Hello there! I am Désirée Klarer, journalist by profession and recruiter by passion. Being surrounded by people from different countries with various professional backgrounds, it has always been my pleasure to help them finding the right career path in Switzerland. May it be a job where you don't need German that simply pays your bills while you study or finding your dream-job - I am happy to help.
As wished by one of my readers of my first blog post, for once I will steer away from the overall topic of this blog, job hunting in Switzerland, and dedicate this post to cultural diversity and inclusion in the work place in Switzerland. We all grew up in a certain culture. Bringing them all together
Let’s start with a fact today: The Swiss don’t talk about money. So salary negotiation is one of the very few chances for you to openly talk about money in Switzerland. So take advantage of it! Here are 7 Tips for Your Salary Negotiation to Become a Success. Disclaimer: The following tips are no cure-all, but
Everyone that has watched Little Britain at some point in her/his/their life, will know the sentence: “The computer says no”. For everyone else, please watch the video below: Now why am I telling you this? Because the computer might say no to you too. Not at the reception, after Carol Beers has entered your request,
In Switzerland, a foreigner needs to write about 30 percent more applications than a Swiss to land a job interview, a recently published study by the Swiss National Science Foundation shows. So foreigners get to read the sentence “We are sorry to inform you that…” – way more often. This can be demotivating, yes, but is it also a good reason to
“I am very passionate about a full fridge” is what a friend of mine once said with a cynical tone, when I asked her how the job interview she just had had went. It was the answer she wanted to give the HR lady that had asked her about the reasons why she wanted to
LinkedIn nowadays plays an important part in job hunting, even in little Switzerland. According to the user statistics of the Swiss Web Agency Comvasion, 2.9 million people in Switzerland have an account on LinkedIn. This means: Almost every third resident has at least opened a profile on the platform – just to then abandon it
Did you know that the friend of a friend of your friend can influence your weight? Me neither, but the researchers Nickolas A. Christakis and James Fowler did a study on how social connections shape our lives, published in the Journal of Cognition and Culture. The impact third-degree relationships on weight have and how strong
Being new to a country, be it for work, studies or both, is always an adventure. In Switzerland, one of the biggest adventures for a lot of foreigners is learning German. So first thing to do before looking for a job: start learning German. Believe me: You will need it. Unless you have two engineering degrees