Hello. My gf will probably move in 3 yrs to the French part of Switzerland (I don’t want to share too many info but we are quite confident it will happen).

I’m currently a Data Scientist with 1.5 yrs of experience ( good uni in IT, then worked 1yr for big Bank and very big insurance company and currently working in Belgium for startup (6m)). I am proficient in English but suck at French (starting a course now to improve it).

Sent some cv but no luck, how can I make me more valuable?

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Learn French. If you have the skills for the job the only thing missing is speaking the local language. I’d double down and do an ungodly number of hours and practice in a short period. If you’re that committed that is.

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Thanks for the insight. I’m in fact doing so, only thing honestly is that I’ve got in the past a far lower “acceptance rate” from Switzerland that from other countries despite not knowing the language as well.

But yeah, Learning the language now is my first objective

Well the market is more competitive and expert focused so not being fluent in French is putting you at a disadvantage against other candidates

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Are you from EU? If you are a third county national, the permit is quite hard to get and employers are not going to sponsor a junior person.

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I was thinking of following some online courses of Swiss universities and such, any other suggestions?

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