Does anyone knows that in Zurich are offered courses about banking. For instance I was working in Kosovo in banking and to get a job in banking in Zurich I heard that man can attend a course about banking system of Switzerland in order to get easier to find a job in banking industry?
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What specific area is your experience in, and what area are you looking for? Retail, WM, IB, back office, IT, etc?
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Credit management: private/corporate/insitutional?
I think the problem you may have is your non-EU nationality. It’s difficult to get hired here if you’re a non-EU national as priority is given to Swiss/EU nationals. Simply attending a course here wouldn’t be enough. You’d need to also have a Masters degree in Finance or Economics for example plus some years experience after graduation.
“Cadre, specialists and other qualified employees will be admitted. “Qualified employee” means, first and foremost, people with a degree from a university or institution of higher education as well as several years of professional experience.”
Of course if you already have a permit to live/work here it may be different depending on the type of permit it is. Do you have a dependent’s permit via family reunification? If so what nationality is your spouse/partner and what permit do they hold?
No I'm not from EU countries. But I have MBA degree in a British University; I have a experience in International Banks for over 6 years in Management positions. Yes Permit is from reunification. My wife has Swiss Citizenship.
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In this environment I would think it would be more effective to play to your strengths, highlight your experience, utilize your connections rather than attempt to start over via additional education.
What is your current job search strategy? Perhaps if you describe a bit of what you have already done folks knowledgeable in the banking sector might be able to further advise you.
A technicality that springs to mind: have you highlighted the fact that you already have work permission? This is often a first hurdle. If a reader sees your non EU citizenship before reading further to find your permit status, you run the risk of having your CV tossed in the waste basket immediately.
Also, in the retail sector you will likely need D, F, I.. Have you highlighted your language skills as well?
Do you have Swiss contacts from your previous jobs? In Switzerland, banking especially, networking is very important.
Just a few thoughts...
Actually in my strategy I use online job portals, also recruitment agencies like: Swisslinx, Michael Bayles, Page Personnel and some other agencies. I used to work as Branch manager (supervised 18 people), Leasing sales manager (supervised 4 people), SME and Corporate commercial loan lending (lent over 30 Mio. amount of loans); Debt collection experience etc. I also have some experience in Procurement as well.
I lately started to utilize networking.
I thank you for your feedback
Page personnel in my experience only searches for junior level jobs. And I agree with MC, now that a lot of banks have been down sizing personnel, with some people even had to reapply for their own jobs, your chances are not high, especially if you are not fluent in the language of that Kanton?
How is the situation for a graduate (Masters in Accounting and Taxation) in India and also a Professional (Company Secretary from Institute of Company Secretaries India) here in Switzerland. Until now I have realized that Switzerland is a very small job market and most of the jobs are specialized ones in the respective Finance and Banking domain. Language criteria is another aspect. But, then how many students who are coming here from abroad and doing higher education getting Jobs without any job experience knowing the fact that Banks are not doing good at the moment because of lack of innovation and on the same side, Switzerland has unemployment rate of approx 3.5 %.