r/ethz • u/Sensitive_Celery221 • 2d ago

MSc Admissions and Info Finding a job

I am starting at ETHZ next month for an Msc. I'm moving from the U.S., but I am also a dual Swiss citizen. I'm lucky enough to have family friends living in the city that are giving me a place to stay while I find an apartment, but once I do I'm going to need to find a job ASAP because I don't want to go through all my savings paying rent.

As a Swiss citizen, I know that it will be much easier for me to get employed, however, I do not speak German. My family is from the French-speaking parts, so I only grew up speaking French and I know this will be a big factor in employability. I would have loved to work a service job like bartending since I have experience, but I know this is unlikely because of the language barrier. English speaking people, what kind of jobs have you been able to get? Are there usually available jobs at the university? And for my Swiss people, any recommendations on jobs where not speaking german might be less of a factor?

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u/eatingnarutosnoodles 2d ago

I personally and also colleagues of mine worked as interns at the Big4, part-time. I am also Swiss but we only spoke english in the team (90% were expats) and also the whole companies offical language was english. Can recommend it.

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u/Beneficial-Teach-994 2d ago

hello I am also looking for a werstudent like that? Would you mind to explain me how you get one of this job?

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u/Unlikely-Recipe5580 2d ago

Yes I’m Swiss I do dishwashef during the holidays break. Depending on your master you might work only in english

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u/marthinaaa 1d ago

the service industry is full with people that don’t speak german, especially in zurich so getting a service/bartending job won’t be a problem. Try in Europaalle, there there are some non-german speaking restaurants