Tips and tricks

A LinkedIn profile offers benefits such as professional networking, job opportunities, industry information, online presence and knowledge sharing. Overall, a LinkedIn profile can help support your professional goals, discover new career opportunities, build professional relationships and expand your expertise.

Technical

• Find out how to get to the company; if necessary, go there the day before so that you can familiarise yourself and know the way to the company.
• It is better to arrive too early than too late! Arriving 10 minutes early is ok. But don't ring the doorbell/knock until 3 - 5 minutes before the agreed time.
• Find out in advance how long it might take to get from the reception/gate to the interview location; add this time to your journey.
• Bring a complete dossier with your documents to the interview (even if you have already sent your documents with your application).
• Take the following documents with you: Identity card/foreigner's identity card, health insurance card, bank card/bank account details, AHV card, driving licence.
• Bring your reference sheet with you to the interview and hand it over when asked or at the end of the interview.
• Take a neutral writing pad and writing utensils with you.
• Make sure you write down and practise the names of the important people in the company that you already know and make a note of new names on your notepad.
• Call those present by name from time to time during the conversation, but certainly when greeting and saying goodbye.

Personal

• Think about what clothes and shoes you wear. Dress and groom yourself so that you look good and feel comfortable. Rule of thumb: dress as you would if you were already working there. Light-coloured clothes look more open and appealing; dark colours look elegant, but also sombre.
• Do not wear flashy jewellery.
• Use perfume or aftershave only discreetly or do without it, but appear showered and well-groomed.
• Avoid garlic the day before and the smell of coffee, alcohol or cigarettes. If you do smoke beforehand, do not smoke in front of the company entrance; in this case, arrive a little earlier and ask to go to the toilet; wash your hands there and freshen up.
• Take refreshing tissues with you; the first handshake should have a lasting positive effect
  Always have sweets or, even better, a mouth spray with you.

• Clear and concise structuring of the application letter according to the S/I/T formula (you-meet-me):
  Part S - You: Your professional or emotional connection to the company, to the industry
  Part I - Me: Your qualifications, your speciality, possibly your successes
  Part T - Meet us: My offer, your profit. Request for contact and a personal meeting.
• is meaningful formulated; one senses the professional and emotional Connection of your person with the company or job
• consists of easily understandable and short sentences
• contains no empty phrases or general, meaningless sentences
• suits your personality and style
• is error-free
• ideally has the length of one A4 page, maximum two pages

Consider the requirements of the job advertisement and the company.