Winner of the 2010 Jobzippers Business Suit Competition


We are glad to announce the winner of the 2010 tailor-made business suit competition, in cooperation with Jeremy Gleave, Zurich.
More than 200 students and graduates have participated in this year’s competition to win a 1000 CHF tailor-made business suit from Jeremy Gleave.
Michele Tavela, a PhD student at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, has made the race and will now be equipped with a tailor-made suit exactly what he needs when he is going out to apply next year for jobs.
Michele is working on restoring communication and control capabilities in severely disabled people thanks to the so called “Brain-Computer interfaces”. The idea behind all this is to control prosthetic devices by mere thinking.
“Although during my daily living I prefer to dress casual, I cannot wait to show-off with my new tailor-made suit by Jeremy Gleave!”, Michele told Jobzippers after having received the message.

After graduating as a PhD, Michele wants to apply for a job with Google, McKinsey or Siemens. So we would call it perfect timing! We are looking forward to receiving the pictures from the fitting and of course also once Michele received his new suit!

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Jobzippers’ Peter Vogel new Sandbox Ambassador for the Geneva-Lausanne Region of Switzerland


Zurich, 1 June 2010 – Sandbox announced today that Peter Vogel, Founder and Managing Director of Jobzippers was named new Sandbox Ambassador for the French Part of Switzerland. “We’re happy we could get Peter as one of our Ambassadors in Switzerland. Through his precocious entrepreneurial and scientific achievements, Peter is an example of the groundbreaking generation of CEOs we at Sandbox like to link. His natural networking skills and his international background will help him to create a strong Sandbox community in the Romandie, bringing together the most talented young individuals from the region and helping them benefit from unique opportunities to accelerate their path.”, Antoine Verdon, CEO of Sandbox said.

http://www.sandbox-network.com/

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Jobzippers on change.ch – Launch of new interview series “The New Generation of CEOs”


Zurich, 1 June 2010 – Peter Vogel, Founder and Managing Director of Jobzippers was interviewed by Zoran Bozanic, CEO of the platform change.ch They talked about the uprising new generation of CEOs and Jobzippers` ideas and future projects. Furthermore, they discussed the current state of entrepreneurship in Switzerland.
This interview kicked off a new series of interviews in which young CEOs and entrepreneurs in Switzerland will be talking about their business models and their plans. Jobzippers and change.ch will launch this new cooperation in order to enhance the presence of young business projects in the media.
“We’re looking forward to an exciting partnership and cooperation with change.ch helping to give young start-ups a voice towards the public”, Jobzippers’ Peter Vogel commented today.
See interview on http://change.ch/aktuell/news/peter-vogel.html, as well available on http://www.berneckerverlag.ch/ and http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-medien/change-ch.asp

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Jobzippers Sponsors Winner of Startup Weekend Zurich Business Model Competition


startupweekendZURICH, 18 May 2010 – “Sneak a Peek” is the winner of the category “Business Potential of the idea” at this year’s Startup Weekend Zurich. 18 different teams spent their weekends at Technopark in Zurich, setting up their business models for their own Startup projects. The presentations and award delivery took place at Exil Club in Zurich last Sunday.

Sneak a Peek is looking forward to position itself as niche player in the clothes retail business. Focusing on accessories for men, Sneak a Peek will soon start to set up an online distribution system strictly focusing on the Swiss market.

Sneak a Peek has received an HR package worth 5000 CHF sponsored by Jobzippers. In a first phase HR specialists of Jobzippers will help to create a suitable startup team and later on help to enhance the potential of this business idea and to put words into deeds.

“We’re glad having been chosen as one of the winners of the Startup Weekend Zurich and we’re looking forward to an interesting cooperation with Jobzippers.”, the newly minted winners and future entrepreneurs commented.

Jobzippers Ltd. was represented by Akin Soysal, Co-Founder and Member of the Advisory Board and Jonas Huber, Head of Media and Legal Affairs.

Details: http://www.startupweekend.ch

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Jobzippers at the 40. St.Gallen Symposium on Entrepreneurship


This year’s St.Gallen Symposium was on Entrepreneurship with many debates about entrepreneurship as a viable career option for students and graduates. It was a very inspiring conference with politicians, today’s and tomorrow’s leaders. One of the biggest debates that was going on between these two generations were the corporate vs. entrepreneurial career. Jobzippers is proud to have been a part of this outstanding gathering of thinkers and doers. Take a look at a summary of highlights of Thursdays’ sessions.

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Testimonial: Lilia von Rütte beginnt ein Praktikum bei der AGCO International GmbH


Lilia, wie bist Du auf die das Career Center Jobzippers gestoßen?

Auf der Suche nach einem Praktika im Bereich Human Resources bin ich im Internet zufällig auf eine Stellenausschreibung innerhalb der Jobzippers Ltd gestossen.

Was war deine erste Erfahrung mit Jobzippers?

Ich habe mich sofort bei Jozippers beworben und schon nur nach einigen Stunden eine Antwort von Peter Vogel erhalten. Da das Praktikum bereits vergeben war hat er mir ein ähnliches Praktikum bei der AGCO International GmbH vorgeschlagen und meine Unterlagen weitergeleitet.

Wie lange hat es gedauert bis du die Zusage für das Praktikum erhalten hast?

Am nächsten Tag wurde ich schon von der HR Abteilung von AGCO zu einem Interview eingeladen, welches ausgezeichnet verlief und 10 Tage später hatte ich schon meinen ersten Arbeitstag.

Wie war deine Erfahrung bei AGCO?

Ich bin nun schon fast 4 Monate bei AGCO und habe Spass an meiner Arbeit. Natürlich kommt man auch als Praktikant nicht drum herum viele administrative Tätigkeiten zu erledigen, aber ich kann mich an verschiedenen Projekten beteiligen und auch mitentscheiden. Ich lerne sehr viel und bin froh diese Möglichkeit erhalten zu haben.

Nach Deinen Erfahrungen in dem Bewerbungsprozess, hast Du einen Tipp an die anderen Jobzippers-Mitglieder?

Mein Tipp an Stellensuchende ist, dass man sich nicht nur auf Online Bewerbungen beschränken soll, sondern alle Kontakte und Netzwerke mobilisieren sollte. Hierzu eignet sich besonders Jobzippers, da man sich nur an eine Person wenden muss, hinter der jedoch ein ganzes Netzwerk liegt. Auch ich konnte vom Wissen und Kontakte von Jobzippers profitieren und auf Anhieb ein Praktikum erhalten. Die Stellensuche ist ein langwieriger Prozess, der oft frustrierend ist und gerade deshalb ist es wichtig Personen zu haben die motivierend sind und einem den Weg zeigen können.

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New Team Member: Jonas Huber


We’re happy to welcome Jonas Huber as the new Head of Media and Legal Affairs at Jobzippers. Having gained a lot of journalistic experience when writing for newspapers such as Tagesanzeiger, and currently being enrolled as a law student at the university of Zurich, we are sure that Jonas will positively contribute to Jobzippers. We are looking forward to a fruitful cooperation.

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Jobzippers Ltd to Build Strategic Partnership with Startup Weekend


ZURICH, 22 April 2010 – Jobzippers Ltd. announced today that it has established a strategic partnership with Startup Weekend Zurich, a St.Gallen-based foundation.
“We’re glad to announce this new strategic partnership with Startup Weekend Zurich”, said Peter Vogel, Founder and Managing Director of Jobzippers Ltd. “We will work together by sharing know-how and cooperating on future workshops and events. In addition, Jobzippers will be one of the main sponsors of this event providing the teams with free HR packages.”
StartUp Weekend Zurich is the organizer of the startup weekend event that will take place May 14-16 2010 at the Technopark in Zurich. It is designed to connect students and graduates from all different disciplines during one weekend in order to guide them through the steps from finding an idea to developing a business model.
“We’re looking forward to an inspiring cooperation with Jobzippers and are thankful for the sponsorship and support we receive”, said Andreas Slotosch of StartUp Weekend Zurich.

Details: http://www.startupweekend.ch

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New Design


After extensively thinking about how to redesign our website without losing the simplicity we always wanted to keep, we are happy to present our new website. But don’t think this is the end of our endeavors to improve our product, design and service. We will soon be launching new and exciting functionalities exclusively available to our members. Make sure to sign up if you haven’t so far and invite your friends. Feel free to give us any feedback and remarks you have.

Your Jobzippers Team.

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Choosing a Career


Here are some basic things that you should take into consideration when assessing whether or not an opportunity is the right one for you or not (Jack Canfield)
1. Does this opportunity make your heart sing? You must experience joy when thinking of it
2. Make a due dilligence and find out what it is like
3. Trust your instinct
4. If it is not the right thing in the end, it doesn’t matter. You can always change.

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