Oftringen, small city in the central part of Switzerland, canton Aargau.
https://goo.gl/maps/42RuDdKQcu92

It has about 10 000 citizens, so not so much is going on here. There is a cinema, swimming pool and a lot of shopping centres, but not so much more.

The city is in the middle of the whole Switzerland, so you can easily travel all around Switzerland with the local trains. If you are under 25 you should definitely get "Halb-tax" for 185 CHF (all trains cost 50 % less) and "Gleis 7" for 129 CHF (you can travel for free between 19.00 and 5.00).
https://www.sbb.ch/en/travelcards-and-tickets/railpasses/half-fare-travelcard.html
https://www.sbb.ch/en/travelcards-and-tickets/railpasses/track-7.html


From the local municipality you can get also "Tageskarte" for 45 CHF. With this ticket you can travel all around the Switzerland for a whole day. Ships, trains and all of the public transportation in all cities are included.
e.g.: http://www.oftringen.ch/?srv=flexicard

4 "big" cities are reachable in 1 hour: Zürich, Luzern, Basel and Bern. You can also reach the borders of the whole Switzerland in under 3 hours. More less you can travel anywhere in Switzerland you want for a weekend. Also southern France, southern Germany, western Austria and northen Italy are quite easily doable.

ID Gebäudetechnik AG, Oftringen - ID Group

I have helped with several ventilation and heating project in the company. I did some drawings, prepared commissioning documentation and participated on on site activities (measurements of ventilation, reparation of malfunctioning devices and general problem solving.

2500 CHF Brutto (2250 CHF netto).
I have spent 85 CHF for insurance, 300-400 CHF for food and 500 CHF for the accommodation. So every single month I have ended up with extra 800 CHF, which I have spent on travelling, beers and IAESTE weekends.

German, English and Czech/Slovak (my boss comes from Slovakia :-D ).

The company rented for us a big apartment (4,5 rooms) and I lived there only with my one colleague. It was more than big enough. I have paid 500 CHF a month.

I arrived with train to Olten and two ladies from the company picked me up.

IAESTE in Switzerland organizes tons of events, every single week trainees in Zurich, Lausanne and Bern meet up and there is also a lot of IAESTE Weekends through the whole year.

I met dozens on IAESTE Weekly meetings and Weekends, some other through friends.
https://www.iaeste.ch/foreign-trainees/events/categories/weekend-activity/

Hiking, cycling, running and all the usual stuff you can do in cities. There is more than enough opportunities to find your favority activity.

Movies, theaters (mostly German only).

It is quite similar to Austrian and Czech cuisine, I was not blown away by anything.

Internet, calls...

Buy the Halb-Tax and Gleis 7 discounts for public transportation right away. Then you can travel all around Switzerland quite cheap. There is not so much to do in Oftringen itself.

Passport and power plug adapter. Everything else you can easily buy here.

I got the job at the company, so it helped me to fulfil my dream of working abroad right away after my studies. I am improving my German and technical skills every day.

Without a single problem and I have enjoyed all of the meetings and weekend activities.