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Applying for jobs in Switzerland
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Internet, especially online job portals Regional employment centres (RAV) EURES a!isors "ob a!ertisements in local an national
newspapers #ri!ate recruitment agencies #ersonal networ$ o% contacts
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European Employment Services
www.ec.europa.eu & your(EURES website)
www.eures.ch(EURES Swit'erlan website)
www.ch.ch(in%ormation about Swit'erlan se!eral lin$s)
www.b%m.amin.ch(eeral *%%ice %or +igration)www.sb%i.amin.ch(State Secretariat %or Eucation, Research an
Inno!ation Recognition o% -uali%ications)
www.alleimmobilien.ch(%lat hunting in Swit'erlan)
www.tre%%pun$tarbeit.ch(job hunting in Swit'erlan)
www.swisssta%%ing.ch(membership list o% sta%%ing agencies)www.lohnrechner.ch(calculation o% ta$ehome pay)
www.comparis.ch(health insurance comparisons)
Web lins for Switzerland
http://www.ec.europa.eu/eureshttp://www.eures.ch/http://www.ch.ch/http://www.bfm.admin.ch/http://www.sbfi.admin.ch/http://www.alle-immobilien.ch/http://www.treffpunkt-arbeit.ch/http://www.swissstaffing.ch/http://www.lohnrechner.ch/http://www.comparis.ch/http://www.comparis.ch/http://www.lohnrechner.ch/http://www.swissstaffing.ch/http://www.treffpunkt-arbeit.ch/http://www.alle-immobilien.ch/http://www.sbfi.admin.ch/http://www.bfm.admin.ch/http://www.ch.ch/http://www.eures.ch/http://www.ec.europa.eu/eures8/9/2019 HT 30 1415 Switzerland LW En
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Web lins for Switzerland
www.seco.amin.ch(homepage, State Secretariat %or Economic
A%%airs)
www.publicjobs.ch(public aministration jobs)
www.tre%%pun$tarbeit.ch&ateien&roschuere&b/ra!.p%(boo$let
01ow to apply %or jobs0, in 2erman)www.!erbaene.ch(trae umbrella organisations)
www.schau%enster.chjobs (the top 344 companies in Swit'erlan)
www.tel.search.ch(company aresses)
http://www.seco.admin.ch/http://www.publicjobs.ch/http://www.treffpunkt-arbeit.ch/dateien/Broschuere/b_rav.pdfhttp://www.verbaende.ch/http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=66http://www.verbaende.ch/http://www.schaufenster.ch/http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=72http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=76http://www.tel.search.ch/http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=68http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=70http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=60http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=3210http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=72http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=14http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=63http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=66http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=75http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=76http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=65http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=67http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=74http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=77http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=6685http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?lang=de&acro=eures&catId=56&parentCategory=&orgId=6686http://www.tel.search.ch/http://www.schaufenster.ch/http://www.verbaende.ch/http://www.treffpunkt-arbeit.ch/dateien/Broschuere/b_rav.pdfhttp://www.publicjobs.ch/http://www.seco.admin.ch/8/9/2019 HT 30 1415 Switzerland LW En
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igures as at *ctober 5433
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Applying for a job
6 #ersonal letter o% application6 7V in tableli$e %ormat6 8or$ certi%icates6
Vocational iplomas6 9egree certi%icates6 :raining an continuing eucation certi%icates
A written application is the stanar, e;pecte practice
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Applications
Writing effectively
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Application ocuments ? usiness car
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Applications
:here are two types o% applications>
6 Replying to an a!ertisement
6 Unsolicite application
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Sample application in reply to job
a!ertisement
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Sample unsolicited application
:he motto on your homepage>
#ersonalise a!ice, -uality ser!ice an reliability
9ear +r Ciechte,
A responsible ini!iual oriente to organisational tas$s, o%%ering team leaership, instruction an training in the areas o%>
Installation, commissioning, spareparts management, ser!ice pro!ision an customer training
7ontract an warranty issues
#urchasing an sales (support)
+y enclose 7V shows that this application rests on a broa %ounation. Since I am not uner time pressure, I can wait, shoul
you inee %in this en-uiry into employment at your company to be o% interest. In any case, I woul be elighte to iscuss thematter %urther with you. Shoul you not object I will call you ne;t wee$ so that we can iscuss possibilities.
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,en successful interview rules
3. 7are%ully prepare %or the meeting
5. Enjoy the %act that you are being o%%ere an opportunity to ha!e a
worthwhile iscussion with an interesting person
D. Approach the inter!iew with con%ience right %rom the start.
2reet the person by name. *%%er a %irm hansha$e an a %rienly
smile. eep it short an simple> natural smalltal$ wor$s best
. I% you %eel insecure, wor$ on your B%irst impressionB. I% you gi!e agoo %irst impression, an this is con!eye bac$ to you, then you
will act more con%iently uring the rest o% the inter!iew
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,en successful interview rules
. ocus on the %irst %our minutes. Research has shown thatthese %our minutes are ecisi!e as to whether you are
percei!e as li$eable or unli$eable.
F. e a goo, attenti!e listener. +aintain eye contact with the
person inter!iewing you. E;press interest in the issues %acing
the company, especially those within the remit o% the
inter!iewer.
G. =e!er interrupt
H. As$ -uestions
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. Respect the amount o% time a!ailable to the inter!iewer. 8atch
out %or signs o% impatience. I% so, cut short your -uestions.
J. :ry to be neither humble nor arrogant, neither too rigi nor
o!er%amiliar. Rather, tal$ in a manner in which you woul
con!erse with a business partner.
9o not settle %or simply answering -uestions use this
opportunity to Bsell yoursel%B
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Where to find more information:
*0 EURESSwitzerland
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!erci pour l;attention
