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• Can I work in Switzerland without German?Yes — but the reachable market is smaller. 85% of analyzed postings state a language requirement; English-language roles concentrate in international firms, IT and pharma.
• What language level do I need for a job in Switzerland?Two in three language requirements in Swiss job adverts ask for professional command, about C1; fewer than four in a hundred ask for native. What the levels mean, which language adverts are written in, and what to put on your CV, measured across every advert we publish.
• Can I work in Zurich with English only?About one Zurich advert in seven needs no national language — but Geneva and Zug rank higher. And English-only roles skew heavily senior. Figures from our ongoing analysis of Swiss postings.
• Do I need to learn Swiss German to work in Switzerland?Swiss adverts that state a language requirement name German in about two thirds of cases and Swiss German in about one in a thousand. What to learn, in which order, and how the answer changes between Zurich and St. Gallen.