you guys like just finished the interview
I totally got a job
hates you welcome back to my channel if you're new
my name is Lea and I am moving to Switzerland so it is 10 days away 10 can
you believe that 10 days away it's it's a win I'm freaking out it's getting
crazy it's getting real so today we're talking about jobs I said in my last
video I have some exciting news to share with you guys so I am sharing it today
it is so exciting like hold on to your seats I got a job I got a job I got a
job in Switzerland so this video is all about my job also I'm gonna share kind
of my process on how I got a job in Switzerland just in case any of you guys
want to move to syphilis I'm not expert at all but this is just what I did this
is my process it's so funny because literally right before I made this video
I got a phone call from another place I applied in Switzerland so now I'm a
little torn because I have like two jobs anyway oh my job so last week yeah it's
been exactly a week last week I had a Skype interview so I applied to this
school to teach English at the very beginning of my journey
like when I very first started to look for jobs when I realized I wanted to
have two sicilies I applied I heard that maybe a few weeks
later and they were like let us know when you get to Switzerland and we would
like to bring you in for an interview so I was super stoked like of course it was
like are they do they really want me to call is that just them saying that so
earlier last week I got an email from the director and she's like so I know we
said to bring you in for an interview but I'm gonna be out
town can we do a Skype interview like now and I'm like oh my gosh I was
freaking out freaking out we Skype interviews it went amazing amazing
during the interview like she was so friendly and I just felt like it's
perfect just five and energy from her and she didn't really ask me too many
questions she pretty much stopped and was like I really like you
she's like I do a ton of Skype interviews and I really like you so I'm
just gonna offer you the job she's like I know what I'm looking for during a
Skype interview and you're at and I was just like in the shock like you guys I
prepared so much for this interview I had sticky notes on my laptop I had a
notepad of questions and tea points about early childhood education because
I thought she was gonna drill the hell out of me like I was trip I was so
scared so scared and it was so amazing she's just like yep we're bringing bored
that was so surreal and I was so so happy because that was the job that I
wanted so kind of backtracked and I know I jumped forward into that I have been
looking for teaching positions in Switzerland so specifically teaching
English I knew that this is a field that I could work in because I'm American and
that's what they look for so if you are interested in moving overseas just know
that teaching English can always be your plan feet a lot of countries don't even
require you to have a degree some countries require you to get the TEFL
certificate which is teaching English as a foreign language certificate which you
could take online which is it's like $1,000 some places will just take your
degree like I have a bachelor's degree they'll just take that so if you want to
move teaching English is like the number one
way to move overseas well I don't know that's the number one way that's just I
don't know but I do know that that is a prime way to get out of America the
whole world wants to learn English and although a lot of people do speak
English in Switzerland they want somebody with a native tongue which is
what they call it you are obviously going to have more proper grammar your
accent of course your sentence structures are going to be better than
honestly if you've been outside of the country other people speaking English it
can be a little choppy so which is why they want us to teach them English so
I'm rambling a lot I can feel it okay so that is what I was doing I was just
looking for teaching jobs it was quite a few in Switzerland there were mainly
working with younger ages which is what I love I love young children that's what
I went to school for early childhood so that's worth two third grade so that is
the age group that I love this job is specifically looking for a preschool
teacher so that is gonna be 18 months to 3 years so cute I'm so excited so it's
like that's my favorite favorite age group to work with I'm like how do I
want to do this video there's so much information to share okay I'm going to
give you guys some tips on how to get a job and system then I'm gonna jump into
the details of the job that I got number one thing that you have to do if you are
looking for a job anywhere is not just the stunts which'll is about any other
country you have to change your resume you have two different countries they're
looking for different things and it'll definitely put your resume on the top of
the pile so that's what I did number one thing that they wanted in Switzerland so
this is gonna sound bizarre and they wanted a picture they
your picture on the resume I know so I put a picture number two thing that's
different about Swiss resumes is that they want all of your personal
informations they want to know your age they want to know are you single you
have kids they want to know your blood type they want to know your DNA not all
that but you get what I'm saying they want to know your nationality they
want to know your interests actually I put my interests on a resume I know in
America we're kind of taught to maybe do it like shortness sleep resume it's the
point like going over a page on an American resume is like what were you
doing but I'm in Switzerland you can have two three page resume like they
want details and they really examine it like she
examined my resume and she asked me questions about like she really read it
nicholae that's never happened nobody ever reads your resume in America
they're just like knit they might like look at key points but she actually read
it so that is the number one thing I say is important also if you are applying in
other countries I mean it's kind of hard to do this but if you are able to put a
local address on that resume good I put my grandma's address on my resume and I
think that helps with people contacting me because made me look more serious
like obviously it made me look like I was there so at least it got to the
point where they emailed me and then I could explain hey I'm gonna be there in
a few weeks you know rather than just looking like I'm in America who knows if
I'm actually gonna come to Switzerland so not just using you know the same
tools that you use in America I think we forget that yes it's a different country
but it's not like a it's not a third-world country
I mean of course you might actually want to move to a third-world country but
this one is not I went on indeed calm but instead they have a different
search engines and Bing so simcom and dot CH so they have monster to eat they
have indeed done CH they have jobs downstage they have all our mainstream
websites they have and then they have of course their own mainstream websites so
researching what those are is definitely important and also using the resources
you already know Oh cover letters in Switzerland they really love cover
letters in America I don't know I haven't used too many cover letters in
America actually but instance lived every single job so
that was important making sure that you must catch that they want a complete
application they want your resume they want a cover letter some of them have
asked me to argue attach my diploma and references they want the complete date
well then that must pretty much all I did nothing else different I just made
sure to research what they are looking for in Switzerland and I tried to match
that because it's not the same as American you can't go into another
country expecting the same thing so those are just my little tips if you are
looking for a job of a different country back to the job that I got just sharing
some of my details because I am so excited like I said before it is a job
teaching English to preschoolers so I got a job in a International School in
Basel Switzerland Basel is not originally where I wanted to live I
wanted to live in Surrey but it is what it is
everything happens for a reason I'm not gonna be picky I'm just blessed to be
able to go to soup tonight so I'm gonna be living in Basel so Basel is on the
corner the north west dish so it's literally in between France and Germany
it's smaller than Surrey which is the biggest city that I wanted to live in
but it's only an hour away so if I want to go what else not this job
I didn't want to share the details I waited to do this video because I didn't
get my offer letter yet so I didn't know the details I just got my offer letter
yesterday and I spoke with HR again sitting as well kind of asking them more
questions about positions before I actually accepted it sorry nobody salary
is gonna be which is great stuff so this is amazing
in Switzerland they have mandatory vacation time and five weeks
your girl got five weeks paid vacation for this job still have holidays just
like we do like they still have like so three-day weekends that happen and
everything else like that so it's gonna be nice so the main big thing about this
job is that they have a relocation package which is amazing they were
relocation package they are going to provide me with a furnished apartment
for two months which is so amazing I am completely relieved and they also booked
me on hotel as soon as I get there because as soon as I arrived in the
airport they want me to go to work they not to actually work but they want me to
basically just up like a trial day so I can see the school meet the teachers the
other teachers you know the other staff members and see if you know everything
is good if I'm fighting right if I actually like it I booked me a hotel for
those trial days and then after that if I completely loved it and if they
completely loved me then they got a furnished apartment for me it
seems like a really really good opportunity really really good
opportunity so excited for this I'm so excited
teaching is what I love it's my passion and I didn't do too much in America
because as you know they do not value education here they do not value the
teachers and they are underpaid and overworked I didn't I did it throughout
college working childcare I did do all of that but then once I graduated and
got a degree I was like I just spent like $40,000 on the school I'm not gonna
work for $12 an hour and that might sound horrible but I mean you don't go
to school and work your butt off to get out and work $12 an hour
so that's why I'm so excited that I got this job that's actually gonna pay well
for me to do what I love one major thing that I forgot to disclose and with the
other job the one in Basel they offered me it has a two-year contract so that
kind of really scared me and stressed me out because never have signed a drug
contract for that long the longest contract I have signed as a year and
even that was scary because you know you don't know what's gonna happen you don't
you don't know you cannot predict the future two years is a little scary but
it's exciting as well because although that's two years locked into a job that
I can't leave that's two years locked into a job in Switzerland that I'm not
gonna leave like I have a job solid job for two years in Switzerland so that's
also easy I have I kind of had to look at the other side of that as well I
think it's just scary I mean I feel like I am so scared of some things in
Switzerland just because I am comparing it to the US and I cannot do that they
are definitely taking care of me and it seems like they are definitely taking
care of their teachers I mean they make sure that they have a place to stay
and that they're comfortable they don't have to stress about that while working
so so I think that's just kind of what's going on in my night I think that's it
all right you have any questions please please comment below you can message me
on my social media it is a hard process it is strenuous you're gonna have your
ups and downs I definitely got my fair share of email
saying that I do not this position but I also got some great other emails so I'm
10 days away from Switzerland and I'm semi ready my house is still not packed
but we're gonna get it done thank you guys so much for tuning in to
this channel I know this is a longer video but I had just had so much news to
share with you if you made it to the end you won't doubt that my giveaway is
still open you still have today's to enter and then I won't be spending off
my giveaway thank you guys so much for watching and I will see you guys very
very soon