Cité des Métiers du Grand Genève

What Cité des Métiers du Grand Genève does

Cité des Métiers du Grand Genève is a public-service orientation and vocational-training organization operated by the République et Canton de Genève under the Département de l'instruction publique, de la formation et de la jeunesse (DIP), specifically through the Office for Orientation, Professional Training and Continuing Education (OFPC). It delivers free, anonymous career-guidance and vocational-training information to four primary user groups: young people aged 15-25 and their parents, adults seeking certification or upskilling, companies and training institutions engaging with the apprenticeship system, and newcomers to the Geneva region needing orientation in the Swiss education and labor market. The organization is a member of the Réseau International Cité des Métiers and operates a network of seven walk-in centers — one main site at Plainpalais in Geneva and six associated centers across the cross-border French catchment (Annemasse, Bonneville, Thonon-les-Bains, Valserhône; Meyrin and Onex were closed in June 2026 and consolidated into Plainpalais).

Its service portfolio spans orientation and career-guidance counseling, direct-recruitment apprenticeship events (Recrutement en direct), professional-discovery workshops (Zoom Métiers), skill-building workshops (CV, cover letter, interview prep, LinkedIn profile optimization), Webex-delivered remote workshops, and the Palmarès digital service for verifying AFP and CFC qualification results. Underpinning the operation is a content-driven website (citedesmetiers.ch) built and maintained with technology partners 8bitstudio (UI/development) and Numera (UX), supported by a social-media presence on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube, plus a weekly radio chronicle on One FM.

The business model is entirely non-commercial: services are provided free of charge, with funding coming from public budgets of the Canton of Geneva (DIP) and co-financing from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SEFRI). There is no disclosed revenue, no paying customer base, no pricing tiers, and no private equity or venture funding. The organization functions as a publicly funded platform for labor-market orientation across the Greater Geneva cross-border region rather than as a commercial enterprise.

Name

Cité des Métiers du Grand Genève

Legal name

Cité des Métiers du Grand Genève

Website

https://citedesmetiers.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cité des Métiers du Grand Genève is a publicly funded Geneva-government service providing free career guidance, vocational training orientation, and apprenticeship placement support to youth, adults, companies, and newcomers across the cross-border Greater Geneva region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Training and Career Guidance Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (624310)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Advising & Degree Planning (EDALABAA)

Keywords

• Career guidance services
• Vocational training orientation
• Apprenticeship placement support
• Employment counseling
• Professional development workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

Geneva

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government funding: Public service funded by the Republic and Canton of Geneva through the Department of Public Education, Training and Youth (DIP), with additional financing from the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SEFRI).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cité des Métiers du Grand Genève is a public service operated by the Canton of Geneva that provides free, anonymous career guidance and vocational training orientation to residents of the Greater Geneva cross-border region. It delivers walk-in counseling, apprenticeship placement events, professional discovery workshops, and skill-building sessions (CV writing, interview preparation, LinkedIn optimization) at seven physical centers and via online channels, without requiring appointments.

Product overview

Cité des Métiers du Grand Genève operates as a unified public service center providing free, anonymous career guidance and orientation services. The organization offers a comprehensive portfolio of services including apprenticeship placement through direct recruitment events, professional discovery workshops (Zoom Métiers), skill-building workshops for job seekers, and an online results verification system (Palmarès) for qualification procedures. Services are delivered both in-person at multiple regional centers and remotely via Webex video conferencing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Orientation and Career Guidance Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Four out of five people find or return to employment through their professional or personal network

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• International Cité des Métiers Network (Réseau International Cité des Métiers)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated with the international network of Cité des Métiers career centers, enabling cross-border collaboration and best practice sharing across French-speaking regions.
• Department of Public Education, Training and Youth (DIP) - Canton of GenevacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent government organization providing institutional authority and operational oversight through the Office for Orientation, Professional Training and Continuing Education (OFPC).
• One FMminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRadio partner broadcasting the weekly 'Le Génie des Métiers' chronicle every Wednesday at 11:30, covering vocational training news and Cité des Métiers events.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): French national public employment agency providing job placement, unemployment benefits, and training orientation at national scale. Significantly broader mandate (unemployment insurance, large-scale job matching) but overlapping orientation function and French cross-border geography.
• Adecco Group: Global private staffing and career-services company with significant Swiss and French operations. Competes in adjacent parts of the labor-market orientation and vocational placement space (career advice, apprenticeship coordination for employers), but as a private commercial operator rather than a public-service one.
• APEC (Association Pour l'Emploi des Cadres): French employment-services body specializing in executive / managerial placement and career management. Comparable in providing subsidized career guidance and training information, but targeted at a higher-skills segment.

Regional players

• Actiris: Brussels-Capital Region public employment and vocational orientation service. Comparable public-service mandate (employment and training orientation, free services) but geographically separate, serving the Belgian Brussels-Capital region.

Direct peers

• BIZ Zürich (Berufsinformationszentrum): Network of regional "Berufsinformationszentrum" career information centers operated in German-speaking Swiss cantons. Same function and public-service character (vocational orientation, apprenticeship information, walk-in services) in a parallel Swiss system.
• Orientation.ch (CSFO / SDBB): Swiss national portal operated by the Swiss Centre for Vocational Training Orientation (CSFO / SDBB) providing the same core function as Cité des Métiers du Grand Genève: free information on training options, careers, and apprenticeships across French-speaking Switzerland. Most direct functional peer.
• ONISEP (Office national d'information sur les enseignements et les professions): French national government operator of educational and career orientation services, including CIO centers. Closest comparable French-government function to the subject company — public, free, multi-channel orientation and apprenticeship information with a comparable mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCv575Gu3i3JuxWcPp5CjQhw
• Facebookfacebook.com/cdmgeneve
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cdmgeneve
• Instagraminstagram.com/cdmgeneve

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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