These days, if you’re not on LinkedIn or any equivalent jobs platform, you’re either sitting on a large inheritance or seriously out of touch with the industry. For freelancers in particular and job seekers in general, having a digital presence is now perhaps as essential as being qualified to work, to begin with.

The world has significant issues, and we are steering towards even more difficult geopolitical tension and environmental challenges in 2025. While January might have felt like an old chewing gum with too much peppermint taste and too little fun (thank you for Dry January.) February offers the illusion of springtime in Switzerland and elsewhere. Tulips are in the stores, Valentine’s Day is the motto everywhere, and even the birds sing a bit louder again. The sun is up a bit longer, and there is always that little straw of hope…that everything will be okay. Digital spaces are revolutionary and have brought people at great distances together. I am still grateful that I can do almost everything in my work online, […]