I’ve been unemployed for about 1 year and have been with RAV since July 2025 (got no punishment for not going there immediately), and despite my efforts, I cannot for the life of me get an interview. Everyday I hear about people being long-term unemployed, even Swiss people (I’m from the Nordics) with high degrees are getting ghosted from employers. When looking at LinkedIn, Indeed, jobs.ch etc there seems to be thousands of open positions - but who is getting these jobs? With so many open positions, there must be some people who are able to get a job? Personally I’m from a niche industry and there are 0 to none available positions in my field, so I’m trying to switch, which is of course my main issue. I live in the Kanton of Zürich but on the north east end, and am mainly applying for jobs in my local area + Thurgau, Schaffhausen and StGallen as well. I wouldn’t mind working in Zurich, but it’s not my first choice. The competition is of course high, but some days this just feels hopeless and that no one is getting hired. Perhaps someone has a success story to share to keep the hopes up? Note, I’m not looking for tips on how to improve my application process, just letting out some steam on a day where it all just feels hopeless. submitted by /u/amnord
Originally posted by u/amnord on r/Switzerland