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Discover exciting articles and insights into zeb!

Welcome to our zeb career blog. Get to know the zeb team and gain exciting insights for your zeb career in financial services!

In the first category, Career Tip, you will find useful tips from the Talent Attraction team for your zeb career as well as inspiring information about doctorates at zeb.

In the categories Testimonials and Articles you can find out more about working life in consulting and the corporate culture at zeb. Get exciting insights from our advisors Carolin and Charlotte about the Bachelor Welcome Program and learn about our innovation and networking meetings.

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Testimonial

"I always enjoy looking back on my first project for zeb.applied."

Max has been working as a product designer at zeb.applied ever since the company was founded. He talks about what it’s like to have been part of the company from the very beginning and what distinguishes zeb.applied in his opinion. In addition, Max shares insights about his everyday life as a product designer.

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Testimonial

5 questions for ... Mira about her integrated degree program at zeb

Mira has been an integrated degree student of business informatics at zeb since 2021. Below, you will find out how an integrated degree program at zeb is structured, what Mira likes about hers and what direction she wants to take after graduation.

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Article

8 reasons why IT consulting at zeb may just be exactly the right thing for you

You are looking for a new challenge but don't know yet if consulting is the right thing for you? Read our article and learn more about (IT) consulting at zeb.

Article

Quo vadis, cloud?

Philipp has been working as a Cloud Operations Engineer at zeb since last year. In this blog post, he talks, among other things, about his responsibilities and his daily routine and offers you an exciting look behind the scenes of the zeb Software-as-a-Service team.

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Article

Hard skills vs. soft skills – which do I really need as a consultant?

You want to know what skills you should have in IT consulting? Our IT consultant Marvin reports on what really matters.

Testimonial

5 questions to ... Alexander about his parental leave at zeb

Alexander went on parental leave twice, i.e. after the birth of each of his two children. He tells us about his experiences and how he reconciles work and family now that he is no longer on parental leave.

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Article

Back to the Future: 30 years of zeb consulting

In 2022, zeb celebrated its 30th anniversary. Learn more about zeb's growth and success story from its founders Prof. Dr. Henner Schierenbeck and Prof. Dr. Bernd Rolfes.

Article

When is a bank ready for change and transformation?

Various types of silos slow down structural change. Here, you will learn how to identify these silos and successfully counteract them at the management and team levels.

Article

Do consultants need an “I-brand” on social media?

This episode of our “Sound of Finance” podcast is about the relevance of personal branding in the consulting industry. zeb consultant Laura talks to Stephanie and Gaëtan, coaches for positioning and personal branding on social media.

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Testimonial

"Working independently and with utmost precision and new methods is part of the daily routine of Embedded Research."

Eva completed a three-month internship in the Embedded Research team to gain practical experience alongside her university studies in economics. Find out more about the day-to-day work of a research intern and about the application process at zeb.

Testimonial

Five questions for: Hannah on case studies and job interviews

Case studies are an essential part of job interviews. In this testimonial, Hannah, Senior Consultant at zeb, explains how they also help with real project work and how to prepare for job interviews.

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Testimonial

"I help to ensure that we at zeb stay up-to-date and can keep up with the latest industry developments."

Matilda works as a student assistant in Research. In her testimonial, she tells us about the tasks she takes on and what she particularly appreciates about working at zeb.

Article

Joining a consultancy straight after a Bachelor's degree – how does that work?

Join a consultancy directly after your bachelor's degree – the Analyst program makes it possible. Find out more about joining us here.

Interview

The zeb.referral program: Jan and Philipp

The zeb.referral program allows employees to recommend acquaintances, friends and family members – this is also the route that led Philipp to his position in online marketing, having been recommended by his school friend Jan. Read more about how the two got to know each other, how Jan convinced Philipp to apply at zeb and how the latter experienced starting out with us.

Testimonial

"Embedded Research provides opportunities for personal growth and development."

Embedded Research offers a great variety in the team's daily work – in addition to classic consulting topics, they are involved in a wide range of research and scientific projects. Learn more from Madita about what she does and how the Embedded Research team works together.

Interview

The zeb.referral program: Fabian and Lasse

Employees can recommend friends and family members to zeb via the zeb.referral program. That way, Fabian brought Lasse, a friend he had known for years, into the company. Here you can read more about how the two of them first met, why Fabian recruited Lasse and why Lasse decided to join zeb.

Testimonial

“As a product owner at zeb.applied, you’re kind of like the Swiss Army knife of digital product development.”

Paul has been working as a product owner at zeb.applied since last year. Learn more about his first impressions at zeb.applied here: in this blog post, he tells us more about the application process at zeb.applied, the onboarding and zeb.start program as well as details about his responsibilities as a product owner.

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Testimonial

"Being involved in different projects made me realize that no two days are the same in the Research department."

As an intern in the Research department, Antonie learned much about client projects, data processing and evaluation processes. Find out more about her time at zeb, the team and the daily work of our researchers!

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Interview

The zeb.referral program: Theresa and Lukas

Employees can refer friends and family members via the zeb.referral program. Lukas also recommended his former fellow student Theresa. Learn more about how Theresa decided to join zeb, why Lukas wanted to support the program and what it’s like to work together.

Testimonial

"We always strive to share knowledge within our team."

At findic, a subsidiary of zeb, Anne-Sophie works on topics related to system integration or application lifecycle management on a daily basis. But IT consulting wasn't her preferred choice at the start of her career: in her testimonial, she describes how she went from studying mathematics to working at findic.