Hi everyone,
just wanted to share a positive result instead of all the posts about "I can not find a job in Switzerland" – "The job market is so bad"
After being told I will be laid off with less than 2 years of experience I started applying over the last few months and made a small overview.
My take aways are:
– It is normal to not hear back
– Apply a lot and be a bit flexible
– If your CV matches 70% go for it
– Don’t bother applying if the position has been open for a few days (all older applications often got auto rejected)
Edit1: Currently I am employed in Basel (one of the major companies) in IT with an EFZ. I was being let go because my job is move to abroad, while it can be done remotely there is a lot of challenges that come with that senior management does not really care about.
https://i.redd.it/a0bz5c2p8mrg1.png
Posted by randomname945
22 Comments
May I ask your field?
I had a similar experiences to this when I was looking for a job, very similar numbers to yours.
Congrats, a 13% response rate from CV to first stage is enormous. Are you in some specific niche?
Congrats
Chiming on… What sector?
Man, you’re way too lucky.
On 100 applications, I get in average at least 80 no answer and the rest is mostly rejection (Sometimes, I’m too over-qualified, sometimes not enough, sometimes they got someone else).
Even if I’m applying for a job like cashier, it’s a struggle.
If I manage to pass that wall and get to the first round, until now I’ve had a 100% rate of being hired for the job.
I even mention I’m willing to work on weekends or at night but I guess I might sound too desperate lmao
Please at least state the field of your work, otherwise this information is somewhat meaningless!
Congrats. May i ask, what the position is? (Unemployed Software Engineer since May last year)
I got 3 rejections today, within 2 hours. I am soooo unemployed, that i started scraping all career websites and create my own jobs ch:
https://jobs.poyraz.digital/
maybe, then i can find something where not “Mehr als 100 Personen haben auf „Bewerben“ geklickt”
The no answer rate is pretty decent! (Not insanely high)
What is 1,2 ,3. round?
Survivor bias
I’ve heard that they are plenty of restaurants and cafes looking for staff. I’m pretty sure that for 103 applications you get over 70% of positive answers even without experience. The IT golden age is coming to an end. it’s time to adapt guys.
Your chart is a clear indication of a bad job market! 103 applications lead to one offer. Not sure i am getting what you are trying to prove.
Congrats on all cases!
Three things as every one else asked : field, experience level
And what’s the visualisation tool everybody uses ?
On which places you looked to find the jobs offers?
Kind of mind boggling that a third of the companies don’t even bother to answer back.
Huge survivorship bias.
I wrote over 300 applications in the last 18 months. I probably got like 25 answers. 19 of them, you will hear from us. And six rejections.
From the 19 applications i got a rejection after i called them to ask, what the status is now.
About flexibility.. i have a broken spine and autism. I am as flexible as both allow me.
Learned logistics and reschooled/studied as technical salesperson. Both with certification.
But no experience in offices.
I am glad you found something OP, but it is not as easy for everyone of us.
Wondering if the job can be done remotely or they told you to show up at the office everyday
May I ask the salary? I‘m currently in a job but I want to switch jobs but IT seems dead so not sure if I should stay.
may i ask if you are swiss or an EU national?
im at 315 job applications so far
Theres jobs here in switzerland where you can write an application and most likely get accepted, and if not youll write a second one and then youll get accepted
This really entirely depends on your job field, not that much on the country.
Congrats! Basically 1% success rate. Can’t tell how good or bad that is given the current market conditions, but it might be among the better ones actually
Your topic did not change the air, as you expected. If anything, it proved people’s point and the reality of survival’s bias