1 Richard N. Bolles, What color is your parachute? A practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers (New York: Ten Speeds Press, 2019), available at http://www.parachutebook.com. 

2 EDK (Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education), ‘The Swiss education system’ (2018), available at http://www.edk.ch/dyn/16342.php. 

3 Nils Pfändler, ‘Das Nadelöhr vor dem Gymnasium: Immer mehr Schüler fallen durch die Aufnahmeprüfung’, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (12 March 2019), available at http://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/gymipruefung-immer-mehr-schueler-fallen-durch-ld.1466328. 

4 Orientation.ch, ‘Comparaison des hautes écoles: Différences entre les hautes écoles’ (2020), available at http://www.orientation.ch/dyn/show/4615. 

5 Embassy of Switzerland, ‘The Swiss Apprenticeship Model in the U.S.’ (4 June 2019), available at http://www.eda.admin.ch/countries/usa/en/home/representations/embassy-washington/embassy-tasks/osthe/vocational-education-and-training—apprenticeships/the-swiss-apprenticeship-model-in-the-u-s-.html. 

6 OECD, ‘Education at a glance 2019: Switzerland’ (2019), available at http://www.oecd.org/education/education-at-a-glance/EAG2019_CN_CHE.pdf. 

7 OECD, ‘Education at a glance 2019: Switzerland’. 

8 Federal Statistical Office (FSO), ‘Wage levels – Switzerland. By categories of persons: Gross monthly wage by age and gender, 2016’ (14 May 2018), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/work-income/wages-income-employment-labour-costs/wage-levels-switzerland/categories-persons.html. 

9 Jacques Bughin et al., The future of work: Switzerland’s digital opportunity (Zurich and Geneva: McKinsey Global Institute and McKinsey & Company Switzerland, October 2018), available at http://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/europe/the-future-of-work-switzerlands-digital-opportunity. 

10 Study in Switzerland, ‘Education system: Tertiary level’ (no date), available at http://www.studyinswitzerland.plus/education-system. 

11 Swissinfo.ch, ‘Swiss education system: Overview’ (19 February 2019), available at http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-education-system—overview/29284412. 

12 Topuniversities.com, ‘How much does it cost to study in the UK?’ (4 July 2018), available at http://www.topuniversities.com/student-info/student-finance/how-much-does-it-cost-study-uk. 

13 Topuniversities.com, ‘How much does it cost to study in the US?’ (17 May 2019), available at http://www.topuniversities.com/student-info/student-finance/how-much-does-it-cost-study-us. 

14 swissuniversities, ‘Semestergebührender Hochschulen 2019/2020’ (no date), available at http://www.swissuniversities.ch/fileadmin/swissuniversities/Dokumente/Lehre/Hochschulraum/Gebuehren.pdf. 

15 Tony Ganzer, Geraldine Wong Sak Hoi and Leo Shearmur, ‘How does Switzerland compare when it comes to university tuition fees?’ Swissinfo.ch (16 August 2018), available at http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/university-comparison-series_how-does-switzerland-compare-when-it-comes-to-university-tuition-fees-/44309164. 

16 International University in Geneva, ‘Faculty: Overview’ (2020), available at http://www.iun.ch/en-en/faculty-research/faculty. 

17 IHTTI (School of Hotel Management), ‘Fees’ (2020), available at http://www.ihtti.com/en/page/how-to-apply/prices-for-hospitality-programmes-in-switzerland-%7C-ihtti-3391#FeesBachelor. 

18 University Rankings, ‘University rankings results’ (February 2020), available at http://www.universityrankings.ch/en. 

19 Topuniversities.com, ‘What is a PhD?’ (24 January 2020), available at http://www.topuniversities.com/blog/what-phd. 

20 OECD, ‘Education at a glance 2019: Switzerland’; FSO, Educational degrees and certificates: 2018 edition (Neuchâtel: FSO, 2018), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/education-science.assetdetail.6546035.html. 

21 Royal Holloway University of London, ‘Living expenses’ (no date), available at https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/international/feesandfunding/livingexpenses.aspx. 

22 myScience, ‘PhD and postdoc salaries’ (February 2020), available at http://www.myscience.ch/living/salary/salary_phd_postdoc. 

23 OECD, ‘Education at a glance 2019: Switzerland’. 

24 myScience, ‘PhD in Switzerland’ (February 2020), available at http://www.myscience.ch/jobs/phd_in_switzerland. 

25 OECD, ‘Education at a glance 2019: OECD indicators’ (10 September 2019), available at http://www.oecd.org/education/education-at-a-glance. 

26 FSO, Educational degrees and certificates. 

27 OECD, ‘Education at a glance 2019: OECD indicators’. 

28 myScience, ‘PhD and postdoc salaries’. 

29 Academic Positions, ‘PhD, postdoc, and professor salaries in France’ (2019), available at https://academicpositions.com/career-advice/professor-salaries-in-france. 

30 The Royal Society, The scientific century: Securing our future prosperity (London: The Royal Society, 2010), available at https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/publications/2010/scientific-century. 

31 Academic Positions, ‘What is a postdoc?’ (2019), available at https://academicpositions.com/career-advice/what-is-a-postdoc. 

32 ETH Zürich, ‘Types of professorships’ (2020), available at https://ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/working-teaching-and-research/faculty-affairs/arten-von-professuren.html. 

33 Academic Positions, ‘What is the Tenure Track?’ (2019), available at https://academicpositions.com/career-advice/what-is-tenure. 

34 Gina Kolata, ‘So many research scientists, so few openings as professors’, The New York Times (14 July 2016), available at http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/upshot/so-many-research-scientists-so-few-openings-as-professors.html. 

35 Academic Positions, ‘UK academic job titles explained’ (2018), available at https://academicpositions.com/career-advice/uk-academic-job-titles-explained. 

36 Wikipedia, ‘Academic ranks in France’ (8 January 2020), available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_ranks_in_France#cite_note-4. 

37 Maria José Ribeiro et al., ‘Postdoc X-ray in Europe 2017: Work conditions, productivity, institutional support and career outlooks’, preprint article, available at http://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/523621v2. 

38 Chris Woolston, ‘Huge variations in US postdoc salaries point to undervalued workforce’, Nature (18 February 2019), available at http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00587-y. 

39 Jacalyn Kelly, Tara Sadeghieh and Khosrow Adeli, ‘Peer review in scientific publications: Benefits, critiques and a survival guide’, The Journal of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, vol. 25, no. 3 (2014), pp. 227–43, available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4975196. 

40 Richard Smith, ‘Peer review: A flawed process at the heart of science and journals’, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol. 99, no. 4 (2006), pp. 178–82, available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1420798. 

41 Smith, ‘Peer Review’. 

42 Richard C. Larson and Navid Ghaffarzadegan, ‘Too many PhD graduates or too few academic job openings: The basic reproductive number R0 in academia’, Systems Research and Behavioral Science, vol. 31, no. 6 (2014), pp. 745–50, available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/sres.2210. 

43 OECD, ‘Education at a glance 2019: Switzerland’. 

44 Top MBA, ‘What are the different types of MBA program?’ (13 May 2019), available at http://www.topmba.com/mba-programs/executive/what-are-different-types-mba-programs. 

45 INSEAD, ‘Executive MBA vs MBA: Learn the difference’ YouTube (20 September 2016), available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_quemkOHbxc. 

46 The Economist, ‘Full time MBA ranking’ (2020), available at http://www.economist.com/whichmba/full-time-mba-ranking. 

47 Forbes, ‘The best international MBAs: One-year programs’ (2020), available at http://www.forbes.com/business-schools/list/international-1-year/#tab:rank 

48 Top Universities, QS global MBA rankings 2019’ (no date), available at http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/mba-rankings/global/2019. 

49 Top MBA, ‘QS world university rankings: Global MBA rankings 2019 (no date), available at http://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/global/2019. 

50 Top MBA, ‘QS world university rankings’. 

51 Adam Hayes, ‘Part-time vs. full-time MBA: What’s the difference?’ Investopedia (28 July 2019), available at http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/010915/parttime-versus-fulltime-mba.asp. 

52 The Economist, ‘Full time MBA ranking’. 

53 The Economist, ‘Executive MBA ranking 2018’ (2020), available at http://www.economist.com/whichmba/full-time-mba-ranking. 

54 Greg Daugherty, ‘Which MBAs offer a good return on investment?’ Investopedia (6 September 2018), available at http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0911/which-mbas-offer-a-good-return-on-investment.aspx. 

55 C. S.–W., ‘Nothing special: MBAs are no longer prized by employers’, The Economist (13 June 2016), available at http://www.economist.com/whichmba/nothing-special-mbas-are-no-longer-prized-employers. 

56 Strategyzer, ‘The business model canvas’ (2019), available at http://www.strategyzer.com/canvas/business-model-canvas. 

57 Business Dictionary, ‘Consulting’ (no date), available at http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/consulting.html. 

58 Mark L. Davison, ‘The challenges we face managing those external (and internal) consultants!’, paper presented at PMI Global Congress, Orlando, Florida (Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute, 2009), available at http://www.pmi.org/learning/library/challenges-managing-external-internal-consultants-6670. 

59 Davison, ‘The challenges we face’. 

60 Chitra Reddy, ‘Internal vs external consultants: Advantages and disadvantages’, Wisestep (2016), available at: https://content.wisestep.com/internal-vs-external-consultants-advantages-disadvantages. 

61 Jobs.ch, ‘How much does a consultant earn in Switzerland?’ (2020), available at http://www.jobs.ch/en/salary/?canton=CH&term=Consultant. 

62 PayScale, ‘Average management consultant salary in Switzerland’ (2020), available at http://www.payscale.com/research/CH/Job=Management_Consultant/Salary. 

63 Federal Council, ‘Becoming self-employed in Switzerland: Guidelines’ (15 January 2020), available at http://www.kmu.admin.ch/kmu/en/home/concrete-know-how/setting-up-sme/starting-business/first-step/self-employment-guidelines.html. 

64 Anders Melin et al., ‘A 300% surge makes pot CEO no. 2 in pay ranking after Elon Musk: Highest paid CEOs and executives in 2018’, Bloomberg (17 May 2019), available at http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019-highest-paid-ceos. 

65 Unia, ‘Lohnschere 2018: CEOs und Aktionäre kassieren ab’ (2020), available at http://www.unia.ch/de/arbeitswelt/von-a-z/lohn/lohnschere-studie. 

66 Federal Council, ‘Initiatives populaires’ (no date), available at http://www.bk.admin.ch/bk/fr/home/politische-rechte/volksinitiativen.html. 

67 Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund, ‘Willkommen auf Lohnrechner.ch’ (2020), available at http://www.lohnrechner.ch. 

68 Salarium, ‘Statisticher Lohnrechner 2016’ (no date), available at http://www.gate.bfs.admin.ch/salarium/public/index.html#/start. 

69 Kanton Zürich Volkswirtschaftsdirektion, ‘Amt für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (AWA)’ (2020), available at https://awa.zh.ch/internet/volkswirtschaftsdirektion/awa/de/home.html. 

70 FSO, ‘Wage levels: Switzerland’ (2018), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/work-income/wages-income-employment-labour-costs/wage-levels-switzerland.html. 

71 Eurostat, ‘Price levels for food, beverages tobacco, clothing and footwear’ (2018), available at https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Comparative_price_levels_of_consumer_goods_and_services?_sm_au_=iVVtrvJDWrNB5kD6#Price_levels_for_food.2C_beverages.2C_tobacco.2C_clothing_and_footwear. 

72 Daniele Mariani, ‘How far does CHF6,000 really get you in Switzerland?’ Swissinfo.ch (13 November 2017), available at http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/making-ends-meet_how-far-do-6-000-francs-really-get-you-in-switzerland-/43666358. 

73 Geraldine Wong Sak Hoi, ‘Are most Swiss residents rich?’, Swissinfo.ch (29 July 2019), available at http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/fact-check_are-most-swiss-residents-rich-/45113786. 

74 FSO, ‘Wage levels: Switzerland’. 

75 Federal Council, ‘Stress and psychosocial risks increased in working life in 2017’ (20 August 2019), available at http://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-76027.html. 

76 Mariya Aleksynska et al., Working conditions in a global perspective, ILO (International Labour Organization) (6 May 2019), available at http://www.ilo.org/global/publications/books/WCMS_696176/lang–en/index.htm. 

77 FSO, ‘Presque 7.9 milliards d’heures travaillées en 2018’ (23 May 2019), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/actualites/quoi-de-neuf.assetdetail.8508844.html. 

78 Federal Employment Law, Article 9: ‘Durée maximum de la semaine de travail’, available at http://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified-compilation/19640049/index.html#a9. 

79 Federal Employment Law, Article 12: ‘Travail supplémentaire. Conditions et durée’, available at http://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified-compilation/19640049/index.html#a12. 

80 Irene Houtman and Karin Jettinghof, ‘Raising awareness of stress at work in developing countries: A modern hazard in a traditional working environment’, WHO (World Health Organization) Protecting Workers’ Health Series no. 6 (2007), available at http://www.who.int/occupational_health/publications/raisingawarenessofstress.pdf. 

81 Houtman and Jettinghof, ‘Raising awareness of stress at work in developing countries’. 

82 WHO, ‘Burn-out an “occupational phenomenon”: International Classification of Diseases’ (28 May 2019), available at http://www.who.int/mental_health/evidence/burn-out/en. 

83 Jessica Davis Pluss, ‘Why burnout is such a controversial issue in Switzerland’, Swissinfo.ch (17 June 2019), available at http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/mental-health_why-the-world-is-so-divided-on-burnout/45023452. 

84 Andrea Lastovkova et al., ‘Burnout syndrome as an occupational disease in the European Union: An exploratory study’, Industrial Health, vol. 56, no. 2 (2018), pp. 160–65, available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5889935. 

85 Privatlklinik Meiringen, ‘Special programmes’ (2020), available at http://www.privatklinik-meiringen.ch/en/information-in-english/special-programmes. 

86 Clinica Holistica Engiadina, ‘Zentrum für stressfolgeerkrankungen’ (no date), available at http://www.clinica-holistica.ch. 

87 Jean-Pierre Brun, ‘Work-related stress: Scientific evidence-base of risk factors, prevention and costs’ PowerPoint presentation (no date), available at http://www.who.int/occupational_health/topics/brunpres0307.pdf?ua=1. 

88 WHO, ‘Stress at the workplace: Some simple questions and answers’ (2020), available at http://www.who.int/occupational_health/topics/stressatwp/en. 

89 FSO, ‘Enquête suisse sur la santé 2017: Travail et santé’ (20 August 2019), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/news/fr/2019-0202. 

90 Unia, ‘Mes droits au travail’ (2020), available at http://www.unia.ch/fr/monde-du-travail/de-a-a-z/droit-du-travail-conseils. 

91 Novartis, ‘Novartis poursuit la transformation à l’échelle mondiale de son réseau de fabrication et de ses activités de services, entraînant une réduction planifiée de ses effectifs en Suisse d’ici 2022’ (25 September 

2018), available at http://www.novartis.ch/fr/news/media-releases/novartis-poursuit-la-transformation-lechelle-mondiale-de-son-reseau-de. 

92 Swisscom, ‘Financial year 2017: Market success, market pressure continued’ (7 February 2018), available at http://www.swisscom.ch/en/about/news/2018/02/20180207-mm-jahresbericht-2017.html. 

93 Swisscom, ‘Stable results in the first quarter’ (3 May 2017), available at http://www.swisscom.ch/en/about/news/2017/05/20170503-MM-Q1-2017.html. 

94 Swissinfo.ch, ‘General Electric to slash 450 more Swiss jobs’ (17 June 2019), available at http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/-challenging-conditions-_general-electric-slashes-450-more-swiss-jobs/45036118. 

95 Ch.ch, ‘Length, notice: What counts in the probation period?’ (no date), available at http://www.ch.ch/en/dauer-kundigung-was-gilt-wahrend-der-probezeit. 

96 D.H. Schunk, ‘Self-efficacy: Educational aspects’, in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, ed. Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes (Oxford: Pergamon, 2001), available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B0080430767024025. 

97 SECO (Secrétariat d’Etat à l’économie), ‘Chômage de longue durée’ (8 March 2018), available at http://www.seco.admin.ch/seco/fr/home/Arbeit/Arbeitslosenversicherung/arbeitslosigkeit/Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit.html. 

98 SECO, ‘Chômage de longue durée’. 

99 OECD, ‘Employment by job tenure intervals: Average tenure’ (2020), available at https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=TENURE_AVE#. 

100 Department of Labor, USA, ‘Employment tenure in 2018’, Bureau of Labor Statistics (20 September 2018), available at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/tenure.pdf. 

101 Sarah Landrum, ‘Millennials and job-hopping: What’s really happening and what it means’, Forbes (2 June 2017), available at http://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahlandrum/2017/06/02/millennials-and-job-hopping-whats-really-happening-and-what-it-means/#75db53b03fbf. 

102 FSO, ‘Durée de l’activité dans l’entreprise actuelle selon le sexe, la nationalité, les groupes d’âges, le type de famille’ (23 April 2019), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/travail-remuneration/activite-professionnelle-temps-travail/actifs-occupes/conditions-travail/contrats-travail.assetdetail.8086552.html. 

103 FSO, ‘Contrats de travail’ (2019), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/travail-remuneration/activite-professionnelle-temps-travail/actifs-occupes/conditions-travail/contrats-travail.html. 

104 Bolles, What color is your parachute? 

105 Zürcher Wirtschaftmonitoring, ‘Sieben von zehn Stellen werden nicht ausgeschrieben’ (December 2017), available at https://awa.zh.ch/internet/volkswirtschaftsdirektion/awa/de/aktuell/zuercher_wirtschaftsmonitoring/2017/zuercher-wirtschaftsmonitoring-03-171/_jcr_content/contentPar/downloadlist/downloaditems/z_rcher_wirtschaftsm.spooler.download.1513595381257.pdf/AWA_WiMo_04-2017_Spezialthema_Transparenz_4-10.pdf. 

106 Work.swiss, ‘Job registration requirement’ (no date), available at http://www.arbeit.swiss/secoalv/en/home/menue/unternehmen/stellenmeldepflicht.html. 

107 SECO, Monitorage relatif à l’exécution de l’obligation d’annoncer les postes vacants: Premier rapport de monitorage du Secrétariat d’Etat à l’économie (SECO) (1 November 2019), available at http://www.arbeit.swiss/secoalv/fr/home/menue/unternehmen/stellenmeldepflicht.html. 

108 Glassdoor, ‘How to calculate cost-per-hire’ (5 July 2019), available at http://www.glassdoor.com/employers/blog/calculate-cost-per-hire. 

109 Zeit Online, ‘Jede dritte Stelle wird über Kontakte vergeben’ (22 August 2019), available at http://www.zeit.de/karriere/2017-08/arbeitsmarkt-berufsforschung-persoenliche-kontakte-jobfindung. 

110 Lou Adler, ‘New survey reveals 85% of all jobs are filled via networking’, LinkedIn (29 February 2016), available at http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-survey-reveals-85-all-jobs-filled-via-networking-lou-adler. 

111 Daniel Porot, The pie method for career success: A unique way to find your ideal job (Indianapolis, IN: JIST, 1995). 

112 Rafaela Roth, ‘So finded man versteckte Jobs’, Beobachter Arbeit (22 January 2018), available at http://www.beobachter.ch/arbeit/stellensuche/stellensuche-so-findet-man-versteckte-jobs. 

113 Discover Switzerland, ‘Language: Facts and figures’ (27 November 2017), available at http://www.eda.admin.ch/aboutswitzerland/en/home/gesellschaft/sprachen/die-sprachen—fakten-und-zahlen.html. 

114 Discover Switzerland, ‘Language: Facts and figures’. 

115 Anna Miller, ‘Kampf dem Kantönligeist: Warum die unsägliche Fragerei nach der Herkunft aufhören muss’, NZZamSonntag (6 April 2019), available at https://nzzas.nzz.ch/gesellschaft/kantoenligeist-frage-nach-herkunft-muss-endlich-aufhoeren-ld.1472967. 

116 Thomas Moore Devlin, ‘What’s the difference between a language, a dialect and an accent?’, Babbel (25 July 2018), available at http://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/accents-and-dialects. 

117 Wikipedia, ‘Alemanic German’(10 February 2020), available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemannic_German. 

118 FSO, Suisse allemand et allemand standard en Suisse (2 October 2017), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/population/langues-religions.assetdetail.3543998.html. 

119 Council of Europe, ‘The CEFR levels’ (2020), available at http://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/level-descriptions. 

120 EPFL, ‘All modules in German’ (2020), available at http://www.epfl.ch/campus/services/internal-trainings/language-centre/languages/all-modules-in-german. 

121 Klubschule, ‘Sprachen’ (2020), available at http://www.klubschule.ch/Angebote/Sprachen. 

122 Alpha Sprachwelt, ‘Wählen Sie aus über 100 Kursen’ (2020), available at https://alphasprachwelt.ch. 

123 Lingoda, ‘Speak confidently just like a local’ (2019), available at http://www.lingoda.com/en. 

124 Discover Switzerland, ‘Languages and dialects’ (27 November 2019), available at http://www.eda.admin.ch/aboutswitzerland/en/home/gesellschaft/sprachen/sprachen-und-dialekte.html. 

125 Discover Switzerland, ‘Language: Facts and figures’. 

126 FSO, Les langues au travail (3 April 2018), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/population/enquetes/esrk.assetdetail.4902600.html. 

127 FSO, Les langues au travail. 

128 FSO, Les langues au travail. 

129 Ottavio Marzocchi, ‘Free movement of persons’, European Parliament (November 2019), available at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/factsheets/en/sheet/147/free-movement-of-persons. 

130 Jacqueline Badran, ‘Autorisations de séjour en dérogation aux conditions d’admission pour tenir compte d’intérêts publics majeurs’, L’Assemblée fédérale (20 March 2014), available at http://www.parlament.ch/fr/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20141014. 

131 SEM (Secrétariat d’État aux migrations), ‘Le Conseil fédéral fixe les contingents 2019 pour les travailleurs d’États tiers et les prestataires de services des États membres de l’UE ou de l’AELE’ (28 September 2018), available at http://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/fr/home/aktuell/news/2018/ref_2018-09-280.html. 

132 Peter Siegenthaler with Jessica Davis Plüss and Dahai Shao, ‘Non-EU graduates struggle with Swiss job access’, Swissinfo.ch (15 May 2019), available at http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/labour-market_non-eu-graduates-struggle-with-swiss-job-access/44959126. 

133 Matthew Allen, ‘Cantons demand more access to foreign employees’, Swissinfo.ch (29 August 2017), available at http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/worker-visas_cantons-demand-more-access-to-foreign-employees/43478508. 

134 Bundeskanzlei BK, ‘Vorlage nr. 580 Übersicht’ (9 February 2014), available at http://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/20140209/det580.html. 

135 L’Assemblée fédérale, ‘Contre l’immigigration de masse. Initiative populaire’ (7 December 2012), available at http://www.parlament.ch/fr/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20120098. 

136 Work.swiss, ‘Job registration requirement’. 

137 FSO, Comment se porte la population issue de la migration en Suisse? Analyses de la qualité de vie en 2017 des personnes issues de la migration (5 November 2019), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home.assetdetail.10307946.html. 

138 Duc-Quang Nguyen, ‘Defining the 25% foreign population in Switzerland’, Swissinfo.ch (19 November 2017), available at http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/migration-series-part-1-_who-are-the-25-foreign-population-in-switzerland/42412156. 

139 FSO, Survey on diversity and coexistence in Switzerland (VeS): Results 2018 (21 February 2019), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/population/migration-integration/diversity-coexistence-switzerland.assetdetail.7466709.html. 

140 FSO, Labour market indicators for 2019. Comments on findings for the period 2013–2019 (9 August 2019), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/work-income/surveys/els-ilo.assetdetail.9386090.html. 

141 Ch.ch, ‘Maternity leave’ (no date), available at http://www.ch.ch/en/maternity-leave. 

142 FSO, ‘Travail à temps partiel’ (4 March 2019), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/situation-economique-sociale-population/egalite-femmes-hommes/activite-professionnelle/travail-temps-partiel.html. 

143 Aleksynska et al., Working conditions in a global perspective. 

144 Expatica, ‘Education in Switzerland’ (5 November 2019), available at http://www.expatica.com/ch/education/children-education/education-in-switzerland-100021. 

145 Chantal Britt, ‘No win situation: Counting the cost of childcare’, Swissinfo.ch (4 June 2013), available at http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/no-win-situation_counting-the-cost-of-childcare/36026662. 

146 OECD, ‘PF3.4: Childcare support’ (27 August 2017), available at http://www.oecd.org/els/soc/PF3_4_Childcare_support.pdf. 

147 Lise Bailat, ‘Après 18 ans d’échecs au Parlement, le congé paternité passera l’épreuve populaire’, Le Temps (25 May 2016), available at http://www.letemps.ch/suisse/apres-18-ans-dechecs-parlement-conge-paternite-passera-lepreuve-populaire. 

148 Conge Paternity, ‘L’assemblée fédérale se prononce en faveur du congé paternité’ (27 September 2019), available at http://www.conge-paternite.ch/blog/l-assemblee-federale-se-prononce-en-faveur-du-conge-paternite. 

149 Daniel Bütler, ‘La Suisse, hostile aux familles’, Moneta (13 March 2019), available at http://www.moneta.ch/la-suisse-hostile-aux-familles. 

150 OECD, ‘Employment: Share of employed who are managers, by sex’ (no date), available at https://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?queryid=54752. 

151 SECO, ‘Chômeurs âgés’ (30 July 2019), available at http://www.seco.admin.ch/seco/fr/home/Arbeit/Arbeitslosenversicherung/arbeitslosigkeit/aeltere_arbeitnehmende.html. 

152 FSO, ‘Gross monthly wage by age: Private sector, Switzerland (TA9)’ (14 May 2018), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/work-income/wages-income-employment-labour-costs/wage-levels-switzerland/categories-persons.assetdetail.5126548.html. 

153 SECO, ‘Chômeurs âgés’. 

154 InterNations, ‘Expat Insider 2019: The year of hidden champions’ (no date), available at http://www.internations.org/expat-insider. 

155 SECO, La situation sur le marche du travail en September 2019 (8 October 2019), available at http://www.seco.admin.ch/seco/fr/home/Arbeit/Arbeitslosenversicherung/arbeitslosenzahlen.html. 

156 FSO, Labour market indicators for 2019. 

157 FSO, Employment and income: Definitions (3 September 2019), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/work-income.assetdetail.9687330.html. 

158 FSO, ‘Enquête suisse sur la population active: participation au marché du travail 2010–2018 La population suisse participe encore davantage au marché du travail’ (23 April 2019), available at http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/actualites/quoi-de-neuf.assetdetail.8026629.html. 

159 FSO, Labour market indicators for 2019. 

160 Spring Professional, ‘Swiss skills shortage index 2019’ (28 November 2019), available at https://ssi.springprofessional.ch/en. 

161 Work.swiss, ‘Brochures and flyers’ (no date), available at http://www.arbeit.swiss/secoalv/en/home/service/publikationen/broschueren.html. 

162 Work.swiss, ‘FAQ’ (no date), available at http://www.arbeit.swiss/secoalv/en/home/menue/institutionen-medien/faq.html. 

163 OFAS (Office fédéral des assurances sociales), ‘Informations de base and législation’ (23 January 2020), available at http://www.bsv.admin.ch/bsv/fr/home/assurances-sociales/ahv/donnees-de-base-et-legislation.html. 

164 SUVA (Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund), ‘Interim accident insurance’ (2020), available at http://www.suva.ch/en/insurance/insurance/interim-accident-insurance. 

165 SUVA, ‘Accident insurance law: Benefits’ (1 February 2018), available at http://www.suva.ch/en/material/Fact-sheet/accident-insurance-law—benefits-2533-e-20591-18039#sch-from-search&mark=disability. 

166 Work.swiss, ‘FAQ’. 

167 SECO, Etre au chômage: Une brochure pour les chômeurs (19 March 2019), available at http://www.arbeit.swiss/dam/secoalv/fr/dokumente/publikationen/broschueren/stellensuchende/SECO_716%20200_f_2019_web.pdf.download.pdf/SECO_716%20200_f_2019_web.pdf. 

168 Work.swiss, ‘FAQ’. 

169 SECO, Mesures relatives au marché du travail: Un premier pas vers l’insertion (3 October 2018), available at http://www.arbeit.swiss/dam/secoalv/fr/dokumente/publikationen/broschueren/stellensuchende/SECO_716%20800_F_2018_web.pdf.download.pdf/SECO_716%20800_F_2018_web.pdf. 

170 SECO, Mesures relatives au marché du travail. 

171 SECO, La situation sur le marche du travail en September 2019. 

172 SEM, Kompetenzen des Bundes im Bereich der Sozialhilfe für Ausländerinnen und Ausländer aus Drittstaaten (June 2019), available at http://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/data/sem/aktuell/news/2019/2019-06-07/ber-br-d.pdf. 

173 OFAS, Statistique des assurances sociales suisses (SAS) 2019 (14 November 2019), available at http://www.bsv.admin.ch/bsv/fr/home/assurances-sociales/ueberblick/grsv/statistik.html. 

174 IMF (International Monetary Fund), ‘Real GDP growth: Annual percent change’ (2019), available at http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/VEN?zoom=VEN&highlight=VEN. 

175 Jorge Luis Perez Valery, ‘Por primera vez en 3 años, el Banco Central de Venezuela publica nuevos datos sobre la economía y son demoledores’, CNN (30 May 2019), available at https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2019/05/30/por-primera-vez-en-3-anos-el-banco-central-de-venezuela-publica-nuevos-datos-sobre-la-economia-y-son-demoledores. 

176 Banco Central De Venezuela, ‘Consumidor’ (2018), available at http://www.bcv.org.ve/estadisticas/consumidor. 

177 IMF, ‘Inflation rate, average consumer prices: Annual percent change’ (2019), available at http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PCPIPCH@WEO/VEN?zoom=VEN&highlight=VEN. 

178 Diego Santander, ‘Nicolás Maduro elimina cinco ceros al bolívar en medio de una desatada hiperinflación’, El Mundo (26 July 2018), available at http://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2018/07/26/5b594ad646163f5bb98b45a8.html. 

179 Alex Vasquez, ‘Venezuela’s Maduro hikes minimum wage again, this time by 275%’, Bloomberg (14 October 2019), available at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-14/venezuela-s-maduro-hikes-minimum-wage-again-this-time-by-275. 

180 Guillermo D. Olmo, ‘Dolarización en Venezuela: cómo Nicolás Maduro cambió de opinión sobre el dólar y su papel en la economía’, BBC News (18 November 2019), available at http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-50466818. 

181 Guillermo D. Olmo, ‘Venezuela: de dónde salen los dólares que circulan en el país (y por qué se cree que ya hay más que bolívares)’, BBC News (15 January 2020), available at http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-51057901. 

182 BBC News, ‘¿Cómo sobreviven los venezolanos que ganan bolívares en vez de dólares?’, El Universal (22 November 2019), available at http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/como-sobreviven-los-venezolanos-que-ganan-bolivares-en-vez-de-dolares. 

183 El Nacional, ‘Caracas, cumpleañera sin agua, sin luz y con deficiente transporte público’ (25 July 2019), available at http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/sociedad/caracas-cumpleanera-sin-agua-sin-luz-con-deficiente-transporte-publico_289789. 

184 BBC News, ‘Venezuela crisis: Four million have fled the country, UN says’ (7 June 2019), available at http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48559739. 

185 UNHCR/ACNUR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees/Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados), Tendencias Globales: Despalzamiento forzado en 2018 (2019), available at http://www.acnur.org/stats/globaltrends/5d09c37c4/tendencias-globales-de-desplazamiento-forzado-en-2018.html. 

186 Robert Rapier, ‘How Venzuela ruined its oil industry’, Forbes (7 May 2017), available at http://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2017/05/07/how-venezuela-ruined-its-oil-industry. 

187 Sam Roecker, ‘The short list of airlines still flying to Caracas (CCS)’, Simple Flying (30 March 2019), available at https://simpleflying.com/the-short-list-of-airlines-still-flying-to-caracas-ccs. 

188 Martín Echenique, ‘Venezuela’s biggest airport is in free fall’ Citylab (12 June 2018), available at http://www.citylab.com/transportation/2018/06/venezuela-biggest-airport-is-in-free-fall/561875. 

189 Mariana Zuniga, ‘“I’m stuck here”: The desperate search for a passport in Venezuela’, Independent (21 September 2018), available at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-passport-leave-economy-maduro-colombia-border-immigration-a8548806.html. 

190 Laurent Degradi, ‘Les files d’attente interminables, une triste spécificité essonnienne pour les étrangers’, Le Parisien (9 October 2019), available at http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/les-files-d-attente-interminables-une-triste-specificite-essonnienne-pour-les-etrangers-09-10-2019-8169759.php. 

191 Kanton Aargau Departement Volkswirtschaft und Inneres, ‘Aufenthalt’ (2020), available at http://www.ag.ch/de/dvi/migration_integration/aufenthalt/aufenthalt_2.jsp. 

192 MindTools, ‘SMART goals: How to make your goals achievable’ (no date), available at http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/smart-goals.htm. 

193 InterNations, ‘Our mission’ (no date), available at http://www.internations.org/about-internations. 

194 Federal Council, ‘Swiss Health Survey 2017: Physical activity and health – three in four people in Switzerland take sufficient physical activity’ (30 August 2019), available at http://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-76232.html. 

195 Federal Council, ‘Swiss Health Survey 2017’.