The best job sites in Switzerland
In short
There is no single best job site: jobs.ch for German-Swiss reach, jobup.ch for Romandie, Indeed for the broadest aggregation, LinkedIn for English-speaking roles and networking. Two things such lists almost never mention — jobs.ch, jobup.ch and JobScout24 are the same company (JobCloud AG), and the application itself almost never runs through a board: of the 2424 apply destinations in our index, 74% lead to company sites and 19.9% to applicant systems, only 6.1% to job boards. The board finds the posting; you apply to the employer.
The tools compared here
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1. SwissJobs.appOur tool
Our own daily-updated index in four languages — a real complement, not the same listings under another logo.
Why choose this one
- Price
- Search, filters and job alerts free, without an account.
- Swiss
- Adverts from across Switzerland, company career pages included — 74 % lead straight to the employer.
- Export
- From the results list straight into the CV check and the application tracker, RAV form included.
- Reach
- We are an aggregator, not the brand employers post to first.
What only this one does · best for
- A language filter — English-speaking roles, for instance — not just role and place.
- Every advert carries an AI summary and a fit check against your CV.
Best for: Keeping the search and the application material in one place.
checked 2026-09-10
2. jobs.chBiggest brand recognition in German-speaking Switzerland.
Why choose this one
- Price
- Free for jobseekers; an account is optional.
- Swiss
- Calls itself "the leading Swiss job board"; German-speaking Switzerland first, plus company profiles.
- Export
- Alongside search: a salary calculator and the Job Coach with blog, checklists, academy and webinars.
- Reach
- The most directly placed employer adverts in German-speaking Switzerland.
What only this one does · best for
- "Love what you do! Don't wait for change. Find jobs that really fit you." — the landing page sells fit, not volume.
- Salary calculator, company profiles and Job Coach are sections in their own right, not search extras.
Best for: German-speaking Switzerland, permanent roles, applying directly to the employer.
checked 2026-09-05
3. jobup.chThe standard in Romandie.
Why choose this one
- Price
- Free for applicants.
- Swiss
- The Romandie sibling of jobs.ch: "all the job offers available in French-speaking Switzerland".
- Export
- Salaires (salary comparison) and Job Coach as on jobs.ch, run in French.
- Reach
- Strong in Geneva, Vaud, Valais and Neuchâtel; thinner outside the Romandie.
What only this one does · best for
- The same platform as jobs.ch, run in French and cut to the Romandie.
Best for: Applying in French-speaking Switzerland, and cross-border commuters from France.
checked 2026-09-05
4. IndeedBroadest aggregation, including postings from company sites.
Why choose this one
- Price
- Free for applicants.
- Swiss
- An aggregator rather than its own advert base — duplicates and older postings occur.
- Reach
- The largest aggregator worldwide; the Swiss site pools adverts from many sources.
checked 2026-09-08
5. LinkedInEnglish-speaking roles and networking — recruiters find you there.
Why choose this one
- Price
- Searching and applying are free; Premium costs extra.
- Swiss
- Swiss adverts yes — but sorting follows network and relevance, not canton.
- Export
- "Easy Apply" applies with your profile instead of a PDF.
- Reach
- Reach and recruiter contact: roles appear here that are advertised nowhere else.
What only this one does · best for
- The profile is the application; "Open to work" signals availability to recruiters without you applying.
- Network, company pages and adverts sit in one place — going through contacts is part of the product.
Best for: Management, IT and international employers; searching through contacts rather than forms.
checked 2026-09-04
6. jobagent.chA meta-search across the Swiss portals, its Job-Abo mails new adverts from all of them.
Why choose this one
- Price
- Free, the Job-Abo email alert included.
- Swiss
- "Every job in Switzerland at a glance": a meta-search across the Swiss portals rather than an index of its own.
- Reach
- The Job-Abo mails new adverts from every portal it covers in one message.
What only this one does · best for
- The actual product is the notification, not the search: one saved search, one email, every portal.
- Alongside it a salary calculator, a self-assessment and application guides under "Ratgeber & Tools".
Best for: Being notified rather than searching daily, and living with duplicates from several portals.
checked 2026-09-10
7. SwissDevJobsIT only, filtered by technology rather than industry, with published salary statistics.
Why choose this one
- Price
- Free for applicants; companies pay to post.
- Swiss
- The Swiss IT market, sorted by place and technology: "183 IT & Software developer jobs in Switzerland" on 10 September 2026.
- Reach
- One field only, but filters by stack: C#, Java, Python, Go, DevOps, ML, which no generalist offers.
What only this one does · best for
- Salary transparency as a feature: its own salary statistics and a list of the companies that disclose their ranges.
- The site runs entirely in English, the shortest way into the Swiss market for international developers.
Best for: Developers who search by technology and want the salary before the interview.
checked 2026-09-10
What they do better
- jobs.ch: biggest brand recognition in German-speaking Switzerland.
- jobup.ch: the standard in Romandie.
- Indeed: broadest aggregation, including postings from company sites.
- LinkedIn: English-speaking roles and networking — recruiters find you there.
- jobagent.ch: a meta-search across the Swiss portals, its Job-Abo mails new adverts from all of them.
- SwissDevJobs: IT only, filtered by technology rather than industry, with published salary statistics.
Where we differ
- Our own daily-updated index in four languages — a real complement, not the same listings under another logo.
- Analysed market data per role and city: which languages are required, who posts most.
- Free tools for the part that decides the invitation: CV check, CV builder, motivation letters, interview prep.
- From the advert you found straight into a tailored CV: the CV check reads your document against that specific posting and applies the fixes on a click — repeated in minutes for the next role, instead of sending the same CV everywhere.
- What happens after applying is here too: the interview cheatsheet, spoken AI interview practice, and the RAV job-search record filling itself from the tracker. A job board stops at the Apply button.
Why SwissJobs.app
Not one more tool, but the whole application in one place — and re-tailored to each advert instead of written once.
- Optimised per advert, in minutes. The CV check reads your CV against that specific posting, shows the missing terms and the fit score — and applies the fixes into the editor with one click. For the next role you repeat it in minutes, instead of sending one CV everywhere.
- Everything in one account. Job search, CV, motivation letter, CV check, interview prep, interview practice and the RAV record all work off the same advert and the same CV. No copying between four tools, no four subscriptions.
- Live AI interview practice. A spoken mock interview with the panel you actually expect — HR, a domain expert, whoever you name — rated per answer, with a pass-probability at the end.
- The RAV job-search record, filled from your tracker. What you already log fills the official form, instead of reconstructing it by hand at month end. It is a Swiss form that international trackers do not model.
- An editor that looks like a Swiss CV. Three typefaces, nine accent colours, two layouts — and underneath, the format that actually gets looked at here: work permit, language levels A1–C2, room for Arbeitszeugnisse.
- Our own job index alongside it. Over 21,000 Swiss roles in four languages — the advert you are optimising for lives in the same product.
What our index says about the Swiss market
Computed live from our own job index, not quoted from a study. Shares only — as of today.
Language the advert is written in
- Deutsch
- 60%
- English
- 23%
- Français
- 13%
- Italiano
- 3%
Of adverts that state a language requirement, the share asking for
- Deutsch
- 70%
- English
- 43%
- Français
- 21%
- Italiano
- 3%
19% posted in the last 7 days · Largest markets: Zürich 18% · Bern 10% · Genève 5% · Basel 5%
Use another tool if
You want to see the largest possible number of listings — use two sources, not three doors to one company.
Use SwissJobs.app if
You want not just to find but to be invited: tailor the CV to the advert before you send it.
Prices and free tiers
checked on the vendors’ own pages on 17 September 2026
- SwissJobs.app
- Build 1 CV, tailor it with 5 AI edits, preview it — and download it once: all free, with no account at all. No email, no card. It is the second CV and the second download that ask for an account and the 7-day trial, then CHF 15 a month or CHF 95 a year.
About the numbers
Measured across all currently published postings in our index (2424 distinct apply destinations). jobs.ch, jobup.ch and JobScout24 belong to JobCloud AG, founded 2013, owned by Ringier & TX Group.
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FAQ
- Which job site is best in Switzerland?
- No single one. jobs.ch for German-Swiss reach, jobup.ch for Romandie, Indeed for aggregation, LinkedIn for English-speaking roles. Note that jobs.ch, jobup.ch and JobScout24 are one company — searching all three does not triple your choice.
- Where do applications actually go?
- Almost never to the job board: in our index 74% of postings lead to an application on a company site and 19.9% to an applicant tracking system, only 6.1% to a job board. The board is the search, not the application route.