Labor market Shortage of skilled workers eases further due to cool economy
The economic slowdown in Switzerland is having an impact on the labor market. According to the personnel service provider Adecco, the shortage of skilled workers has decreased significantly for the second year in a row.
27.11.2025, 06:51
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Specifically, the skills shortage index compiled by Adecco is around 22 percent below the previous year's figure. According to the analysis published on Thursday, this dynamic can be explained by the fact that the number of vacancies has fallen (-8%) and that the number of job seekers has increased by 17% compared to the previous year.
AI-exposed professions are suffering
However, the situation is still tense in some professions. For example, the high demand for well-trained staff in the healthcare sector has hardly diminished. Specialist doctors, nurses and pharmacists are still in particular demand. Staff are also being sought in the construction, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering sectors.
Meanwhile, according to Adecco, there is already an oversupply of skilled workers in most occupational groups. This is the case for office, administrative and commercial specialists as well as ICT and IT professions. "According to recent studies, both groups are considered to be particularly exposed to AI," it says.
Looking at the individual language regions, the shortage of skilled workers has eased more in German-speaking Switzerland than in the rest of Switzerland. The shortage of skilled workers has decreased by 23% in German-speaking Switzerland and by 17% in Latin-speaking Switzerland, which is slightly below the 2019 level.
