Applying in Switzerland

Applications after a career break in Switzerland

Connect past experience and your current situation with accurate dates, relevant skills and a clear career goal.

Show the career break in your CV

Use month and year. Describe longer breaks factually, such as “family period” or “career reorientation”. Unnecessary private details are not required.

Show current skills

1. Choose previous experience relevant to the role.
2. Add training, language courses or relevant projects actually completed.
3. Describe tools you can use today. Past employment alone does not prove current software skills.
4. State desired working percentage and start date if known.

Cover letter example

“After my family period, I want to return to administrative work. I bring scheduling and customer contact experience and seek a 60% role.” Adapt role, experience and hours to your situation.

Focus on the new role

Briefly explain your return and contribution. Be realistic about onboarding; do not claim immediate mastery of every program.

Prepare your draft

Enter employers, tasks and dates accurately. Add the break, current skills and goal in requests. The advert helps the letter. Check that no activities were invented during the break and availability is correct.

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