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zeb career blog

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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Article

zeb.Uni 2024 – Two days full of inspiration, networking and fun

This year, again, we can look back on another eventful zeb.Uni. Find out more about the exciting agenda of this year’s innovation and network meeting here.

Testimonial

The importance of female empowerment in consulting

Caroline has been a Senior Consultant at zeb since the beginning of 2023. In the following interview, she talks about how she got into consulting and the challenges as well as opportunities the industry holds for women.

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Article

From boomer to Gen Z: how to succeed with intergenerational leadership

This episode of our “Sound of Finance” podcast series is all about intergenerational leadership. Click here to find out more!

Article

What selling financial products has to do with culture

This episode of our “Sound of Finance” podcast is about the underestimated connection between culture and sales. The way financial products are sold is undergoing massive change which goes hand in hand with cultural issues. Podcast host Martin talks to two experts about this topic.

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Digital assets, distributed ledger and more – thrilling projects in a disruptive environment

Michael is passionate about all things related to digital assets, and here he tells you what's behind it, how this exciting asset class is increasingly brought into the spotlight of the financial industry, and how we are helping financial institutions prepare for it.

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zeb.talents – a career development and networking program

Outstanding commitment during your internship pays off at zeb. If you complete an excellent internship with us, you will be invited to join the zeb.talents program. This enables you to keep in touch with zeb during your studies, exchange ideas with experienced consultants on specialist topics and take part in exciting events.

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Testimonial

From physics to consulting

Helena joined zeb after completing her PhD in physics and works as a software developer. In this interview, she tells us what she as a physicist finds particularly exciting about her work and what her day-to-day work as a developer is like.

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Article

Our application process

Are you wondering what the application process is like at zeb and do you want to know what you can expect from us? Then read this article.

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Article

We are proutz - proud to be out @ zeb

Our proutz network aims to raise awareness, promote tolerance and understanding and thus counteract prejudice. In this blog post, you will learn more about the background and objective of this network.

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How do companies create a culture where “colorful” is commonplace?

This episode of our “Sound of Finance” podcast series is all about our LGBTQI+ initiative proutz. Click here to listen to the episode with Tabea, Manager at zeb and co-founder of the network.

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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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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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"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.

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A consultancy as an incubator for start-ups

As the founder of zeb.applied, Eddie Dubiel knows the company like no other. In the "Sound of Finance" podcast, he gives an overview of the responsibilities, origins and special features of zeb's digital subsidiary.

Testimonial

"A typical working week definitely depends on my current project work."

In his testimonial, Markus will reveal what it was like to start his professional career as a consultant during the coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, he will provide insights into his current work and explain why zeb is exceptional in his view.