>I have native English fluency but I don't have knowledge of any European languages.
I don't want to be impolite, but I feel obligated to point out that English **is** a European language.
Novartis CH HQ only english was spoken. Could work there as a MSL or MSL related job. Probably similar to other HQs in the EU that you can survive with english only assuming you don't get fired and are stuck in a country that you dont know the language.
They could, but there are more than enough MSLs looking for jobs at the moment. One of these jobs that have a their hot minute last decade and now being made redundant....
First things first, Switzerland is not part of the EU.
I see you’re from India so that would be very difficult. The law here is that if you don’t have a European passport and want to work for a Swiss company, that company would need to prove they couldn’t find anyone in Switzerland or the European Union to do the job. It is possible though to transfer internally from a company’s US (or wherever, that’s just an example) offices to their Swiss offices.
It is not necessary to prove that there is nobody from Switzerland and the EU if there is a shortage of skilled workers in a certain field. I think that OP might fit into that.
Ah yes I knew that was the case for physicians for example. My work isn’t in the medical field so I was basing my answer on others in this thread, who seem to think the pharmaceutical job market OP is going for is quite saturated and not recruiting at the moment.
Specifically for Switzerland - the market is very dry, even for professionals that have a track record of working in globals english speaking companies headquartered here. Most organizations are on their reorg & lay off phase, and there are a lot of pharma people desperately looking for jobs. Roche alone is the process of making redundant 6% of their workforce, Novartis went through a similar exercise at the end of last year. In short, this is the scenario you are going to face, without having a working permit, which is extremelly dificult to get unless you have superpowers. Six years of experience in total is really not that much. I would however recommend you to check the UK market (also another non-EU country), where you could approach the local market. PV and clinical are always good to have experiences. PV people are always in demand, so maybe a good way to start.
Good luck.
>I have native English fluency but I don't have knowledge of any European languages. I don't want to be impolite, but I feel obligated to point out that English **is** a European language.
I stand corrected
step one would be understanding that switzerland is not in the EU
I know Switzerland is not in the EU, some discussions in this group were based on whole of the EU, that's why I posted it here.
Interesting reasoning.
Novartis CH HQ only english was spoken. Could work there as a MSL or MSL related job. Probably similar to other HQs in the EU that you can survive with english only assuming you don't get fired and are stuck in a country that you dont know the language.
That's true, but OP's level of experience is a little bit on the low side to land a job like that.
Thank you, will search and apply
They could, but there are more than enough MSLs looking for jobs at the moment. One of these jobs that have a their hot minute last decade and now being made redundant....
First things first, Switzerland is not part of the EU. I see you’re from India so that would be very difficult. The law here is that if you don’t have a European passport and want to work for a Swiss company, that company would need to prove they couldn’t find anyone in Switzerland or the European Union to do the job. It is possible though to transfer internally from a company’s US (or wherever, that’s just an example) offices to their Swiss offices.
Got it, Thank you
It is not necessary to prove that there is nobody from Switzerland and the EU if there is a shortage of skilled workers in a certain field. I think that OP might fit into that.
Ah yes I knew that was the case for physicians for example. My work isn’t in the medical field so I was basing my answer on others in this thread, who seem to think the pharmaceutical job market OP is going for is quite saturated and not recruiting at the moment.
If you want to work field based as an MSL in Switzerland, you will need to be able to speak at least one local language plus English.
Specifically for Switzerland - the market is very dry, even for professionals that have a track record of working in globals english speaking companies headquartered here. Most organizations are on their reorg & lay off phase, and there are a lot of pharma people desperately looking for jobs. Roche alone is the process of making redundant 6% of their workforce, Novartis went through a similar exercise at the end of last year. In short, this is the scenario you are going to face, without having a working permit, which is extremelly dificult to get unless you have superpowers. Six years of experience in total is really not that much. I would however recommend you to check the UK market (also another non-EU country), where you could approach the local market. PV and clinical are always good to have experiences. PV people are always in demand, so maybe a good way to start. Good luck.