A majority of working people in French-speaking Switzerland already use AI in their daily work, but almost none have received structured training on these tools, changing how skills are now assessed.
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Despite geopolitical uncertainty, Switzerland’s unemployment rate remains stable, and companies are still generally more likely to increase their headcount than reduce it, although major differences exist between sectors.
Read moreThe Swiss IT market is polarizing: specialized cloud, cybersecurity, data, and AI skills remain in high demand, while generalist profiles take longer to secure a position.
Read moreThe number of applications is growing four times faster than the number of open positions, according to the Workday Global Workforce report, while companies are increasingly relying on AI to screen applications.
Read moreAccording to swissstaffing, women aged 50 and over show the highest level of professional engagement in Switzerland, but paradoxically represent the country’s largest pool of people who are still inactive in the labour market.
Read moreIn Geneva, the ForPro foundation supports 135 young people aged 15 to 20 for a year as they develop their career plans—an indication that traditional guidance at the end of compulsory schooling is no longer enough.
Read moreThe leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic changed their views within days on the scale of artificial intelligence's impact on employment, a reversal whose sincerity is being questioned.
Read moreSeveral US companies, including Amazon and the Gemini platform, are citing artificial intelligence to justify waves of layoffs, sometimes before productivity gains have even been measured.
Read moreThe agreement between Microsoft and Mistral AI reignites the debate about European technological sovereignty and the need to develop AI skills locally.
Read moreA data analysis combines 35 years of public accounts with employment statistics from the FSO to measure the growth of public-sector staffing in French-speaking cantons.
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