Started job searching at the end of last year. Posting this anonymously to keep track of the journey — maybe it’ll be fun to look back on someday, wherever I end up. Where I’m at: ~50 applications submitted. 4 interviews. 3 rejections. 1 ghost. As someone in another post put it: getting a job via CV submission feels like winning a lottery. I’m starting to believe it. What I’ve been building (and almost abandoned): I started building a bot to automatically adapt my CV and generate cover letters for each application. Got the framework running. Then got hit with multiple rejections in one day and lost all motivation to touch it. Classic. Today I just used Claude directly to tailor my CV and write a motivation letter for one specific role. It worked well enough. One application submitted. Rethinking the strategy: I think the mass-apply approach has run its course for me. New plan: - Only apply to roles that genuinely interest me - Start reaching out to people on LinkedIn, especially folks with startup backgrounds — that’s where my heart is honestly - Got a career mentor. Doing a reflection session with her soon - Still using job-room.ch but mostly as a tracker at this point. It’s not performing reliably after the big system upgrade. Might go back to Notion. The startup concern is pay. But I think that might fade once I’m actually having real conversations with people. Random highlight of the day: Had lunch with a PhD contact I hadn’t spoken to in over five years. Her research is on supply chain software implementation in startups — surprisingly interesting. Good reminder that sometimes the most useful conversations come from the quietest corners of your network. If you’re also stuck in the Swiss job search loop, I’d love to hear how you’re navigating it. More entries to come. submitted by /u/AmbitiousBus8330
Originally posted by u/AmbitiousBus8330 on r/Switzerland