Hello everyone, I wasn’t aware how important the work certificate is for applications in Switzerland, as I didn’t need one for my current job. Someone posted about it yesterday and since I’m currently applying for jobs I figured that I’m going to ask my previous employers for certificates. My previous jobs were abroad in a country where it is not customary to issue or ask for such work certificates. At one company I know that an ex-colleague had a very hard time to get such a certificate since the company didn’t know what it was. For those of you who have worked abroad previously, are your work certificates from those jobs just a confirmation that you’ve worked in the company with job title X from 20xx-20xx, or do they follow more the Swiss format with job description / tasks and a review? Did you write them yourselves and had them signed or did your previous company write it? And in case you don’t have a work certificate, how did you justify it if you applied somewhere and HR said something about it? Thanks! submitted by /u/Isi-Peasy-Lemon
Originally posted by u/Isi-Peasy-Lemon on r/Switzerland