Jobs in French-speaking Switzerland: the 5 most used job platforms in 2026

JobCloud, a Ringier and TX Group company created in 2013 by the merger of jobs.ch and Jobup, runs the country’s three leading private portals. jobs.ch is number 1 of the jobs category in Switzerland on Similarweb in September 2026, jobup.ch fifth and JobScout24 sixth. jobup.ch is, according to JobCloud, “the best-known portal” in French-speaking Switzerland; it is also the first result for “emploi suisse” on Google Play. The group claims nine out of ten people in Switzerland know its portals. The three sites largely share their ads: checking one is often enough.

Second and third sites of the category, Job-Room and the arbeit.swiss portal are run by SECO for the public employment service. This is where positions subject to the job vacancy notification requirement are published first, five days ahead of other channels, for candidates registered with the employment office. Free, ad-free, and essential if you are registered as unemployed.

Fourth in the Swiss ranking, fourth free Business app of the Swiss App Store and sixth in the Business chart of Google Play Switzerland in October 2026. A subsidiary of the Japanese group Recruit Holdings, present in more than 60 countries, Indeed describes itself as the world’s leading job site by visits. It combines ads posted directly by employers and ads taken from elsewhere, hence a huge volume, but also duplicates and ads to verify.

Ranked by Similarweb among social networks, not in the jobs category, but second free Business app of the Swiss App Store and twelfth in the Business chart of Google Play. Owned by Microsoft, more than one billion members worldwide according to its own data. Essential for executive positions, international profiles and network applications; much less so for manual trades, retail or healthcare.

Launched on 19 August 2026, the Licorn app works the other way round from portals: the candidate creates a profile with their conditions, salary, location, workload, remote work, and recruiters send proposals. In October 2026, it has more than 10,000 downloads on Google Play, a rating of 4.6 out of 5 on Google Play and 4.7 out of 5 on the Swiss App Store. In the top free apps of the Business category on Google Play Switzerland, it was, on Friday 17 October 2026, 3rd among all apps and the first job app, ahead of Indeed and LinkedIn. On the App Store, it is 67th among free Business apps. On the web, Licorn is far from the historic portals: it is a mobile platform, and a recent one.

Job-Room first: positions subject to the notification requirement are reserved for registered job seekers for five days, and your counsellor can assign you offers there. Add jobup.ch for the rest of the market.

jobup.ch as a base, Indeed to widen, a keyword alert on a job ad search engine such as Jobagent or Jooble, and a profile on Licorn to receive proposals in parallel. Check each ad on the employer’s site before applying: duplicates and expired ads are frequent on aggregators.

LinkedIn, with a complete profile and contacts in the target companies. Some of these positions are never published on portals.

This is not the generalists’ ground: go through staffing agencies and flexible work platforms, which also post some of their assignments on the portals above. On Licorn, state in your conditions the type of contract you accept: recruiters offering temp work will see you too.

This is the case portals handle worst: applying takes time and exposes your move. A profile with your conditions on Licorn lets recruiters come to you, without applying. Our job market barometer shows what candidates ask for.

The jobs pages by canton, Geneva, Vaud, Fribourg, Neuchâtel, Valais, Jura, summarise the local market and the occupations that are hiring. On Licorn, the location is part of your conditions: recruiters see it before proposing a position.

The same position appears on jobs.ch, jobup.ch, JobScout24, Indeed and on job ad search engines. Apply once, at the source, and note where and when you did.

An ad published by an agency without naming the company is normal in temp work. For a permanent position, ask for the employer’s name before sending a full file.

No serious platform charges the candidate to apply, nor asks for a payment, a copy of an identity document or bank details before a signed contract.

A CV left in open access on a portal is visible to all subscribed recruiters, including, sometimes, your current employer. Prefer platforms where your profile’s visibility can be adjusted, and delete your files once the search is over. Our guide to prohibited interview questions recalls what an employer may collect.

A broad alert generates dozens of emails a day and ends up ignored. One alert per occupation and per canton, read every morning, is better.

Salary, location, workload, remote work, type of contract: you set them once. Recruiters see them before contacting you.

Recruiters see the profiles that match their position and send a proposal with the position’s conditions. You accept or decline. No cover letter for a position that does not suit you.

Two months after launch, Licorn is a mobile platform with more than 10,000 downloads on Google Play, far behind the historic portals in web audience, first job app of the Business chart on Google Play Switzerland in October 2026, 3rd among all apps on 17 October, and ahead of all of them on one point: the candidate sets their conditions before any contact. The Licorn home page explains how to create your profile.