Swiss Post provides 65 ICT apprenticeships a year.
ICT specialists: Swiss Post promotes new talent
A study conducted by ICT-Berufsbildung Schweiz points to soaring demand for ICT professionals. This sphere is growing four times faster than the average of all careers. As Switzerland’s third-largest IT employer offering a wide variety of exciting job profiles, Swiss Post is heavily exposed to the impending shortage of specialists.
“Cutting-edge technologies are opening up the pathway to the future,” explains Laetitia Henriot Arsever, Head of Technology. “Online customer services, data science, smart city, Internet of things, blockchain – to meet our universal service obligation in the digital world, we rely on outstanding ICT professionals 24/7.”
To avoid a staff shortage in this field, Swiss Post is investing in training and education, providing 65 ICT apprenticeships a year. Swiss Post’s ICT Campus and ICT Academy and PostFinance’s Competence Center for Young Professionals (CCYP) provide a talent pool and serve to enhance career prospects. Through its bug bounty programme, Swiss Post also ensures transparency and engages in cooperation with the IT community. The company also launched an employer branding campaign in 2020 to raise the profile of its IT unit.