{"id":8410,"date":"2026-07-04T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/der-bund-berner-zeitung-christian-bartholet-fresh-start-50plus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T09:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:05:00","slug":"der-bund-berner-zeitung-christian-bartholet-fresh-start-50plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/der-bund-berner-zeitung-christian-bartholet-fresh-start-50plus\/","title":{"rendered":"In \u201cDer Bund\u201d and \u201cBerner Zeitung\u201d: a fresh start at 50plus \u2013 pitfalls and opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Bernese dailies also published the interview with our CEO Christian Bartholet: on 4 July 2026 it appeared in the job market section of \u201cDer Bund\u201d, \u201cBerner Zeitung\u201d, \u201cThuner Tagblatt\u201d and \u201cBerner Oberl\u00e4nder\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The focus is on the transition phase between the old job and the new direction \u2013 and on what can make it fail. Christian Bartholet describes why executives in particular underestimate the loss of role and status, why a search at senior level demands patience, and how taking stock turns into concrete new perspectives.<\/p>\n<h3>Key points<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Those who have long defined themselves through their role often experience its loss as an identity crisis. An honest look at energy, resilience and fit is part of the process.<\/li>\n<li>In mid-life a job search takes several months \u2013 and headhunters do not search on behalf of candidates. You have to become active yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Taking stock is followed by vision work and a reality check, then by action: activating the network, trying out projects, further training.<\/li>\n<li>A role needs \u201cBISS\u201d, a German acronym for enthusiasm, identification, meaning and fun.<\/li>\n<li>The \u201cperfect match\u201d culture of the Swiss labour market makes entry harder for experienced professionals. Given demographics, companies need to rethink.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/grass-partner-der-bund-berner-zeitung-2026-07-04.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article (PDF, in German)<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Source: \u201cBildung &amp; Beruf\u201d job market section of Der Bund, Berner Zeitung, Thuner Tagblatt and Berner Oberl\u00e4nder, 4 July 2026. Interview: Marianne Rupp.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Christian Bartholet is CEO of Grass &amp; Partner AG. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/team-member\/christian-bartholet-en\/\">View his profile<\/a> \u00b7 Facing a career change yourself, or supporting one in your organisation? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/contact\/\">Get in touch with us.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bernese dailies also published the interview with our CEO Christian Bartholet: on 4 July 2026 it appeared in the job market section of \u201cDer Bund\u201d, \u201cBerner Zeitung\u201d, \u201cThuner Tagblatt\u201d and \u201cBerner Oberl\u00e4nder\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"The Bernese dailies also published the interview with our CEO Christian Bartholet: on 4 July 2026 it appeared in the job market section of \u201cDer Bund\u201d, \u201cBerner Zeitung\u201d, \u201cThuner Tagblatt\u201d and \u201cBerner Oberl\u00e4nder\u201d."},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aktuelles-veranstaltungen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grassgroup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}