Swiss recruitment remains attached to traditional codes, despite the prevailing discourse on HR innovation.
Recruitment in Switzerland remains conservative and conventional. Companies prioritize sector experience and technical expertise. The résumé remains an essential key to the recruitment process. Candidates from outside the sector and non-conventional career paths are largely overlooked. According to the results of the HR Research study, conducted in collaboration with HR Today, recruitment in Switzerland is struggling to adopt innovative methods. The study brought together 936 human resources professionals from Swiss companies.
For career changers, this confirms the need to make extra efforts to highlight transferable skills when facing recruiters who remain strongly attached to the traditional sector-based career path.