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What are the big topics shaping IT and finance recruitment in Switzerland? Read our latest thinking to stay on top of change

Nordwand Group

What trends and developments are currently shaping the Swiss IT and finance job market? Discover the latest insights from the Nordwand Group and stay well informed.

Mountain Legends: Matterhorn

We’re doing a series of posts celebrating the brave feats of our team’s favourite mountain legends. Today is about Switzerland’s most famous mountain, the Matterhorn, conquered 160-years ago today. It’s a tale of intense rivalry that made headlines all around the world – read more here.

  • The Recruitment Team

Career Ferrata: The Path to CFO

 

Progressing your career can sometimes feel like ascending a steep mountain without route markers or the right equipment. Our “Career Ferrata” series aims to give you a hand on the way up. As a recruitment agency that has placed hundreds of senior financial candidates in Switzerland, this article shares some practical career tips for hiring or becoming a CFO

 

  • The Recruitment Team

Mountain Legends: Intro & Eiger

In the next few months, we’re going to be doing a series of posts celebrating the brave feats of our team’s favourite mountain legends.
Let’s start with something close to home – the inspiration for Nordwand Group’s name!

  • The Recruitment Team

TRANSEARCH

Leadership is a privilege that must be earned every day. It's relatively easy to identify leaders who think that way. They are humble, quick to apologise, admit when they are wrong and go out of their way to ask for help.

Tomorrow’s Strategy Depends on the Leaders You Back Today

The past few years have shown how quickly business assumptions can collapse. Markets shift. Technology accelerates. Customer expectations reset overnight. This is why the next generation of leaders isn't a "later" conversation.

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Tomorrow Won’t Wait: Why Leadership Hinges on How Fast People Learn

The future isn’t approaching. It’s accelerating. And in many organisations, the real constraint isn’t strategy, technology or capital. It’s how quickly people can make sense of change, and act on it.

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Start with Fit, Win with Credibility: Rethinking Talent Acquisition

Talent acquisition is often described as a process that begins with sourcing and attraction. In practice, this framing is flawed. Attraction does not start with outreach. It starts with clarity. Until we define what “fit” truly means in a specific context, we cannot credibly identify, engage, or assess the right talent.

  • The Recruitment Team