Arriving as a couple
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If you have just been recruited to UNIL, the Welcome Centre can help your partner explore the available career opportunities.
Family members of UNIL professors may also benefit from advice from an external service to help them in their job search.
If you have any questions, please contact the Welcome Centre.
General information
When you start to look for a job in Switzerland, it is important to learn about the actions you need to take and the particular features of the Swiss labour market.
Other particularly useful resources include the English-language booklet produced by our colleagues at ETH Zurich to help students and young researchers looking for a job and the website Travailler en Suisse : rechercher un emploi en Suisse & vivre en Suisse [Working in Switzerland: looking for work and living in Switzerland].
Looking for work in the higher education sector
The swissuniversities’ Carrière2 website provides a great deal of useful information and links on looking for working in higher education and research (in French).
Euraxess, the European network supporting mobility for researchers, also has a list of job offers available online.
UNIL vacancies are listed on a dedicated jobs portal.
The École de français langue étrangère provides free support for written and oral French skills for all UNIL staff who are not native French-speakers.
The classes, known as satellite courses, are also open free of charge to partners of UNIL's staff coming from abroad. Registration is obligatory.
For further information, please contact Ms Marcelina Klaus Gaillard.
International Dual Career Network
L'UNIL is a member of the International Dual Career Network (IDCN).
This is a worldwide not-for-profit network which aims to support job search through contacts and sharing of information among the partners of expatriate employees.
As the partner of a UNIL employee, you can participate in the events and activities organised by IDCN.
To join the network, please contact Mrs Marcelina Klaus Gaillard.
Swiss Academic Career Network
L'UNIL is also a member of the Swiss Academic Career Network (S-ADCN). Institutions in this network commit to supporting dual careers by promoting relevant portals, such as Euraxess jobs.
Euraxess
Euraxess is a European network supporting mobility for researchers. Through the Welcome Centre, UNIL is an active member of the Euraxess Swiss network.
