Switzerland has maintained its first place in global talent competitiveness rankings released during the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. But why?
A lack of workers resulting from the number of baby-boomers retiring and structural change to the labour market means Switzerland will have half a million job vacancies in a decade's time, according to a forecast by UBS. But immigration shouldn't be the only answer to the shortfall, the report says.
Two thirds of managers in Switzerland have dismissed a candidate from the recruitment process after discovering they lied or exaggerated on their curriculum vitae, according to a study.
American comedienne Sylvia Day, 45, gave up her communications job to move to Switzerland in 1995. Here, she tells The Local how she’s carved out an unlikely career in comedy — and how she uses improv to fight stress in the Swiss workplace.
When Miami-based author Joseph Brady, 38, wrote his first novel, The Zurich Decision, he set it in Switzerland — even though he’d never set foot in the country. Then his wife was offered a job there, and fiction turned into reality . . .
After spending a decade working in the finance industry in London, Spanish-born Ana Ortega, 32, was transferred to Switzerland. She tells The Local how her newfound passion for vegan food led her to write a cookbook on the side.
After working for a large company, Swedish-born Ann Söderblom, 31, recently took the plunge from employee to entrepreneur. Söderblom, who advises expats on how to start their own business, tells The Local why Switzerland is the perfect place to set up your own company.
When Michael Fontana-Jones moved to Switzerland from London eight years ago, he took on the brave mission of persuading a country renowned for its own cheeses to try his native Cheddar and Stilton. Here, he tells The Local how he fared.
Tomasz Trzebiatowski originally moved to Lucerne from Poland to study music, but his interest in photography soon split his career in two directions. Today, he tells The Local why the city in central Switzerland is such a thriving artistic centre and why he decided to found a photography group.
Geneva can be a difficult place to find love. Or so says psychologist and communications expert Lesley Lawson Botez, who finally met Mr Right at the age of 44. Now, drawing from both her own experience and that of people she’s interviewed, Botez is writing a book for the over-40 set about finding a partner.
In our new series profiling the careers of foreigners who’ve moved to Switzerland, The Local meets British-Zimbabwe born Lisa Chuma, founder of a Swiss “Mumpreneurs” group.
