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Swiss apprenticeship application

Your first application? No stress.

Here you will find exactly what you need for an apprenticeship application – explained simply, with examples and without unnecessary filler.

You do not need a perfect CV. A training company mainly wants to understand who you are, why the profession interests you and what you have already tried.

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Build your CV

What goes in if you still have very little work experience? School, placements, hobbies, languages and more.

View CV guide →2

Write your cover letter

How do you write about yourself without sounding strange, exaggerated or copied from the internet?

View cover letter →3

Prepare your documents

CV, letter, school reports and placement reports: what actually needs to be sent?

Prepare documents →4

Prepare for the interview

What questions might come up and how can you prepare without memorising a script?

Prepare interview →5

No work experience yet?

Completely normal. Placements, small jobs, school, clubs and projects can already show a lot.

See what to include →PDF

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School reports in separate files or photos? Merge them, sort them and save one clean PDF.

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What you usually need for an application

Always read the apprenticeship listing first: each training company can ask for different documents.

CV

School, placements, languages, hobbies and useful personal details.

Cover letter

Why this profession? Why this company? What already fits you?

Attachments

School reports, placement reports, tests and other requested documents.

Stuck?

Ask a teacher, your family, a careers adviser or someone familiar with applications. Helping with this is exactly what they are there for.

Sources and context

This guide is based mainly on current Swiss career-guidance recommendations from orientation.ch, rewritten in shorter and more direct language.