Swiss Recruitment & Staffing Partnerships
Keep 90% of Your Recruitment Fee.
Expand your recruitment business into Switzerland with an established staffing partner. We support permanent recruitment and contracting through licensed Swiss operations, allowing you to focus on candidates, client relationships and growth within a compliant partnership structure.
Permanent placement fee
Example: placement fee of CHF 20'000
Standard proposed share for eligible permanent placement partnerships. No setup fees, no monthly subscriptions, no fee without a successful placement.
The Challenge
Switzerland is one of Europe's most attractive markets for skilled professionals – and one of the most regulated for recruiters. Agencies based abroad quickly meet requirements that cannot be solved from a desk in London, Berlin or Warsaw:
Private recruitment and staff leasing are governed by the Federal Act on Employment Services and the Leasing of Services (AVG) and its ordinance (AVV).
Regular, remunerated placement in Switzerland requires a cantonal licence; placements involving other countries additionally require federal (SECO) authorisation. Licences are issued to Swiss-registered businesses only and are not transferable.
Leasing professionals to Swiss clients requires a staff leasing licence, Swiss employment contracts and compliance with the collective labour agreement for staff leasing. Leasing from abroad into Switzerland is not permitted.
Swiss clients expect Swiss contracts, Swiss terms and a Swiss counterparty they can rely on.
Placement fees must be invoiced and collected by the Swiss party that performs the regulated activity.
Contractors need Swiss payroll, social insurance, occupational pension and withholding tax handled correctly from day one.
Work permits, notification procedures and cross-border rules differ for EU/EFTA and third-country nationals.
We provide the Swiss recruitment and staffing infrastructure for a properly structured partnership.
Which activities a partnership covers – and which remain with your agency – is defined in the compliance review and the partnership agreement. A partnership does not by itself authorise every form of cross-border recruitment activity.
Two Core Services
Permanent Recruitment
You source and present the candidate. The licensed Swiss entity concludes the recruitment agreement with the Swiss client, coordinates the placement, invoices the fee and passes 90% on to you.
90 / 1090/10 fee share · success-based
Contracting & Staff Leasing
Your candidate takes a contract role with a Swiss client. The licensed Swiss staff leasing entity employs the contractor, runs payroll and social insurance, manages timesheets and bills the client – you keep the relationship and your margin.
Tailored commercial conditions
Contracting pricing is quoted individually and is not covered by the 10% permanent placement fee model.
How It Works
Tell us about your recruitment agency, countries of operation and Swiss opportunities.
We assess the cooperation structure, required authorisations and respective responsibilities.
We define the commercial and operational terms, including fee sharing, documentation and customer responsibilities.
The relevant licensed Swiss entity carries out the legally required activities, coordinates agreements and manages invoicing.
Following successful placement and customer payment, the agreed recruitment fee is distributed: 90% to the recruitment agency and 10% to the Swiss partner.
Recruitment Fee Calculator
Enter the candidate's annual gross salary and your agreed recruitment fee. The Swiss partner share is fixed at 10% of the collected fee.
You keep
CHF 21'600
Illustrative calculation. Actual amounts are subject to the partnership agreement, applicable taxes (including VAT) and legal requirements.
Why RM Group
More than a SECO partner: an established Swiss staffing organisation.
Across our group, in IT, finance, engineering and life sciences.
Permanent placement and staff leasing for Swiss clients since 1998.
Cantonal and federal authorisations for placement and staff leasing within the group.
Swiss payroll on Abacus with Swissdec-certified reporting, run by RM Payroll AG.
Framework agreements with major Swiss companies in banking, insurance, pharma, industry and the public sector.
Digital contracting, qualified electronic signatures and online timesheets.
90/10 for permanent placements, individual quotes for contracting – no hidden items.
A dedicated partner manager for your agency, in English or German.
Who performs the regulated activity
| Permanent recruitment (placement) | RM Group AG |
| Contracting / staff leasing | RM Payroll AG / PROSTAFF Schweiz GmbH |
| Payroll and contractor administration | RM Payroll AG |
The licensed entity acting for your partnership is named in the partnership agreement and is the contracting party on every Swiss client agreement and invoice. Authorisations held by one group company are not transferred to another, and no licence is rented, sold or lent.
Frequently Asked Questions
Private recruitment (placement) and staff leasing in Switzerland are regulated by the Federal Act on Employment Services and the Leasing of Services (AVG). Agencies that regularly place candidates for a fee need a licence from the cantonal labour authority. Placements involving other countries additionally require authorisation from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) – commonly called the "SECO licence". Licences are issued only to businesses registered in Switzerland and cannot be transferred, rented or lent.
Not directly from abroad as the placing party: the regulated placement activity in Switzerland must be performed by a licensed Swiss intermediary. International agencies can, however, cooperate with a licensed Swiss partner that concludes the recruitment agreement with the client, coordinates the placement and invoices the fee, while the agency contributes sourcing, candidate presentation and client introductions under the partnership agreement.
Yes, within a properly structured partnership. You do not need a Swiss company or your own licence: the licensed Swiss entity performs the regulated activities and carries the corresponding responsibility. Which tasks you may carry out yourself depends on your country of operation and on the compliance review we conduct before signing.
After a compliance review we sign a partnership agreement that defines responsibilities, documentation and the fee share. You identify candidates and opportunities; the licensed Swiss entity concludes the recruitment agreement with the Swiss client, coordinates the placement, invoices and collects the fee and distributes your share after the client has paid.
10% of the collected placement fee, proposed as the standard share for eligible permanent placement partnerships. There are no setup fees, no monthly subscriptions and no fees without a successful placement.
Because you do the recruiting. Our 10% covers the regulated Swiss activities – client agreement, coordination, invoicing, collection and compliance – which we run on an existing infrastructure rather than building it for each partner. We earn when you earn.
After the Swiss client has paid the placement invoice, in accordance with the partnership agreement. We invoice the client, collect the fee and distribute your 90% share; the settlement cycle and currency are agreed in the contract.
Nothing is charged. The model is success-based: no placement, no fee, no cost to your agency. Guarantee or replacement periods agreed with the client are mirrored in the partnership agreement.
Yes. Our group operates licensed Swiss staff leasing: the Swiss leasing entity employs the contractor, handles payroll, social insurance, occupational pension and timesheets, and bills the client. Contracting is quoted individually.
Yes. RM Payroll AG, the group's payrolling company, runs payroll, social insurance, occupational pension and withholding tax for contractors on Abacus, Switzerland's leading business software, with Swissdec-certified reporting.
Yes. We work with agencies from the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Poland, Romania, Portugal, Spain and other European countries as well as the United States. Partnership agreements are available in English or German.
A current company registration extract, details of your agency and its principals, your countries of operation and the intended Swiss activities, plus any licences you hold in your home country. We review these in the compliance step before signing.
You keep the commercial relationship with your client. The licensed Swiss entity is the contracting and invoicing party for the regulated activity and coordinates the formal steps with the client; day-to-day contact stays with you unless agreed otherwise.
Permanent recruitment places a candidate into direct employment with the client for a one-off fee. In staff leasing, the Swiss leasing entity employs the professional and leases them to the client for the duration of the assignment, with monthly billing, payroll and social insurance.
No. Contracting prices are calculated individually, based on the hourly rate, the length of the assignment and the services required, and are quoted before the first assignment.
Partnership Inquiry
Tell us about your agency and your Swiss opportunities. We reply within one working day, in English or German.
Partner with an established Swiss recruitment and staffing organisation and access Swiss placement opportunities through an appropriately structured cooperation.
Legal note: Cooperation is structured individually in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Employment Services and the Leasing of Services (AVG) and its ordinance (AVV). The licensed Swiss entity performs the regulated activities. A partnership does not transfer a licence to your agency and does not by itself authorise every form of cross-border recruitment activity.
