CareFair and IFAS boost sustainable connections in healthcare
Tara Trueb
In 2024, the partnership between IFAS, the leading trade fair for the Swiss healthcare market, and CareFair, the Swiss job fair for healthcare professions, again proved its worth – for the fourth time already. Together, the two fairs create a platform that brings together employers, decision-makers and professionals to address the challenges in the healthcare sector.
While IFAS showcases innovations, trends and current topics in the healthcare sector, CareFair supplements the platform by providing a specially targeted interface between institutions and professionals. With its hybrid approach of combining digital efficiency with personal discussions, CareFair offers professionals perspectives that not only provide them with short-term solutions but also keep them in the industry over the long term.
The figures show how urgently this is needed – more than 14,000 jobs in the care sector are vacant. Around 40% of healthcare professionals and a third of doctors leave the profession early. By 2029, Switzerland will need 43,400 qualified nursing professionals, but only 28,900 are set to be trained. This growing gap is overburdening hospitals and care homes and also leading to higher costs for temporary staff.
CareFair adopts specially targeted, sustainable approaches to addressing these challenges. With individualized career advice, selective recruitment and long-term support for healthcare professionals, CareFair contributes to realizing the potential of the healthcare system, alleviating the shortage of healthcare professionals and enhancing the attractiveness of the professions.
We appreciate the important work done by CareFair and are delighted to be creating added value for institutions, professionals and patients through our partnership. We look forward to continuing our cooperation and will be warmly welcoming CareFair at IFAS in 2026 again.
