receive open positions in banks from consultancy firms. Besides recruiters have their own direct contacts within banks there supposed to be 4 consultancy firms that are active in Zurich (or in Switzerland) that are sending open positions to agencies. One recruiter confirmed this, but could not give the names of those firms. Does anybody heard of this before and if so do you know, by any chance, which firms these are?
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