In the luxury industry, both Zenith and Metalor have indicated they intend to cut further staff. The luxury watch maker Franck Muller already shook up the Romandy region of Switzerland with the announcement of a 50% reduction in the company’s 450 strong workforce.
Zenith and Metalor have announced 120 a total of 120 job losses between [...]

When a company seeks to recruit a manager, press advertisements often remain of top importance.
Agencies specialized in recruitment in Switzerland claim that if you want to reach top managers, publishing newspaper ads is still a Swiss tradition – “he who thinks, reads,” goes the adage.
Figures seem to corroborate this. Recruitment [...]

The luxury and watchmaking industries are undergoing some strong setbacks from slowing orders and several luxury brands have begun letting go employees. Top companies already began shedding jobs last autumn. Nonetheless, as often happens in downturns, some companies are also hiring as well. The paradox is that companies look at the business [...]

HSBC will be leaving 10 of their 12 office buildings in Geneva, moving their diverse professionals and career employees to new premises at the Blandonnet complex near the airport; a total of more than 1000 jobs will move to the new office complex.

“What salary should I request for a job in Switzerland?” — it’s a question a lot of people from outside Switzerland try to answer. Salaries in Switzerland are higher than elsewhere? Myth or reality?
Most surveys estimate that salaries in Switzerland for skilled workers are generally two or three times higher than in most other European [...]

Fears around the employment market will play a significant role in the vote on 8 February. Despite the support of economy and trade unions, the “yes” to freedom of movement is now doubt in the middle class of Switzerland that the influx of skilled workers worried.
Entry into force in 2002, expanded in 2005, the free [...]

A new private school for training television hosts, concept planners, and producers has opened in Lausanne. The first class will be composed of 20 students and start in January 2009.

This week several interesting professional job opportunities appeared. Vacancies over the past week were fewer than usual in Banking and Finance, yet nonetheless numerous. There were more career opportunities in IT, Marketing and the Human Resources sectors. And there were also a number of top management jobs and legal related jobs. A [...]