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Building bridges to integration
Our mentoring programme combines one-to-one mentoring, expert-led webinars, networking events, and practical guidance to help skilled Ukrainian professionals understand the Swiss labour market, strengthen their applications, and move towards meaningful employment.
Receive personalised guidance from an experienced mentor.
Learn practical job search strategies through webinars and networking events.
Strengthen your CV, LinkedIn profile, interview skills, and professional network.
The programme is for Ukrainian professionals who moved to Switzerland because of the war and want to integrate in the Swiss labour market.
Complete a short application and tell us about your professional background, career goals, and motivation to find work in Switzerland.
Our team will invite you to a short online interview to learn more about your experience, expectations, language skills, and current stage of your job search. As we carefully match each participant with a suitable mentor, the number of places in each programme wave depends on the availability of mentors. Participants are selected based on their motivation, readiness to actively participate, and the potential for a strong mentor–mentee match.
Once selected, we'll carefully match you with a mentor whose professional background and experience align with your career goals.
Over approximately three months, you'll attend webinars, work one-to-one with your mentor, improve your application documents, prepare for interviews, and expand your professional network.
Apply your new knowledge with confidence, attend interviews, build professional connections, and continue your career journey in Switzerland.
Since 2022, hundreds of Ukrainian professionals have joined our mentoring programmes to better understand the Swiss labour market, strengthen their applications, and move closer to meaningful employment.
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Our mentoring programme is open to Ukrainian professionals who came to Switzerland seeking protection, are legally authorised to work, and hold Status S or a B permit. We welcome applicants from different industries and professional backgrounds who are motivated to actively participate throughout the programme.
You may submit an application while your status is being considered. However, to join the programme, you must have a confirmed legal status that allows you to work in Switzerland by the time the programme begins.
Our programme is designed for Ukrainian professionals who live in Switzerland and are preparing to enter or develop their careers in the Swiss labour market. Therefore, applicants living outside Switzerland are not currently eligible to participate.
Not yet. Status N does not give you the right to work in Switzerland, and the right to work is a condition for joining. Once you hold a status that allows you to work, you are very welcome to apply again for a future wave.
Not at all — an internship does not disqualify you, and you are still very welcome. A mentor is arguably more useful in that situation: you cannot know yet whether the placement will turn into a permanent role, and that is exactly the kind of question a mentor helps you work through.
Yes. Being registered with the RAV does not stand in the way of taking part, and past participants have joined while registered. Mentoring is not employment: it is unpaid guidance from a volunteer, it costs you nothing, and most sessions take place online. What we cannot tell you is how the programme counts towards your own job-search obligations. That is your RAV advisor's call rather than ours, so raise it with them and they will tell you where it fits.
Yes. Status S carries the right to work in Switzerland, which is why it is one of the statuses we accept onto the programme. There is one practical step: your employer has to obtain authorisation for the role before you start — it is the employer who files this, not you, and the official route is the federal EasyGov portal. For your own situation, check with your canton or the migration office, as they are the authority on it.
Yes. Participation is completely free of charge thanks to the commitment of our volunteer mentors, speakers, partners, and supporters.
Simply complete the online application form. If your application is shortlisted, we'll invite you to a short interview to learn more about your professional background, career goals, and motivation.
Each mentoring wave has a limited number of places, depending largely on the number of available mentors and the possibility of finding a suitable professional match. Participants are selected based on their professional background, career goals, motivation, readiness to actively engage in the programme, and the availability of a mentor whose experience aligns with their needs.
There is no fixed number. How many people we can take follows how many mentors volunteer for that wave, because everyone accepted needs a mentor whose experience fits their goals. That is why we say a limited number of places instead of naming a figure in advance.
Give us up to two weeks, and up to a month over the summer. If you have waited longer, write to the coordinator you spoke with and ask where your application stands. If you do not have their address, info@powerhubzug.ch reaches us too. A reminder is welcome and it counts against you in no way: a wave is put together by a small team of volunteers, and a message can slip through.
No. If we could not find a mentor for you and placed you on the waiting list, you carry over automatically and are considered first for the next wave. There is no need to submit a new application — we will contact you ahead of the next wave.
Not for the wave that has already closed. Applications that arrive after the deadline are not taken into that wave, but you are welcome to apply for the next one — the registration form for the upcoming wave is open.
Yes. If an intensive German course, other studies or a difficult personal situation makes this wave impossible, tell us and we will move you to the next one, about six months later. You go onto that wave’s list and we come back to you then.
Our team carefully matches each participant with a mentor based on professional background, industry, career goals, language, and expectations. Our goal is to create a mentoring partnership where both mentor and mentee can benefit from the experience.
To ensure the best possible match, our team carefully selects a mentor whose experience aligns with your professional background and career goals. We do not provide a list of mentors to choose from.
The programme lasts approximately three months. During this time, you'll meet regularly with your mentor, attend webinars and networking events, and actively work on your CV, LinkedIn profile, interview preparation, and job applications.
Not necessarily. Many mentoring pairs work in English, while others communicate in German. However, improving your German will significantly increase your opportunities in the Swiss labour market, and we encourage participants to continue learning throughout the programme.
Yes. Many participants join the programme because they are looking for a role that better matches their qualifications, offers career growth, or helps them continue developing professionally in Switzerland.
Yes. Our programme is open to Ukrainian professionals living across Switzerland. Most mentoring sessions and webinars take place online, while networking offline events are organised in person in Zug.
No. While we cannot guarantee employment, we provide practical guidance, professional mentoring, networking opportunities, and a structured programme designed to strengthen your job search and increase your chances of success.
Yes. Participants who complete the programme and actively take part in the required mentoring sessions and activities receive a certificate of participation from Power Hub Zug.
Attendance is not checked off a list, but we strongly encourage you to come. Much of what the programme gives you sits in those sessions: CVs, LinkedIn, interviews, networking and how Swiss recruitment works. Taking an active part is also what the certificate of participation is based on, so coming regularly matters.
Because each mentoring wave has a limited number of places, we may not be able to accept every applicant. If you're not selected, we encourage you to apply for a future wave and continue following our webinars, events, and community updates.
Follow up with the employer yourself instead of waiting. Call the contact you have and send a short email asking where your application stands. Following up is a normal part of a job search, not a nuisance. Bring it to your mentor as well: helping you word that message and judge the timing is exactly what the mentoring is for.
No, and we recommend you stay. What changes is what you talk about with your mentor, not the pairing itself. The first months in a new role, the probation period in particular, are exactly when mentoring support matters most. The same applies if you have found an internship or a temporary placement.
When another mentor’s experience resonates with yours, you can connect with them at our networking events. If either you or the mentor haven’t had a chance to attend, ask your coordinator. We check with that mentor whether they have time and are happy to help, and if so we introduce you. It works as a one-off conversation rather than a second mentoring pair — your own pairing stays as it is. Mentors are generally glad to be asked.
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Our mentoring programme combines one-to-one mentoring, expert-led webinars, networking events, and practical guidance to help skilled Ukrainian professionals understand the Swiss labour market, strengthen their applications, and move towards meaningful employment.