CV & Career Counselling

USI CV Model

• If you do not have a CV yet or want a more effective format, use the USI CV model: you may always update and download it in order to send it to the employer.

Guidelines for an effective CV

• CV Guidelines - USI Career Service
• Guidelines from other Swiss universities: ETH, University of Bern, University of Zurich
• Useful Links

AI for the Application Portfolio

• How to use artificial intelligence to create your dossier

LinkedIn CV

• Optimizing your LinkedIn profile

Video CV

• Creating an effective video CV
• Google Tips Interview Warmup: how to best prepare for a job interview
• How to "study" the company to arrive at the job interview well-prepared

A team of specialised counsellors for entering the job market is available for online or in-person individual counselling sessions.
Book an individual CV counselling session by accessing USI CareerGate and selecting "Request CV & Career Counselling."

Book a counselling session:

• Simona Bolis – Counselling in Italian
  Book here
• Silvia Invrea – Counselling in English
  Book here
• Louise Bostock – English motivation letter counselling
  Book here
• Suzanne Suggs - Preparation for English Job interviews and Academic careers
  Book here
• Elena Bittante - Space Careers' Counselling
  Book here
• Carol Switzer - Strategize your Job Search
  Book here
• Rosalba Morese - Rejection and Resilience for the Job Search
  Book here

Check here the statistics regarding CV & Career Counselling.

The CV Counselling by Industry Experts are one-to-one meetings, lasting 20-minutes, with professionals from different fields, to get a review and advise on Curriculum Vitae.

The next appointments will take place in the following dates:

• 10 October 2024 - Focus Finance/Economics, Consulting
• 31 October 2024 - Focus Informatics/Fintech
• 12 November 2024 - Focus Media and Culture, Public Administration/No profit/International Organization, Tourism
• 17 December 2024 - Focus Health/Pharma, Fashion

Here the complete program, the participating companies and the registration.

Series of workshops designed to help students acquire valuable skills and transversal competencies that will aid them in launching their professional careers with professionals.

Topics:

• Create a Standout CV
• Write a Winning Cover Letter
• Ace your Interviews
• Optimize your LinkedIn Profile
• Strategize your Job Search
• Get your foot into the door
• Transform Rejection into Resilience

Here for the calendar and the registration.

Alumni in Finance Career Mentoring

• Starting from the Fall 2024 semester, the pilot project of the Professional Mentoring Programme for Master in Finance students will be launched.

More information and registration from October 2024.

BPW - USI Professional Mentoring for Women

• BPW (Business Professional Women) in collaboration with the USI Equal Opportunities Service offer a Professional Mentoring Programme for female Master and PhD students.

For more information, please consult here.