Guidelines to find an internship in Switzerland
OVERVIEW SWISS MARKET
Attractivity Switzerland ranks 1st among the world's most competitive Economies Source: World Economic Forum, 2007
Switzerland ranks 3 rd by the worlds most globalized countries Source: A.T. Kearny / Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index 2005
Zurich ranks 1st, Geneva 2nd and Berne 9th as to quality of life among 350 cities Source: World-wide quality of life study (Mercer Management Consulting, 2007)
Swiss internship/job environment Facts + Figures •
Relocation of international companies HQ (200 multinationals alone in Geneva)
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Excellent international tax treaty network including a new treaty with the U.S makes Switzerland an ideal place for holding companies etc.
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U.S.A. Is the largest Key Investor in Switzerland
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40% international population
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Unemployment rate (1/2008): 2.8%
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World capital for Wealth management
Swiss internship/job environment Facts + Figures
4 official languages: - German (64%) - French (20%) - Italian(7%) - Rhaeto-Romanic (0.5%) - Other languages (8.5%)
Switzerland Tops in the Global Competitiveness Index 2007 1 – USA 2 – Switzerland 3 – Denmark 4 - Sweden 5 – Germany
Some 650 US companies provide high-quality jobs for 68,000 employees
McDonald’s, IBM, Altria Group, Procter & Gamble, IBM,Johnson & Johnson, Synthes-Stratec, Texas Pacific Group, Liberty, Global, Hewlett Packard Mettler-Toledo, 3 Com, Colgate, Medtronic, Oracle, UPS, Du Pont, Alcoa, Caterpillar, Dow, GM, Philip Morris, eBay, Amgen, Pfizer,Baxter, Kelly Services, Google, Polo Ralph Lauren, General Motors, Abercrombie and Fitch, Cisco Systems International, Federal Express Europe Inc, Cargill International SA etc……
ONLINE PRACTICES
• Online recruitment essentially • Highly selective/ strong language skills and business acumen required • Existence of Summer internship programmes + Graduate Training Programmes which are THE established procedures to offer experience
SWISS INTERNSHIPS
Overview of Swiss internships at Audencia BANQUE SYZ & CO BARCLAYS WEALTH DISTRIBUTIS AG -CARREFOUR SCHWEIZ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALINTRA ZENITH INTERNATIONAL SA HAUT COMMISSARIAT AUX REFUGIES DE L'ONU EURO RSCG GENEVE
UPPERCUT ENTERTAINMENT SA ROLEX INDUSTRIE SA UNITAR REPORTERS SANS FRONTIERES MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL AXA WINTERTHUR CLARINS SUISSE SA BNP PARIBAS
Overview of Swiss internships at Audencia EXANE SANOFI AVENTIS NESTLE SOCIETE FINANCIERE PRIVEE SA GENERAL MOTORS EUROPE ING BANK SCINTILLA AG BNP PARIBAS HP UPPERCUT ENTERTAINMENT SA TAG HEUER SA CELINE BNP PARIBAS CARREFOUR
SWISS GRADUATE RECRUITERS + 100 graduates
Companies recruiting Audencia graduates
ADDAX & ORYX GROUP ADP BROKERAGE SERVICES GROUP AIR FRANCE KLM ALP SERVICES AOG LTD - ORYX OIL AND GAS ASSET4 AXEN AXXONIS PHARMA GMBH BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS BIOSITE BNP PARIBAS CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL SA CARE OF RICHEMONT INTERNATIONAL SA CARGILL INTERNATIONAL CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE FRANCO SUISSE COMITE INTERNATIONAL DE LA CROIX ROUGE DELOITTE. EASTMAN KODAK ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE ELF TRADING
Companies recruiting Audencia graduates ELOPAK ENTSE ERNST & YOUNG ETA SA EXANE GENERAL MOTORS EUROPE GIRARD PERREGAUX HILTI CORPORATION HOFFMANN LA ROCHE HSBC PRIVATE BANK INNOVATICA INST. UNIVERSITAIRE D'ETUDES DU DEVELOPPEMENT JP MORGAN PRIVATE BANK KPMG LEGITINAME SUISSE SA LOCAPHONE LOMBARD ODIER DARIER HENTSCH MANDARIN ORIENTAL HOTEL DU RHÔNE MEDTRONIC EUROPE MERCK PHARMA METEO SUISSE MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL MICROSOFT SWITZERLAND LTD NESTLE NESTLE NESPRESSO SA NOVARTIS PHARMA ORANGE
Companies recruiting Audencia graduates PEUGEOT SUISSE SA PHENIX ASSURANCES PRECIOUS WOODS AG PRIVATEQ ADVISORS AG PROCTER & GAMBLE PROMOTION SPORT CONSULTING RBS COUTTS RENAULT NISSAN RICHEMONT SUISSE SA RUAG AEROSPACE SBM CONSEIL SCHINDLER MANAGEMENT AG SFT SICPA SOPARIND BONGRAIN STERN CREATIONS STRYKER EUROPE HQ SWISSCOM AG TEAMWORK SA THE RISK MANAGEMENT GROUP UBS VIRBAC AG WELLA PROFESSIONAL CARE XEROX AG ZENITH INTERNATIONAL SA
USEFUL SITES SWITZERLAND Job sites http://iwork.iagora.com/jobs/Switzerland/listing http://www.internabroad.com/Switzerland.cfm http://www.topjobs.ch Multinationales à Genève : www.geneva.ch Sociétés américaines à Genève : www.amcham.ch Economic + sectorial information: http://www.michaelpage.ch
GOOD LUCK
