Top hiring sectors in Basel

Julien

Founder

Member since 11 March 2005

Grand Baie

17 years of happy life abroad

Julien

25 October 2013 15:05:11

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Julien

25 October 2013 15:05:11

52411

Grand Baie

Hi,

let's talk about job opportunities in Basel.

What are the top hiring sectors?

And according to you, what are the most promising job sectors, which will keep creating jobs in Basel?

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience,

Julien

El_Jost

Serial expat

Member since 30 March 2012

Cornwall, England

El_Jost

21 March 2014 17:16:46

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El_Jost

21 March 2014 17:16:46

726

Cornwall, England

By far the largest employers of English speaking foreigners (without knowledge of German) in the Basel region are the chemical and pharma industries.
From Wikipedia the big names are:
"The Swiss chemical industry operates largely from Basel, and Basel also has a large pharmaceutical industry. Novartis, Syngenta, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Clariant, Hoffmann-La Roche, Basilea Pharmaceutica and Actelion are headquartered there."

Apart from the above most employers will require some degree of German language skills, depending on what the job is.