I am hoping someone on the forum can give me some advice as I am not really sure what Swiss employers look for in a candidate.
A little history :
After leaving school with not a great list of exam results behind me I went on to college and took a Business Administration course where I learnt secretarial skills, some years later this was backed up by another NVQ 3 in Administration dealing more with office supervision. I worked in Administration for 5 years.
Between 2002 and 2009, I was a UK police officer, a detective for the latter 5 years. Although skills and internal qualifications were learnt and gained, these are not always particularly transferable qualifications.
We moved here in 2009 and I have two small children. I am looking into the future where I would like the opportunity to work here. I am learning German slowly but surely, although this seems to be a lengthy process. My German has come a long way in 2 years, but is still pretty sketchy!
Last year I decided to complete a German course with the Open University and passed that. I am now just at the beginning of a Social Science module lasting for 6 months.
Initially I thought about gaining an Open Degree, which means that you can choose modules from various areas of interest and once you have gained enough points, you have a degree. My interest areas are : Social Science, Law, Psychology and Criminology.
However, I am a bit concerned that if I complete this type of degree it will show that I can learn to degree level, but not within once subject area and that this will not be viewed favourably by employers.
I am not at this time certain what my next career move would be, I would rather not go into a purely administrative role, but would like to incorporate skills from my policing days as well (ie, research/investigation, interviewing etc)
Does anyone have any personal experience of applying for jobs here without the exact qualifications required?
Any advice gratefully received.