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How flexible can the balance between work and leisure time be?
Some buzzwords are thrown around indiscriminately and much too often, usually on completely inappropriate occasions. Work-life balance is one of them. Hundreds [...]
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Munich Re International Graduate Trainee Programme
Stephanie Hodges is a member of the International Graduate [...]
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The end of the workday! What’s the modern way to draw the line between your work life and private life?
The boundaries between work and leisure are increasingly vanishing: 88 percent of employees are available for their bosses at home and almost a third are available around the clock, [...]
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Voll im Plan – weniger Stress durch Zeitmanagement
Do you know the feeling? At the beginning of the semester, it seems as though you have plenty of time to complete all of your jobs quite comfortably – but toward the end, time just [...]
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SAP Gap Year Program – the unique internship experience
Many students, who are interested in a career, rush through their studies as if they were a race. An attitude that can be counterproductive, since recruiters are not always interested [...]
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Our Exam Stress Management Guide!
You've just polished off your last chocolate Santa and vacuumed up the final bits of confetti from the New Year's Eve party, and lo and behold: it's the end of yet another term! [...]
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Uninterrupted Resume – How to Skillfully Handle Gaps in Your Career
Are there gaps in your resume that you haven’t filled with time spend abroad, an apprenticeship or an internship? This is not a problem per se – if you know how to present these [...]
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Five Great Things about the SAP Sales Academy
The SAP Academy for Sales is an intensive nine-month training programme providing a world-class foundation for a successful sales career in high-tech software. It offers the one-off [...]
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Grant for school books – Credit for buecher.de
Grant for school books – Credit for buecher.de Get your nose stuck in a book! As Cicero once said: “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” Thanks to this free [...]
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The Online-Megaphone: The How-To’s of Student Blogging
Whether scientific papers, theses, dissertations, or term papers – students are faced with numerous academic papers throughout their student life. We already gave you tips on how [...]
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Ten smart tips for making your presentations exciting
Presenting is a skill that must be learned. It begins with putting the slides together in the right order and creating them properly. It gets even more difficult when you’d like [...]
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Goodbye, Test Anxiety: Tips for Calmer Studies
There’s no need to pull an all-nighter cramming or having to miss out on things with friends this semester. Find out how to be well prepared for you exams. [...]
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Munich Re in Italy: Trainee Francesca Palmeri
Francesca Palmeri works at Munich Re, Milan as a Financial Consultant. She has joined the company in 2014 when she started as a trainee in the International Graduate Trainee Programme. [...]
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UnlimITed 2018
Shape the future with our Digital Strategy Consulting course October 17-19, 2018, near Paris Workshop Join us in a beautiful château near Paris and discover [...]
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Five Great Things about the SAP Sales Academy
The SAP Academy for Sales is an intensive nine-month training programme providing a world-class foundation for a successful sales career in high-tech software. It offers [...]
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Busting Myths, New Experiences and Many Surprises – The #IMMERSE Winning Team Trip to London
This story starts back in October 2015 when five strangers got grouped together at #IMMERSE, Munich Re’s first annual case study competition for reinsurance. The five strangers [...]
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openSAP: Free MOOCs from SAP
Our partner company SAP is offering free MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) on their platform, openSAP! Learn more about SAP’s innovative technologies such as SAP HANA while sitting at home on your [...]
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College as a parent: can it be done?
Since the Bologna Reform, college study has become strictly organized and doesn’t leave much room for individual freedom. Does that really allow any time to have children? The [...]
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„Follow your dreams, but be practical about it“
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Reduce your stress: How to make learning more relaxed
Preparing for seminars, writing essays, learning for exams – studying is extremely time-consuming. In addition to these responsibilities, you also have social commitments and need [...]
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Seven tips for answering the question about your weaknesses
It’s one of the standard questions in any interview: “What are your weaknesses?” But do you know why this question is actually asked and what sort of answers are expected? We all [...]
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Five advantages of sharing an apartment
After secondary school, it’s time to embark on a new chapter in life. This often means leaving the nest and setting out for a new city to attend a university. But what sort of living [...]
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Getting into Reinsurance
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"Compared to this, a normal holiday is boring"
What does an SAP High Potential do? He goes to South Africa to help others less fortunate! Dr. Jan Teichmann is a development architect for SAP. In this position, he is a very busy [...]
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Do's and don’ts of the digital lifestyle
Juliane (23) studies business administration at the International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef - Bonn (IUBH). Every morning before [...]
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Starting Out in Corporate Finance as part of our Investment Banking
A tailored solution for every financial need: SAF (Strategic Asset Finance) provides advisory and financial services for complex and tailor-made financing solutions – from [...]
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Remembering Names Made Easy
“Good morning, Ms. Schmitz. Good morning, Mr. ...” – Shoot, what was his name again? Entering the job market means you’re constantly meeting new people and having to remember faces [...]
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Guerrilla Applications – Apply with Shock and Awe!
Boring is so yesterday: Guerrilla applications are on the rise, finding their way onto the desks of more and more HR departments with eye catching creative applications. What if [...]
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Building your career with the E.ON Graduate Program
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“Everyone is a talent at SAP” – interview with Celine Burgle
Celine Burgle, 37, had the opportunity to move to various roles and parts of SAP’s business throughout her career: she started in the Maintenance Go-To-Market, the renewal of SAP’s [...]
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„I would love to plant some ideas and give them the chance to grow.“
Niklas Laasch, member of the careerloft student advisory board, had the chance to speak with Fabian Hemmert about TEDxBerlin, his experiences on stage and off stage as well as the [...]
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Experience abroad at Covestro: trainee program without borders
At Covestro, we have an international focus. Even at the entry level! People who start the trainee program at the leading supplier of high-quality polymer materials have the opportunity to become familiar [...]
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Accountant stereotypes
There are negative stereotypes about virtually every occupational group. Teachers are seen as obnoxious know-it-alls, IT workers are pale nerds, Business Studies students are shallow [...]
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#RichtigBewerben (fit for applying) Munich Re’s Assessment Centre
Our #RichtigBewerben (fit for applying) content series features useful advice for the application process – from the cover letter to the job interview. This week, [...]
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“Openness to share and discuss ideas” – As an Innovation Analyst in Silicon Valley
Andrea Karaman, 28, loves striving for new horizons. As a Munich Re Graduate Trainee she is spending three months with the Munich Re inno-scout team in Silicon Valley, California. A journey towards [...]
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Raspberry Pi – a pocket-sized work of genius
“That’s a pocket-sized kind of hard drive, I think,” I answered, the first time someone asked me what a Raspberry Pi is – totally underestimating the capabilities of this pocket-sized [...]
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Finding the right company...
The process of searching for the right company is a lot like choosing a partner: since you’ll be together for part of your life, you should both have the same expectations. [...]
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Being an E.ON-Trainee in a “truly international program”
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Finally - your own four walls! How to find a suitable apartment.
For a lot of freshmen, the start of college is synonymous with moving away from home. But for most of them it’s a big challenge: a housing shortage breaks out in college towns at [...]
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Being productive on the job: Get on the right track
Many employees are familiar with the situation: It’s almost time to go home, and once again you’ve got that feeling that you’ve done a lot but still haven’t achieved anything. The [...]
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Lecturio – Your virtual university
Lecturio – Your virtual university With Lecturio, you decide when and where you want to learn more about which topic. As a virtual university for lifelong learning, Lecturio makes numerous [...]
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#CareerTipsFromHollywood – House of Cards
The fourth season of House of Cards premiered on Netflix in Summer 2016. The political series revolves around the American presidency and focuses on one central theme: power. How [...]
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Probationary period: The first 100 days on the job
The first three months in a new profession definitely aren’t a piece of cake. Sure, you have the right qualifications for the job – otherwise you wouldn’t have been hired. However, [...]
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#CareerTipsFromHollywood: Pretty Little Liars
“A” is back! Five years on from the last time they were reunited, friends Alison, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer find themselves terrorized once again. It’s safe [...]
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We don’t want you! How you react to a job rejection
Rejections always hurt. After all, you were convinced that you were the best person for the job that was advertised. But unfortunately the company saw it differently. Obviously, [...]
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"SAP is more than bits and bytes"
Off we go – to SAP! Today is the 2nd German Diversity Day, and I've been invited to spend it with the large software company in Walldorf. Diversity and inclusion [...]
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Generation Y is here: new challenges for insurers
Generation Y is taking over the reins – in insurance companies as well. The change is also affecting Claims departments. Lawyers are still in high demand. Exciting jobs await, especially [...]
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#IMMERSE into the world of Munich Re
… was the motto of Munich Re's two-day career event with a difference. And I didn't need to be asked twice. Armed with my camera and smart phone, I was there at the Munich head [...]
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Got a job yet? When class- or roommates become rivals
You’ve studied together, partied together, maybe even lived together. But suddenly you are chasing the same job... Many people experience the nasty tactics of a [...]
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Abstraction Is Worth It – Jobs for Mathematicians
Precision, logic and analysis are some of their top skills: Mathematicians are used to working out clear results. Early practical experience is useful for optimizing your early [...]
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Casual Friday – how casual is too casual?
Dress-down Friday is a trend that originated in the U.S. in the 1950s. At the time, many employees would leave the office on Friday and drive straight out to the country for the [...]
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Money isn’t everything: What Generation Y wants from future employers
It’s almost commonplace for today’s graduates to come across as extremely self-confident. They know their worth and are prepared to impose their demands. This is what distinguishes [...]
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The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Which Combination of Letters Describes Your Personality?
As a student in the dual education system at Bertelsmann, I took part in the "Insight into Your Own Personality" seminar together with 19 of my classmates. We were split into two [...]
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The perfect careerloft profile – make sure our partners find you!
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Work with Meaning – Corporate Social Responsibility at SAP
The topic of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is being discussed everywhere these days. Socially responsible corporate conduct, sustainability, and social justice are all themes [...]
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180 Teilnehmer, 40 Nationalitäten und 35 Projekte – Ausnahmezustand beim jacobsHack! in Bremen
„Ich hacke, also bin ich!“ Unter diesem Motto trafen sich am 17. und 18. Oktober rund 180 Programmierbegeisterte für den Hackathon jacobsHack! auf dem Campus der Jacobs University [...]
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#KarrieretippsAusHollywood: And the Oscar Goes to ...
Gestern Nacht sind die Oscars 2017 verliehen worden und es hieß wieder mal: and the Oscar goes to ... Auch dieses Jahr war das Promi-Aufgebot gewohnt glamourös: Casey Affleck, Andrew [...]
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Spotlight on Women Leaders at SAP: Satya Sreenivasan
Satya Sreenivasan, Developer at the SAP Innovation Center Network, leads a team of developers in Singapore working on SAP [...]
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Leave your hot pants at home
Do you know what companies really look for in job trade fair visitors? Janika Pickartz is the one to ask. She is Employer Brand Manager at [...]
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Welcome Munich Re
Although the Munich Re welcome event at the Loft in Berlin did feature lederhosen and Augustiner beer, a lot of prejudices were overcome. No topic can be more boring than [...]
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Summer job: make money and contacts
A summer job is the perfect way to improve your financial situation. Ideally, improving your purchasing power during the semester will allow you to concentrate on your studies. It’s [...]
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What do bread rolls have to do with in-memory technology?
The HPI Future SOC Lab was founded in 2010 as a collaboration between the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) and its industrial partners [...]
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#KarrieretippsAusHollywood 9: Cara Delevingne aus Suicide Squad
„Who am I? Who am I trying to be?“, fragt sich das britische Topmodel und Schauspielerin Cara Delevingne in einem Gedicht, das sie im [...]
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Office Survival Tips from Survivor and the Undead
Prevent your job-pocalypse with survival tips from The Walking Dead! Since late October the pale characters we’re all familiar with have returned to wreak havoc on the [...]
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Recruiting trends: What you should prepare for!
The forecasts are good: Despite weak economic growth, German companies are looking to continue hiring more people in the coming year, as shown by a study by the temporary employment [...]
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30 Tage Covestro
Ob Praktikum, Traineeprogramm oder Direkteinstieg – wer hätte nicht gerne ein paar Vorabinfos über die ersten Tage in Job und Unternehmen. Klar findet man viele Infos auf der Unternehmenswebsite, [...]
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350 Gute Taten
Unser Partner Merck feiert 2018 sein 350-jähriges Jubiläum. Über das hohe Alter des „Geburtstagskindes“ dürften sich weltweit viele Menschen freuen – zumindest indirekt. Denn Merck [...]
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How do I identify talents? How to find out what you’re really good at
Some people are good at drawing, or they can listen well, design and construct things, or teach people. Others can’t do those things — and they look up to people who do have those [...]
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The business consultancy dresscode
Jeans with clients? How casually can, must or should an auditor dress? Are there differences internationally?Markus K. Reif, Head of Recruiting & Employer Branding [...]
