50 plus

Nowadays, unemployment can affect anyone, even experienced, loyal and reliable professionals. With unemployment often comes a paralysing fear of losing touch and being permanently consigned to the scrap heap.

If you have a clear idea of your strengths and weaknesses, you can be more efficient in looking for a job. Thanks to your many years of professional experience, you have many strengths, such as experience, a great many contacts, reliability and good social skills. Strengths which are right at the top of any company’s list of requirements. Be aware of your specific strengths and sell them with the necessary level of self-confidence.

From the age of 50, looking for a job can entail a number of specific challenges and difficulties. You are nearing retirement age, have higher non-wage labour costs or are faced with prejudices, such as a lack of flexibility and lower productivity.

It is therefore possible that as a “50 plus”, you are at a disadvantage when it comes to applying for jobs. But you’re not without a chance! You can influence your prospects of finding a job. After all, age is not enough to make re-joining the labour market more difficult. A successful job search is also the result of a complete and engaging application dossier, which highlights your professional experience. The labour market measures offered via unemployment insurance will help you improve your starting situation.

Training and employment measures: You can bring your professional skills up to date by taking part in a training measure. Employment measures offer you work opportunities for a limited period and help further develop your competences.

Situation assessment courses and application technique courses: A situation assessment can help you clarify the experiences and expertise you have gained over the years. This then makes it possible to submit a targeted job application. Application technique courses provide support in this regard.

The list of various measures inform you about the relevant objectives and conditions. The labour market authorities from your canton or your RAV personnel consultant can also provide information on these.