Dear ladies, I’m writing this post to share with you my shifts in perspective. In my “previous life”, before moving to Basel from the canton of Ticino, several months ago, I used to be engaged in various activities, among which teaching Italian to foreign people. I was and still...
Whether you have recently moved to a new city/country, started a new job in a new company or have experienced a significant life change – you must adapt and keep going. “Keep calm and carry on” as the famous quote says. We each adjust in our own way. For...
Basel's Carnival, called Fasnacht, is truly a special event. As an expat, one may not always know what to expect when it comes to Fasnacht, especially if you have never experienced such a festival or you are accustomed to a totally different scene. Here are a few tips to...
After a month-long break, PWG returned strong: our first meeting back from summer vacation “Tips and tricks to make an outstanding application for the Swiss job market” was hosted by guest speaker Silvia de Belis, CTC Recruiting expert, and accompanied by fellow CTC Recruiters Estefania Cordova and Madhu Singh, sparking an unexpected...
Being an Expat in Switzerland is something that many of our members experience. What are the strategies to cope with it? If you’re reading PWG blog, you definitely know one of them already: reach out to like-minded people. Just like we do it at PWG Basel. And as we...
And some more reflections after Basel Tour with Jakob shared by Judit Csapo – Karovits. As long as I have been a member of PWG, I have been fascinated by the diversity of interests, nationalities, paths, energies and life journeys of our members. PWG is about sharing our...
Our summer meeting as seen by Maja Vidovic. We had a hot but very lovely evening out with PWG and our tour guide Jakob Mettler. He named this tour »Women &Walls« and showed us some hidden and ‘never seen before’ parts of Basel. We started our trip at the...
After a long work meeting in Cern one day, Clare O’Dea, an Irish journalist and writer, sat down in her seat on the train to go home when a man sat down next to her and started up a conversation. Not Swiss himself, he mistakenly took Clare for Swiss...
After hearing about Tanja’s worldly career path, the most unlikely place she could currently be working would be the most familiar of all locations: Basel. Originally from Basel, Tanja studied History, Communications- and Media Sciences, and European Ethnology at the Universität Basel with a professional focus on Journalism or...
It is our tradition at PWG to be a part of Expat Expo – a Switzerland's English Speaking Expo. Of course, we want to introduce PWG to Expat Expo visitors but Expat Expo is not only about PWG. Every year we try to make Expat Expo about our members...
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