What Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft does

The Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (Swiss Confederation) is the sovereign federal state of Switzerland; the data describes the Federal Administration (Bundesverwaltung), the executive branch comprising seven departments — Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Home Affairs (FDHA), Justice and Police (FDJP), Defence/Civil Protection/Sport (DDPS), Finance (FDF), Economic Affairs/Education/Research (EAER), Environment/Transport/Energy/Communications (DETEC) — plus the Federal Chancellery. The Federal Administration employs approximately 40,000 people across all departments and was constituted with the Swiss Federal Constitution in 1848. Its operational "product" as captured in the input data is the Federal Jobs Portal (stelle.admin.ch), a centralized recruitment platform operated by the Federal Office of Personnel (FOPER) on SAP SuccessFactors that lists vacancies across the Federal Administration, federal courts, the Office of the Attorney General, and Parliamentary Services.

The portal supports four candidate segments: qualified professionals (the primary segment), university students and recent graduates (~600 internships/yr), vocational trainees (~50 Berufslehre occupations), and monopoly-profession candidates (military, customs, diplomacy) trained at specialized facilities like the FOCBS campus in Liestal. Recruitable fields include IT/cybersecurity (3,600+ roles), diplomacy, legal, scientific research, engineering, finance, customs, and administrative functions. Distribution channels comprise the central portal, ~170 embassies/consulates and ~200 honorary representations worldwide, career fair presence at Swiss universities (HSG, ETH, ZHAW, HES-SO, UZH, Uni Fribourg), and social media (LinkedIn: bundesverwaltung; Instagram: @lehre_bundesverwaltung).

The entity is funded exclusively through parliamentary-approved tax revenue and federal budgets; it has no commercial revenue model, no pricing structure for its services, and no private equity, parent-company, or acquisition exposure. Differentiators include a constitutional monopoly on sovereign functions (defense, foreign affairs, border protection, customs), the Swiss brand for stability and quality of life, the PUBLICA pension scheme (no entry threshold), and structured family-friendly benefits.

Name

Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft

Legal name

Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft

Website

https://stelle.admin.ch

Company type

Public

Founded year

1848

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

The Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft is the Swiss federal government; its Federal Administration operates the Federal Jobs Portal (stelle.admin.ch) via FOPER to recruit across 7 departments, ~40,000 positions, and ~170 embassies. Funded by tax revenue with no commercial model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Recruitment Services

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), National Security (928110)

SIC

Foreign Governments (8888), Services-Employment Agencies (7361), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Executive Office / Cabinet Secretariat (BPAIAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Central Government Policy, Strategy & Performance (incl. OMB-style functions) (BPAIAAAB), Government Digital Service & eGovernment (Service Delivery, IDs, Portals) (BPAIAAAE), Labor & Employment Administration (Workforce Regulation & Programs) (BPAIAAAM)

Keywords

• Government job portal
• Federal recruitment services
• Public sector employment
• Civil service careers
• Government internship programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Bern

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding (Tax Revenue): As a sovereign government entity, the Swiss Confederation is funded through tax revenue and government budgets approved by Parliament. The Federal Administration does not operate on a commercial revenue model.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Federal Administration, through the Federal Office of Personnel (FOPER), operates the Federal Jobs Portal (Stellenportal Bund) — a centralized online platform that lists vacancies across the Swiss Federal Administration, federal courts, the Office of the Attorney General and Parliamentary Services. It provides online application accounts, personalized job alerts, university internship placements, and vocational apprenticeship (Berufslehren) programs across approximately 50 occupations, enabling candidates to apply for federal employment and supporting recruitment for sovereign-state monopoly professions.

Product overview

The Federal Jobs Portal (Stellenportal Bund) is a centralized government employment platform operated by the Federal Office of Personnel (FOPER). It provides a unified job portal for the Swiss Federal Administration, federal courts, Office of the Attorney General, and Parliamentary Services. The platform offers vacancy listings across diverse fields including IT, commercial services, legal, academia, engineering, finance, customs, military, and more. Additional features include a job alert system for automated vacancy notifications, an online application account system for managing job applications, and resources for university internships and vocational training (Berufslehren).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Federal Jobs Portal (Stellenportal Bund) The official Swiss federal government job portal operated by the Federal Office of Personnel (FOPER), providing a centralized platform for vacancy listings, online application accounts and personalized job alerts across all federal entities. It is for job seekers (Swiss and international professionals, graduates and apprentices) applying for federal positions.
• University Internship Program (Hochschulpraktika) A federal internship program for university students and recent graduates offering practical work experience in federal administrative units across disciplines including mathematics, IT, engineering, natural sciences, law, economics and social sciences. Graduate internships run up to 12 months and undergraduate internships up to 6 months.
• Vocational Apprenticeship Program (Berufslehren / EFZ and EBA) A federal dual-education vocational training program lasting 3-4 years, offering approximately 50 recognized EFZ and EBA qualifications across trades such as automotive, electronics, logistics, gastronomy, crafts and commercial roles. Targeted at young Swiss residents entering the federal workforce.

Quantifiable outcome

• Internship program: 600+ positions annually
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Indeed: Global job-search engine and recruitment marketplace. Comparable as a competing channel that aggregates public-sector and private-sector vacancies in Switzerland.
• LinkedIn: Global professional network already used by the Federal Administration (bundesverwaltung page) as a recruitment channel. Comparable as the dominant broad-based talent-attraction platform in the same candidate market.
• StepStone: Large European recruitment platform active in Switzerland and DACH region. Comparable as a multi-channel talent-acquisition competitor for professional and graduate roles.

Others

• Workday Recruiting: Enterprise HCM and recruiting platform. Comparable as an alternative technology stack that competing government and large employers use to deliver similar self-serve application portals.
• SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting: Underlying recruitment-technology platform powering stelle.admin.ch. Comparable as the technology vendor whose capabilities directly constrain the Federal Administration's hiring-system roadmap.

Regional players

• jobs.ch: Leading Swiss private-sector job portal. Comparable as a competing Swiss recruitment channel vying for the same multilingual professional candidate pool, though commercial rather than governmental.
• Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany): German federal employment agency operating the central public-sector job portal. Comparable as a neighbouring sovereign government's talent-acquisition infrastructure serving a multilingual federal workforce.

Direct peers

• Civil Service Jobs (UK): UK government's central recruitment platform for civil-service roles. Comparable in function as a multi-departmental government jobs portal with structured application and job-alert capabilities.
• USAJOBS: The official US federal government job portal operated by the Office of Personnel Management. Closely comparable to stelle.admin.ch as a centralised portal for sovereign-state vacancies across all federal departments and agencies.
• Government of Canada — Jobs.gc.ca: Canadian federal government's official job board. Directly comparable as a sovereign-state recruitment platform advertising vacancies across departments and agencies with online application.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/9110487
• Instagraminstagram.com/lehre_bundesverwaltung
• Facebookfacebook.com/BundConfederationConfederazioneJobs

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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