Switzerland’s Most Attractive Employers 2017 STUDENTS 2 | THE MOST ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYERS 2017
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Field Period: The survey for this ranking was carried out between September 2016 and 11.331 Respondents are drawn from February 2017. STUDENTS share views on their career path and employers 68 UNIVERSITIES... Business 4.592
Engineering 1.405 ...and represent Armed with Humanities/Social 2.017 Sciences/Education 147 38.991 DIFFERENT areas of study Natural Sciences 843 employer related EVALUATIONS, we help major brands understand
IT 624 their prospective talent.
Health/Medicine 933
Law 917
Total number of respondents 11.331 5 | THE MOST ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYERS 2017 The most attractive employers of 2017 – Business
1 Google 26 Swisscom 51 Zürcher Kantonalbank 76 Lombard Odier & Cie
2 UBS 27 UEFA 52 PostFinance 77 Hilti
3 Nestlé 28 Deloitte 53 HEINEKEN 78 Partners Group
4 McKinsey & Company 29 Lindt & Sprüngli 54 Glencore 79 Manor
5 Credit Suisse 30 Roche 55 HSBC Private Bank 80 Bayer
6 PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) 31 IKRK 56 Stadt Zürich 81 Tamedia
7 SWISS 32 Flughafen Zürich 57 Coop 82 Fossil
8 Rolex 33 Bank Julius Bär 58 Victorinox 83 Zurich Insurance Group
9 The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 34 Procter & Gamble (P&G) 59 H&M 84 Bosch Gruppe Schweiz
10 L'Oréal Group 35 Unilever 60 InterContinental Hotels Group 85 Deutsche Bank
11 EY (Ernst & Young) 36 Bain & Company 61 ABB 86 Swiss Life
12 LVMH 37 Swatch Group 62 Kuoni 87 VZ Vermögenszentrum
13 Schweizerische Nationalbank 38 Four Seasons 63 Roland Berger 88 Accor
14 Goldman Sachs 39 IWC Schaffhausen 64 Siemens 89 IATA
15 Migros 40 IKEA 65 Strategy& 90 Allianz Suisse
16 Die Bundesverwaltung 41 Swiss Re 66 Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group 91 Feldschlösschen Getränke
17 FIFA 42 Swarovski 67 SRG SSR 92 Hewlett Packard Enterprise
18 Microsoft 43 Johnson&Johnson 68 Chopard 93 Schindler
19 SBB CFF FFS 44 Richemont 69 NZZ Mediengruppe 94 Bühler
20 KPMG 45 Morgan Stanley 70 Pictet & CIE 95 BASF
21 Novartis 46 Accenture 71 Logitech 96 BNP Paribas
22 J.P. Morgan 47 IBM 72 Hyatt 97 Helvetia Versicherungen
23 World Economic Forum 48 Die Post 73 Die Mobiliar 98 General Electric (GE)
24 Swiss Tourism 49 Philip Morris International 74 Emmi 99 Baloise Group
25 Coca-Cola Schweiz 50 Raiffeisen 75 AXA Winterthur 100 BDO 6 | THE MOST ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYERS 2017 The most attractive employers of 2017 – Engineering
1 ABB 26 Johnson&Johnson 51 Deloitte 76 Schneider Electric
2 Google 27 The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 52 Trumpf 77 Accenture
3 CERN 28 IKRK 53 Gruner 78 Lonza Group
4 Siemens 29 Stadler Rail 54 Biogen 79 Geberit
5 SBB CFF FFS 30 Schindler 55 SR Technics 80 Die Post
6 Pilatus Aircraft 31 Die Bundesverwaltung 56 Syngenta 81 IWC Schaffhausen
7 Roche 32 UBS 57 Romande Energie 82 Roland Berger
8 ESA (European Space Agency) 33 BKW 58 Swisscom 83 World Economic Forum
9 RUAG 34 Medtronic 59 Georg Fischer 84 BOBST
10 Microsoft 35 Alpiq 60 Migros 85 Cisco Systems
11 Nestlé 36 Losinger Marazzi 61 Sulzer 86 Coop
12 IBM 37 Swissgrid 62 3M 87 Swiss Re
13 Bombardier 38 Swatch Group 63 Philip Morris International 88 KPMG
14 Novartis 39 Emch+Berger 64 DuPont 89 Vifor Pharma
15 Logitech 40 Bühler 65 Skyguide 90 Emmi
16 McKinsey & Company 41 IKEA 66 Givaudan 91 Meyer Burger
17 General Electric (GE) 42 Axpo 67 noser engineering 92 Sonova
18 Implenia 43 Caterpillar 68 Hamilton 93 EY (Ernst & Young)
19 Rolex 44 ThyssenKrupp Presta 69 Richemont 94 Procter & Gamble (P&G)
20 SWISS 45 Helbling Technik 70 IATA 95 Oracle
21 Hilti 46 BASF 71 Hexagon (Leica Geosystems) 96 Altran
22 Zühlke Engineering 47 Bayer 72 u-Blox 97 Endress+Hauser
23 Bosch Gruppe Schweiz 48 Lindt & Sprüngli 73 Dell 98 Lafarge-Holcim
24 Sensirion 49 Credit Suisse 74 Strabag 99 Allianz Suisse
25 Flughafen Zürich 50 Rheinmetall Air Defence 75 PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) 100 SRG SSR 7 | THE MOST ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYERS 2017 The most attractive employers of 2017 – IT
1 Google 26 Accenture 51 Schindler 76 Syngenta
2 Microsoft 27 Novartis 52 IWC Schaffhausen 77 Hamilton
3 IBM 28 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 53 upc cablecom 78 Stadler Rail
4 Swisscom 29 Open Systems 54 Skyguide 79 Axpo
5 CERN 30 The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 55 Procter & Gamble (P&G) 80 Leonteq
6 UBS 31 ELCA Informatik 56 Allianz Suisse 81 Bayer
7 SBB CFF FFS 32 EY (Ernst & Young) 57 noser engineering 82 General Electric (GE)
8 Logitech 33 Deloitte 58 Richemont 83 Pfizer
9 Credit Suisse 34 ABB 59 Coop 84 Hilti
10 Oracle 35 Roche 60 Hexagon (Leica Geosystems) 85 BKW
11 Cisco Systems 36 KPMG 61 World Economic Forum 86 Emmi
12 SWISS 37 Ergon 62 Swiss Life 87 SUVA
13 Zühlke Engineering 38 Raiffeisen 63 Johnson&Johnson 88 Sonova
14 Die Bundesverwaltung 39 AdNovum 64 Medtronic 89 Emch+Berger
15 Migros 40 Namics 65 Sensirion 90 Actelion
16 Rolex 41 IKRK 66 Lindt & Sprüngli 91 OC Oerlikon
17 Dell 42 Zurich Insurance Group 67 Rheinmetall Air Defence 92 T-Systems
18 Siemens 43 Zürcher Kantonalbank 68 Bombardier 93 Romande Energie
19 McKinsey & Company 44 SRG SSR 69 IATA 94 Bosch Gruppe Schweiz
20 Die Post 45 RUAG 70 Philip Morris International 95 Avaloq
21 PostFinance 46 Swiss Re 71 Ericsson 96 Alpiq
22 Nestlé 47 Swatch Group 72 Unilever 97 Bystronic Laser
23 PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) 48 Swissgrid 73 BearingPoint 98 Infosys Lodestone
24 Flughafen Zürich 49 IKEA 74 Roland Berger 99 Meyer Burger
25 SAP 50 Pilatus Aircraft 75 AXA Winterthur 100 Helbling Technik 8 | THE MOST ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYERS 2017 The most attractive employers of 2017 – Natural Sciences
1 Roche 26 Siemens 51 KPMG 76 Deloitte
2 Novartis 27 Coop 52 BKW 77 Zühlke Engineering
3 CERN 28 Lindt & Sprüngli 53 Swissgrid 78 Die Post
4 Google 29 Logitech 54 Allianz Suisse 79 PostFinance
5 Die Bundesverwaltung 30 Zurich Insurance Group 55 Raiffeisen 80 Skyguide
6 Nestlé 31 ABB 56 Emmi 81 Bystronic Laser
7 Bayer 32 The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 57 Bombardier 82 Hewlett Packard Enterprise
8 Biogen 33 Rolex 58 Dell 83 Roland Berger
9 IBM 34 Lonza Group 59 Pilatus Aircraft 84 Romande Energie
10 IKRK 35 AXA Winterthur 60 RUAG 85 SICPA
11 ESA (European Space Agency) 36 SRG SSR 61 EMS Chemie 86 DSM
12 Syngenta 37 Axpo 62 Medtronic 87 Hamilton
13 Johnson&Johnson 38 IKEA 63 General Electric (GE) 87 IWC Schaffhausen
14 Swiss Re 39 Swiss Life 64 Altran 89 DuPont
15 SBB CFF FFS 40 Bosch Gruppe Schweiz 65 Clariant 90 Trumpf
16 Migros 41 Givaudan 66 Hexagon (Leica Geosystems) 91 Baloise Group
17 McKinsey & Company 42 Flughafen Zürich 67 SUVA 92 Sulzer
18 Microsoft 43 Swisscom 68 Accenture 93 Cisco Systems
19 Actelion 44 Unilever 69 Philip Morris International 94 IATA
20 Vifor Pharma 45 EY (Ernst & Young) 70 Helvetia Versicherungen 95 Stadler Rail
21 Pfizer 46 Swatch Group 71 Caterpillar 96 Rheinmetall Air Defence
22 UBS 47 Sensirion 72 Procter & Gamble (P&G) 97 Hilti
23 Credit Suisse 48 Alpiq 73 Implenia 98 Emch+Berger
24 SWISS 49 PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) 74 Schindler 99 Helbling Technik
25 BASF 50 World Economic Forum 75 Lafarge-Holcim 99 Oracle 9 | THE MOST ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYERS 2017
The most attractive employers of 2017 – Humanities/Social Sciences/Education
1 IKRK 26 UBS 51 Die Mobiliar 76 Lombard Odier & Cie
2 Die Bundesverwaltung 27 Swarovski 52 Four Seasons 77 Allianz Suisse
3 Google 28 Die Post 53 Bain & Company 78 PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
4 Stadt Zürich 29 Manor 54 ABB 79 Hilti
5 Swiss Tourism 30 Swatch Group 55 Philip Morris International 80 Emmi
6 NZZ Mediengruppe 31 LVMH 56 Fossil 81 HSBC Private Bank
7 SRG SSR 32 Coop 57 Johnson&Johnson 82 Glencore
8 SWISS 33 H&M 58 Procter & Gamble (P&G) 83 Givaudan
9 SBB CFF FFS 34 Credit Suisse 59 Unilever 84 Roland Berger
10 Tamedia 35 Ringier Axel Springer Media 60 InterContinental Hotels Group 85 Bayer
11 Flughafen Zürich 36 Novartis 61 Victorinox 86 JTI
12 Migros 37 The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 62 Richemont 87 Kühne + Nagel
13 Microsoft 38 Deloitte 63 J.P. Morgan 88 Deutsche Bank
14 World Economic Forum 39 Roche 64 IBM 89 Barry Callebaut
15 Lindt & Sprüngli 40 McKinsey & Company 65 Feldschlösschen Getränke 90 Bosch Gruppe Schweiz
16 IKEA 41 IATA 66 Siemens 91 Hyatt
17 Nestlé 42 Raiffeisen 67 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 92 Cisco Systems
18 Kuoni 43 Logitech 68 IWC Schaffhausen 93 AXA Winterthur
19 L'Oréal Group 44 Swiss Life 69 Accenture 94 Alpiq
20 Swisscom 45 EY (Ernst & Young) 70 Goldman Sachs 95 Partners Group
21 Schweizerische Nationalbank 46 PostFinance 71 Zürcher Kantonalbank 96 Lidl
22 UEFA 47 Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group 72 Adecco Group 97 BKW
23 Rolex 48 Chopard 73 Helsana 98 BASF
24 FIFA 49 Swiss Re 74 Pictet & CIE 99 Morgan Stanley
25 Coca-Cola Schweiz 50 HEINEKEN 75 Bank Julius Bär 100 KPMG 10 | THE MOST ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYERS 2017 The most attractive employers of 2017 – Law
1 Die Bundesverwaltung 21 Schellenberg Wittmer 41 HSBC Private Bank
2 IKRK 22 Lindt & Sprüngli 42 Python & Peter
3 Lenz & Staehelin 23 Pestalozzi Rechtsanwälte 43 Eversheds International
4 SWISS 24 Roche 44 Lalive
5 UBS 25 KPMG 45 Staiger, Schwald & Partner
6 Homburger 26 UEFA 46 Allianz Suisse
7 Stadt Zürich 27 McKinsey & Company 47 meyerlustenberger
8 Nestlé 28 Walder Wyss 48 Wenger Plattner
9 Credit Suisse 29 SBB CFF FFS 49 Morgan Stanley
10 Schweizerische Nationalbank 30 Bank Julius Bär 50 Lombard Odier & Cie
11 Niederer Kraft & Frey 31 The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 51 Nobel & Hug
12 PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) 32 Kellerhals Carrard 52 Vischer
13 Novartis 33 Die Mobiliar 53 Borel & Barbey
14 Baker & McKenzie 34 AXA Winterthur 54 Glencore
15 Bär & Karrer 35 Pictet & CIE 55 LEXPARTNERS.MCS
16 EY (Ernst & Young) 36 J.P. Morgan 56 Helsana
17 L'Oréal Group 37 Zürcher Kantonalbank 57 Prager Dreifuss
18 FIFA 38 Bratschi Wiederkehr & Buob 58 Froriep
19 Swisslegal 39 Wenger & Vieli 59 CMS von Erlach Poncet
20 Oberson Avocats 40 Raiffeisen 60 Deutsche Bank 11 | THE MOST ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYERS 2017 The most attractive employers of 2017 – Health/Medicine
1 Universitätsspital Zürich 26 Pfizer 51 Unilever
2 INSELSPITAL, Universitätsspital Bern 27 Kantonsspital Baden 52 Kantonsspital Obwalden CHUV Centre Hospitalier Universitaire 3 28 Solothurner Spitäler 53 Genolier Swiss Medical Network Vaudois Spitalzentrum Biel / Centre hospitalier 29 54 Gesundheitszentrum Fricktal 4 Hirslanden Kliniken Bienne 5 Universitätsspital Basel 30 Kantonsspital St. Gallen 55 Kantonsspital Nidwalden Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève 6 31 Kantonsspital Baselland 56 Psychiatrische Dienste Aarau (PDAG) HUG 57 McKinsey & Company 7 IKRK 32 Johnson&Johnson 58 Luzerner Psychiatrie 8 Novartis 33 Nestlé 59 Psychiatrische Dienste Graubünden 9 Kinderspital Zürich 34 Ostschweizer Kinderspital 60 Spitäler Schaffhausen 10 Luzerner Kantonsspital 35 Hôpital Riviera Chablais 61 L'Oréal Group 11 Roche 36 Kantonsspital Liestal 62 Kantonsspital Glarus 12 Stadtspital Triemli 37 Zuger Kantonsspital 63 Procter & Gamble (P&G) 13 Hôpital du Valais / Spital Wallis 38 KJPD des Kantons Zürich 64 Syngenta 14 Kantonsspital Winterthur 39 Die Bundesverwaltung 65 Straumann 15 Schulthess Klinik 40 CERN Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel 66 Amgen 16 41 Vifor Pharma (UKBB) Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken 42 67 Kantonsspital Uri 17 Kantonsspital Aarau Basel HFR - Hôpital fribourgeois / Freiburger 68 Ita Wegman Klinik 18 43 The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Spital 69 Stryker Swiss Tropical and Public Health 44 Medtronic 19 Institute 70 Kantonales Spital Appenzell 45 Migros 20 SUVA Hôpital du Jura 21 Hôpital Neuchâtelois HNE 46 Biogen 22 Kantonsspital Graubünden 47 Actelion 23 Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich 48 Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste 49 24 Bayer Bern (UPD) 25 Stadt Zürich 50 Integrierte Psychiatrie Winterthur IPW 12 | THE MOST ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYERS 2017
Career To have work/life balance 59% aspirations To be secure or stable in my job 34% To be dedicated to a cause or to feel that I am serving a greater good 33% TALENT GOALS To be entrepreneurial or creative/innovative 33% Which of these career goals are most important to you? To be a leader or manager of people 30% To have an international career 30% Up to 3 career goals could be To be competitively or intellectually challenged chosen. 29% To be autonomous or independent 25% To be a technical or functional expert 13%
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Management and Strategy Consulting 22% Educational and Scientific Institutions 19% Banks 17% PREFERRED INDUSTRIES Non-Governmental organisations/Non-Profit organisations 15% In which industry would you most like to work after Media and Advertising 14% graduating? Public Sector and Governmental Agencies 14% Financial Services 12% Up to 3 industries could be chosen. Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Activities 10% Health Care Services 9% Software, Computer Services, Multimedia Development, 9% Digital Entertainment 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 13 | THE MOST ATTRACTIVE EMPLOYERS 2017
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