Looking for an apprenticeship – Is it normal to pay to apply for an apprenticeship?

– Is it normal to pay to apply for an apprenticeship?

Some large Swiss employers are demanding a paid skills test for their future apprentices. We started.

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The price of the proficiency test required by Migros is 85 francs.

SEBASTIEN JUBIN / SUNDAY MORNING

From the height of her 16 years, Stéphanie* is in the last year of compulsory school. It’s time for the teenager from the Jura to go hunting for an apprenticeship. And not everything goes like clockwork. “It’s a mess right now. It’s not easy juggling school, homework and time-consuming research. I have already made half a dozen contacts, without success. I’m starting to stress, because I only have three months of school left. It’s starting to heat up.”

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Stephanie’s dream is to work in a supermarket, either in the clothing department or in the fruit and vegetable department. The corresponding profession is a retail management CFC. It is therefore quite natural that our schoolgirl turned to the offers of the largest distributors in the country, including the orange giant Migros. On the job offer, it is specified that it is necessary to pass a skills test baptized Multicheck, whose price is 85 francs. According to our research, other major Swiss brands (such as Coop or Aldi) require the same assessment to make a first selection among the candidates.

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