Professional sectors with active openings
Explore jobs by sector: healthcare, engineering, banking, hospitality, construction and 40+ professional categories.
50 entries · Updated 2026-05-12
How to use this index
How this index is built. Sector pages cluster openings by role family using a text classifier on job title + description + native category (when the source ATS exposes one). The top Ticino cross-border sectors are, in order: healthcare (~22 % of stable openings), retail and hospitality (~18 %), construction and HVAC (~12 %), banking and insurance (~9 %), engineering and mechanical (~7 %). The remaining categories cover public administration, private schools, IT, logistics and 30+ smaller niches.
How to use it as a cross-border worker. Opening the relevant sector page shows the active listings, a short contract-type primer, the median salary band for that sector and the companies hiring most. For regulated sectors (healthcare, schools, security) always check the title-equivalence requirements (Italian degree → Swiss recognition) and the relevant register: the SBFI/SEFRI recognition takes 3-6 months and is best run in parallel with applications. For universally transferable roles (kitchen, retail, non-specialist construction) the formal requirement is just the G permit.
- Nurses
- Elderly care
- Educators
- Doctors
- Healthcare assistants
- Physiotherapists
- Pharmacists
- Engineers
- Software developers
- Data scientists
- Cybersecurity
- Project managers
- Accountants
- Banking & finance
- Insurance
- Consulting
- Legal
- Human resources
- Marketing
- Sales
- Retail
- Logistics
- Transport
- Drivers
- Warehouse staff
- Mechanics
- Electricians
- Plumbers
- Construction
- Bricklayers
- Carpenters
- Manufacturing
- Watchmaking
- Pharmaceutical
- Chemicals
- Food & beverage
- Restaurants
- Chefs
- Waiters
- Hotels & tourism
- Cleaning
- Security
- Public sector
- Education
- Designers
- Architects
- Agriculture
- Energy & utilities
- Media
- Technicians
Cross-border worker deep-dive
Why the sector index is the right starting point. For job seekers crossing the border, the "filter by sector" is almost always more useful than the keyword filter: the same role gets posted with different synonyms (e.g. "nurse", "healthcare assistant", "OSS") and the text classifier feeding these pages collects every variant under the same category. The sector page gives a snapshot of competing employers in the same branch, a reference salary median and the list of biggest hirers — three pieces of information that an alphabetical openings list simply can't give you. The salary simulator turns the sector gross into a real net.
Regulated sectors and Italian title portability. For healthcare, school, finance and security roles the application is not really formal until you've started (or already finished) the recognition of your Italian title with SBFI/SEFRI: the procedure takes 3-6 months and should be launched in parallel with sending CVs, not after. For universally transferable roles (kitchen, retail, non-specialist construction, logistics) the only formality is the G permit, requested by the employer after contract signature. Always check on the specific sector page the requirements declared in the listings: some employers require recognition upfront, others sponsor it.