High level of Foreigner in Management and Administration
Switzerland is distinguished by the number of foreigners working in the country. No other country has such a high proportion of foreign labor.
In fact, more than 45% of company managers and administrators are resident foreigners. The European average is roughly 18%. The tendency in Switzerland s rather to reinforce this percentage rather than to reduce it. The rate of foreigners occupation of high level professional positions has grown each year.
Americans are the most numerous among the resident foreign population, with Germans (22%), British (15%) and French (11%) following. Recent studies indicate that the number of Russians, Indians, and Chinese will grow substantially, reflecting the emergence of thee markets.
Women still appear to be under represented in the Swiss management committees and administration councils. They occupy only 7,2% of the seats, against an average of 8,4% in other European countries. A Swiss administrator — women and men taken together– are on average aged 59,4 years, which puts Switzerland 3rd e in the ranks of countries with the most aged administrators.
Most major Swiss companies and foreign–owned Swiss-based multinationals use a multitude of executive recruitment agencies to fill the vacancies for their managerial positions. These agencies search worldwide for managerial talent interested in relocating to Switzerland.
Members of the Administration and Management Councils of the large Swiss companies are among the best paid in Europe. In 2006, they had an average remuneration of Euros 140,000, that is: roughly the double of the colleagues in the European Union.
