Zurich Jobs


Zurich in Switzerland is often referred to as the 'Little Big City'. The splendid city is a major commercial and financial center of Switzerland. Zurich with its low rate of unemployment and a stable economy is a haven for job seekers. Zurich jobs offer the best work environment coupled with the highest salaries in the world. There has been a considerable infiltration of foreign work force as skilled laborers in Zurich in the recent past. Jobs in Zurich offer a wide array of options both in the technical and non technical field. The city also provides job options for the experienced, fresh graduates, and also for internship.

Switzerland as a nation is industrially developed and is a major supplier of financial services, Zurich is no exception. The primary job sectors in Zurich are:
  • mechanical and electrical engineering
  • banking
  • insurance
  • production of watches
  • tourism
  • pharmaceuticals
Technical jobs in Zurich are abundant, especially in the IT and manufacturing sector. Top notch IT companies like Google and Intel generate employment opportunities for job seekers. These companies have openings in Zurich for the post of hardware engineers, software engineers, systems support, human resources, legal business and corporate development, product management and also operations and IT.

The booming finance and banking industry in Zurich
has made it an ideal place for finance job seekers. Accounting, asset management, capital markets, investment banking, investment consulting, retail banking are the popular career options in the financial sector. Zurich Financial Services Company is one of the largest and biggest insurance providers in the world. Every year it recruits hundreds of people for various departments at its headquarters in Zurich.

Teachers, professors and lecturers are in great demand in Zurich. It is considered to be a highly paid and respected job. Teaching jobs are mostly concentrated in and around the densely populated areas of Lake Zurich as most of the schools and colleges are located there. English language teachers can earn around $60 per hour in Zurich.

The best pharmaceutical and biotech companies are located in and around Greater Zurich area. These companies provide lucrative job opportunities for research assistant, lab technicians, various types of research analysts, microbiologists and quality control lab technicians. Alizyme, Astrazeneca, Atlas Venture and Dyodelta Biosceiences are prominent pharmaceutical companies of Zurich.

Zurich is one of the top tourist destinations in the world. The ever expanding hospitality and the tourism industry earns a considerable amount of revenue for the national exchequer.

Zurich jobs provide excellent working environment, high pay packages and substantial scope for one's career advancement.

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