We are happy to announce some changes in the Unviersum Switzerland team!

First of all in May 2010 Nelly Riggenbach Hasler took over the position of Director DACH. Working for Universum since round 4 years as Country Manager in Switzerland, she could gather an important and valuable experience in Employer Branding. Today she is responsible for the three markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The Swiss team also grew in the last couple of months and we would like to present our new employees based in Basel.

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Branding is what marketers practice to increase the sales of their products or services and has become common knowledge. Employer branding, however, is still a practice that seems to elude most. 

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Universum awarded the Swiss Students of the Year 2010!

Yolanda Hell, Female Power Student of the Year (L)

Nadia Langensand, Female Innovation Student of the Year (R)

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MBAs want international careers, but do not prioritise this when looking for employers

Based on 7,028 employer evaluations, reflecting the opinions of 2,009 students, Universum releases the European MBA Ideal Employer rankings. The data highlights the differences between Europe’s MBA and undergraduate/Master’s students. 

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Universum Communications AB announces today the results of its annual Pan-European Student Survey 2009.

Google is the number one Ideal Employer for business students, followed by Apple (no. two) and McKinsey & Company (no. three). Google also maintains the top spot for students in IT, Natural Sciences and Humanities, while in the engineering sector the top three are BMW (no. one), Porsche (no. two) and Audi (no. three). Read the rest of this entry »

Universum Communications announces the launch of its on-line Employer Branding (EB) Store. It’s an exclusive online shop catered to providing research and knowledge-based products to HR, Marketing and EB Professionals to help them achieve their organisation’s or company’s desired appeal as an employer on the talent and recruitment market.

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Universum Communications awarded in cooperation with Axpo and T-Systems the “Students of the Year 2009”. Among applications from all over Switzerland, we chose together the “Engineering Student of the Year” for Axpo, and the “Take Off! Student of the Year 2009“ for T-Systems. The award is directed to students who not only achieve the best results in school but also show social competence and engagement.

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