Becoming an expat - Switzerland

BoomAM · 1 May 2016 at 16:46

Afternoon all,
Has anyone here successfully made the move to Switzerland in an IT field?

I'm finding getting a reply from a job advert there to be somewhat difficult and a little odd.
I've customized my CV to be more swiss-centric but it still seems to be wasted effort. Am i missing something obvious here?

Thanks.

BoomAM · 1 May 2016 at 17:36

Never really thought of doing that.
I'd kind of assumed that the issue was lack of language skills...

Any known good job sites and tips for general looking/applying?

BoomAM · 2 May 2016 at 10:09

randomshenans said:
I work in Basel. Crinkleshoes lives just outside Basel in Liestal.

I've been here nearly 5 years. They're a bit odd... or Swiss... but hey Depends where you're looking to work, in what field of IT etc.

I've a few Swiss friends, i find it easy to relate to the oddness. :-p

At the moment it would be general IT administration/management...i do specialize, but i'm not seeing a lot of jobs in those specialitites over there.

BoomAM · 2 May 2016 at 16:41

randomshenans said:
That's like saying "I do IT" - You mean server admin? Do you speak German? Or French, if you're looking around Geneva way.

Language is English only, & im looking for the Zurich/Zug/Luzern area.
Learning the language is an aim too, so no worries there.

You need to be more specific I think.

indeed.ch or I know some agents, but based on general IT admin I wouldn't know what you could actually do.

Cant really be specific when i'm looking for generic roles ;-)

I've not seen roles where what i consider to be my specialisms are available.