Interview and Assessment Centre Preparation for Jobs in Multilateral Organisations

Beat has coached individuals and groups in career development, career transitions, work-life balance and job applications for 15+ years. Originally trained as a forest engineer (ETH Zurich), he worked in the field for various development cooperation organisations, mainly with NGOs in Africa and South America.

Thanks to his knowledge of the sector and his extensive experience in talking to people from very different backgrounds, Beat has developed a thorough understanding of the links between personal expectations, individual circumstances and the reality of working in international cooperation. He is a certified coach (Trigon).

Beat is fluent in English, French, German, Spanish.

Gabriela has been involved in counselling and supporting people for 15+ years, mainly in international cooperation. She has master's degrees in International Relations (Geneva) and Southeast Asian Studies (Bangkok). She lived in Asia, Africa and Southeast Europe for 10 years, working with humanitarian organisations such as the ICRC, UNHCR and SDC/SHA, as well as for a UN peacekeeping mission.

After returning to Switzerland, she gained in-depth knowledge of the federal administration and the asylum sector. She has complemented her many years of experience in intercultural communication with a CAS in Systemic Counselling, which she has also used outside of international cooperation. As an advisor at BNF, a programme of the University of Bern, she has supported job-seeking academics in their reintegration into the Swiss labour market. She is also an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) recognised by the International Coaching Federation.

Gabriela is fluent in English, French, German.