Swiss Life Sciences Career Advice

With over a decade of recruitment experience, I guide you towards your next career step

Start in the Career Hub

Guides and tools written by a recruiter, for Life Sciences professionals in Switzerland. Create a free account and get the first guides and your application tracker right away.

Free account CHF 0

  • Swiss CV Writing Guide
  • Interview Guide and Competency Framework
  • Application Tracker

Full access, CHF 100 once

  • CV Analyser and LinkedIn Analyser
  • AI Interview Prep
  • Recruiter Database
  • Job Board
  • LinkedIn Profile Writing Guide
  • Turning Your Experience Into Outcomes
  • Networking Playbook
  • Swiss Expat Job Search Guide
  • 3 CV templates with instruction guide

Where are you right now?

Every step starts in the Career Hub. When you want a second pair of eyes, add coaching with me.

You apply, but nobody calls back.

A recruiter decides in seconds whether to keep reading. Start with the Swiss CV Writing Guide, then run your CV and LinkedIn profile through the analysers. If you want me to go through it with you, book a coaching hour.

In the Hub
  • Swiss CV Writing Guide free
  • CV Analyser
  • LinkedIn Analyser
With me
Coaching hourCHF 250
Book a coaching hour

You're senior, but recruiters don't contact you.

Headhunters don't find people by chance. They search LinkedIn Recruiter by keywords, job titles and location. If your profile doesn't match those searches, you don't show up. I ran those searches every day for ten years. The LinkedIn Profile Writing Guide shows you how recruiters search, and the LinkedIn Analyser checks your profile against it. The Recruiter Database tells you whose radar you need to be on. In a coaching hour we go through your profile the way a headhunter reads it.

In the Hub
  • LinkedIn Profile Writing Guide
  • LinkedIn Analyser
  • Recruiter Database
With me
Coaching hourCHF 250
Book a coaching hour

You get interviews, but no offer.

Being qualified gets you the interview. How you come across decides the offer. Prepare with the Interview Guide and practise your answers with AI Interview Prep. Then test yourself in a mock interview with me, run the way a Swiss hiring panel would run it.

In the Hub
  • Interview Guide free
  • AI Interview Prep
With me
Mock interviewCHF 250
Book a mock interview

You don't know where to look next.

Most senior roles are filled before they are ever posted. The Networking Playbook, the Recruiter Database and the Job Board show you where to look and who to talk to. In four sessions we turn that into your plan: CV, interviews and networking.

In the Hub
  • Networking Playbook
  • Recruiter Database
  • Job Board
With me
4 sessions, Career Hub includedCHF 1,000
Book 4 sessions

You want someone in your corner until you've signed.

Six months together, from the first CV draft to the signed contract.

6-month career packageCHF 3,000
Ask about the 6-month package
  • 4 coaching sessions
  • 2 mock interviews
  • CV rewrite
  • Career Hub with every tool
  • Support between our sessions

How it works

  1. Start free

    Create your free Career Hub account and start with the guides.

  2. Unlock everything

    Get every tool for CHF 100 once, when you are ready.

  3. Add coaching

    Book a session when you want me working on it with you.

Everything runs online. Services stay valid for 6 months after purchase.

What my clients say

Ruth Savary

I thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with Roger. His dedication and responsiveness have been invaluable in helping me to get up to date on job searching techniques, specially during uncertain times while exploring new opportunities. I highly recommend Roger's services.

Ruth SavaryProcurement, Sales and Operations Executive

About me

For ten years I sat on the other side of the table. As a recruiter in Swiss Life Sciences, I read CVs and talked to hiring managers every day. I know what makes them say yes and what makes them stop reading. That is what you get from me: the recruiter's view, without the sugar coating.

My own path was not straight either. I studied marine biology, worked in Pharma quality control, moved into recruitment, and today I run my business from a sailboat. As a native Swiss with a scientist's mindset, I know the culture, the market and what a career change feels like from the inside.

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Questions people ask

Why start with the Career Hub instead of booking you right away?

Because most of what I would tell you in a first session is already in there. Work through the CV guide and run the analyser first, and our hour goes into your situation instead of the basics. You pay less and get more out of the time with me.

How is this different from a general career coach?

I was a recruiter in Swiss Life Sciences. I don't do motivation talks. I tell you what recruiters and hiring managers do with your CV and in interviews, and what to change.

I'm a Senior Director or VP. Is this for me?

Yes. As a headhunter I recruited from junior up to VP level, so I know how searches at the top run: fewer roles are advertised, processes take longer and stay confidential, and your network and reputation carry more weight than your CV. At this level we work on your positioning, your story for the leadership interviews and your approach to the market.

I'm a postdoc moving into industry. Can you help?

Yes. Many scientists make this step, and I have helped many of them through it. We translate your research into results that industry understands, pick the roles that fit your profile, and prepare you for interviews that work very differently from academic ones.

Will you pass my CV on to recruiters or find me a job?

No. I don't place candidates. What you get is the Recruiter Database, so you can connect with the headhunters who work in your field yourself.

I'm not in Switzerland yet. Is this for me?

Yes, if you are aiming for a Life Sciences role in Switzerland. The Swiss Expat Job Search Guide covers permits, relocation and the market. In coaching we work on how to position yourself from abroad.

How do the sessions work?

By video call, in English or German, 60 minutes each. You leave every session with clear next steps.

Is the Career Hub included in coaching?

It is included in the 4-session package and the 6-month package. With a single coaching hour or a mock interview, start with the free account.

How long is my purchase valid?

Six months from purchase. Unused services expire after that.

What happens with my CV and personal data?

I use it only for your service. It is deleted 24 months after the service ends, unless you ask me to keep it longer.

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Swiss Life Science
Career Advice

Roger Bachmann
1A3D GmbH
8172 Niederglatt
Zurich, Switzerland