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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.

Career Advice

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.

Career Ferrata: From A to Zeugnis

Switzerland is a country that relies on skilled foreign professionals to cover labour shortages. Many workers coming here are surprised at the sheer volume of personal paperwork needed to work and live here – including written work references. Here’s our guide for Swiss newbies on everything related to an Arbeitszeugnis.

  • The Recruitment Team

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

Leadership Topics

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.

Ready or Not? Culture Determines What Thrives

Most organisations don't actively design culture. They experience it. It shows up in how decisions are made, how people challenge each other and what gets rewarded or quietly discouraged.

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Hiring Is One of Leadership’s Biggest Risks

Most organisational underperformance doesn’t begin in execution. It begins earlier. In hiring decisions that quietly shape capability, pace and culture long before results show up anywhere visible.

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If You Can’t Coach, You Can’t Lead!

Coaching is now central to leadership, not supplementary. AI can extend its reach, but in complex environments, context, trust and judgement remain firmly human domains.

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