If you are not sure whether your professional experience will be recognized as professional experience for retail trade specialists, clarify your chances directly with the sponsor of the professional examination, theEducation Retail Trade Switzerland BDS.
If you have too little or no professional experience for the professional examination for retail trade specialists, you have the following options:
- Search for suitable jobs with the help of professional job boards. Here you can findHelpful informationin addition
- If you know someone from your private or professional environment who is already working in the retail trade, ask this person for tips and whether he/she would support you in your job search. He/she will certainly have the relevant contacts and connections.
If you are not sure whether your qualifications will be accepted for the professional examination for retail trade specialists (equivalence test), please contact theExamination secretariat.
SERI is responsible for assessing the equivalence of foreign qualifications for admission to the BP. Here you can findmore information.
If you do not have a federal certificate of proficiency (EFZ) or equivalent basic vocational training, you still have the opportunity to catch up now. You can find out more about catch-up training for adults in ourAdvisor"The Swiss education system at a glance".
Or take a look at the "Sales Specialist" course, which can be an intermediate step on the way to the professional examination: