Job search in Switzerland
Where the adverts are, who owns the portals, and how to find what is not duplicated everywhere.
The Swiss market is smaller than the number of portals suggests: jobs.ch, jobup.ch and JobScout24 belong to one company, JobCloud AG. Searching all three to widen your search means searching one provider three times.
Our index brings together over 21,000 open Swiss roles from ATS systems, company sites and LinkedIn, with a separate view for adverts that have few applicants. From any advert you go straight into a CV, a letter and a check.
The basics
29- Can I work in Zurich with English only?
- When are most jobs posted in Switzerland?
- Why is the same job posted several times?
- How long does a job advert stay online?
- Jobs in Zurich
- Jobs in Bern
- Jobs in Basel
- Jobs in Geneva
- Jobs in Lausanne
- Jobs in Lucerne
- Are there jobs in Switzerland without German?
- Are speculative applications worth it in Switzerland?
- Do I need to learn Swiss German to work in Switzerland?
- How often are new jobs posted in Switzerland — and how often should I actually check?
- What does 80–100% mean in a Swiss job advert?
- What does m/w/d mean in a Swiss job advert?
- Do I have a right to work from home in Switzerland?
- How many job openings are there in Switzerland?
- How long does a job search take in Switzerland?
- Which Swiss jobs actually offer relocation support?
- English-speaking jobs in Switzerland — which board actually shows them?
- The hidden job market in Switzerland: which jobs never reach the big boards?
- Job search with AI suggestions — which Swiss platforms personalise?
- Why does Easy Apply never answer?
- How do I get a graduate job in Switzerland with no experience?
- Does living in another canton hurt my job application in Switzerland?
- Should I pay a recruitment agency or a paid application service in Switzerland?
- Rocken jobs: why do so many Swiss job ads come from Rocken, and how does applying through it work?
- Can I work in a Swiss Kita without the FaBe EFZ qualification?
Step by step
27- How do I find a part-time job in Switzerland?
- Where are the most open jobs in Switzerland?2
- Which jobs are most in demand in Switzerland?
- Starting out without experience
- Where do I find English-speaking jobs in Switzerland — and how do I tell which ones really work without German?
- Where do I find part-time jobs in Switzerland?
- Where do I find nursing jobs in Switzerland — and why does so much of the market sit with about two dozen employers?
- Where do I find IT jobs in Switzerland — and why does searching for "IT" miss most of them?
- Where do I find admin and office jobs in Switzerland — and why does searching in English find so few of them?
- Where do I find retail jobs in Switzerland, and why does a job board find so few of them?
- Where do I find hospitality jobs in Switzerland — and why does searching in English find almost none of them?
- Where do I find construction and trades jobs in Switzerland — and why does the word "trades" match nothing?
- Where do I find logistics jobs in Switzerland — and why does one word cover two separate labour markets?
- Where do I find engineering jobs in Switzerland — and why are two in three “Engineer” results software roles?
- Jobs near me
- Which jobs have the fewest applicants in Switzerland — and how would anyone know?
- Where do I find jobs for cross-border commuters in Switzerland?
- Changing careers in Switzerland
- Where do I find jobs in Switzerland if I am over 50?
- Job alerts in Switzerland: the keyword, the cadence and what slips through
- Further training in Switzerland2
- How current are job listings — and is the date shown on them accurate?
- How do I spot a fake job advert — and what does a real Swiss one look like?
- How do I read a Swiss job advert properly?
- Which requirements in a Swiss job advert are actually mandatory?
- How does temporary work function in Switzerland?
- Which job board has the freshest Swiss listings — and how can you tell?
Tools compared
33- What is an alternative to Indeed Switzerland?
- What is an alternative to jobs.ch?
- What is an alternative to Job-Room?
- What is an alternative to LinkedIn Jobs in Switzerland?
- What is an alternative to jobup.ch?
- Job board vs applying directly — which gets you hired faster in Switzerland?
- jobs.ch vs Indeed — which finds more Swiss vacancies?
- LinkedIn vs Swiss job boards — where should you search?
- Job-Room or a private job board — which one do I need, and for what?
- What is an alternative to the arbeit.swiss unemployment-benefit calculator?
- What is an alternative to jobscout24.ch?
- What is an alternative to Xing for job hunting in Switzerland?
- Xing or LinkedIn — which is worth more in Switzerland?
- What is an alternative to a temp agency?
- What is the best job app for Switzerland?
- jobs.ch alternatives compared — which are worth it?
- What are the best job boards for cross-border commuters into Switzerland?
- What are the best job boards in Switzerland?
- What are the best job boards for French-speaking Switzerland?
- What is an alternative to LinkedIn Premium for job hunting?
- What is an alternative to a recruitment agency?
- Temp agency or applying directly — which leads to a permanent job faster?
- jobs.ch or jobup.ch — which Swiss job board should you use, and when?
- What is an alternative to RAV counselling for the job search itself?
- What is an alternative to a paper folder for the RAV meeting?
- SwissJobs.app or LinkedIn Jobs — where do you apply better in Switzerland?
- SwissJobs.app or jobup.ch — which one for a job search in French-speaking Switzerland?
- SwissJobs.app or Indeed — which is better for a Swiss job search?
- SwissJobs.app or jobagent.ch — which job search with email alerts should you use?
- SwissJobs.app or jobs.ch — which job search delivers more?
- Job alerts compared: which Swiss job board notifies first?
- SwissJobs.app or Glassdoor — which one helps more when job hunting in Switzerland?
- SwissJobs.app or ostjob.ch — which one for a job search in eastern Switzerland?