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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:50:37 -0700
Sébastien,
We were in a similar situation some 15 years ago. We got married before returning
to CH to facilitate finding work. She got a B permit, which allows you to look for
work, but once you find a job, you still need to get the work permit. Early 90's was
a bit of a recession in CH and finding a job was hard then. We had absolutely no
luck with any of the international organizations and she ended up finding a job
with Oracle Switzerland (an American company) in Lausanne. But the coup du grace was
that she had to wait 4 months for the work permit from the Kanton. Quite disgraceful and
one reason we eventually moved back to the US.
We found that collegues who lived across the boarder in France (Ferney-Voltaire)
had a much easier time to get a frontalier permit, which may be viewed as less of
a threat to Swiss jobs. But unfortunately (as I said, 10-15 years ago, for what its
worth) the employment rate of spouses and girlfriends was appaullingly low, regardless of
qualifications. I hope things are better now.
Best of luck !
Jan
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From: swiss-list-bounces_at_swiss-list.com [mailto:swiss-list-bounces_at_swiss-list.com] On Behalf Of Sébastien Cuendet
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:18 PM
To: swiss-list_at_swiss-list.com
Subject: [Swiss-list] Finding a job in Switzerland as an American citizen
Hi,
I am a Swiss citizen and have been living for more than one year in
California. I plan on moving back to Geneva or Lausanne together with my
girlfriend. She wants to work in Switzerland, but everyone we have asked
about how to find a job for her was really discouraging.
She is open to any kind of jobs matching her education level, and would
ideally work for an NGO. She owns a sociology bachelor from UC Berkeley
and two years of work experience.
Does anyone know of a good way finding jobs for American citizens in
Switzerland?
Any help would be really appreciated! Thanks much,
Sébastien
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