Career Services Network Switzerland
Empowering Career Services, Elevating Graduates, Shaping Switzerland's Future.

Program CSNCH Annual Meeting 2025

We aim to develop a program that explores the future of Career Services by answering the key question: What will Career Services look like in the future? Additionally, we will examine what these changes mean for us as Career Services employees.

Below you find the program (status: Mai 7th 2025)

Day 1 - June 17 2025 Tuesday

10.00

Arrival


10.30

Welcome Note, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Siegert, Deputy President and Vice President Education and Student Affairs


10.40

The role of Career Services for the Economy*, Dr. Fabian Streiff,  Head of Office for Economy, Canton of Zurich 


11.15

Career Services in other Countries
Podcasts and Discussion; Interviews with Career Services experts from Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, UK/Scotland and the US 


12.30

Lunch 

Fair with CareerLunch, Handshake, Potential.ly, Talendo, Talentwerk, TargetConnect

Rounds

13.30
-
14:20

14:30
-
15:20

15:30
-
16:20

Professionalization Workshops (3 rounds):

  • Strategies for Career Services
    with Gerd Winandi (University of St.Gallen) & Roger Gfrörer (UZH Career Services)
  • Increase Student Engagement with didactics*
    with Anja Pawelleck (UZH Teaching and Learning)
  • A Portfolio Career in Career Services?
    with Andreia Fernandes (Seabrand)

3 Service Providers presentations
(3 rounds) 

  • Talentwerk
  • CareerLunch
  • Potential.ly


17.00

Career paths beyond Career Services:
Career paths of Career Services Alumni

Panel with: Alexandra Richter (HSLU), Yvonne Müller, schillingpartners), Markus Kühne (Talentwerk)
Moderation: Marcel Hirsiger (FHNW)


18.00

Apéro Riche


No organized (optional) meal is planned.

Day 2 - June 18 2025 Wednesday

09.00

Arrival


09.30

Career Consulting Ecosystem in Higher Education in Switzerland 
Panel with: Karen Livingston (AGAB, BIZ Zug), Sarah Daepp (swissuniversities), Marc Schreiber (IAP Institute of Applied Psychology)
Moderation: Sandra Läderach & Julia Michael (UZH Career Services)


Rounds

10.30
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11.20

11.30
-
12.20

Workshops

  • Lend a Hand - Borrow a Brain: Building a tool for temporary staffing needs at Career Centers, with Daniela Gunz (UZH Career Services)
  • AI versus you, how do you stay relevant? with Tiffany Palmer (Graduate institute)
  • Tell the Career Engagement story databased* with Aline Bach (University of St.Gallen) & Roger Gfrörer (UZH Career Services)
  • Strategic Stakeholder Mapping: What Career Services need – and who can provide it, with Christina Sandau-Jensen (University of St.Gallen) 

2 Service Providers
presentations (2 rounds)

  • Handshake
  • TargetConnect

12.30

Brown Bag Lunch 


13.30

Prototyping the Career Services of the Future 


15.00

Conclusion and Closing​ 
Remarks from the CSNCH


15.30

Farewell 


The language of the conference is English.
*marked are working titles.

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