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Mental Health: How Important Is Everyday Working Life?

30 Oct 2024 4 minutes

If you want to stay healthy, you have to look after both your body and your mind. In the interview with Karin Lügstenmann, Specialist Well-Being at SIX, discover why daily working life is an especially important social factor for mental health, and why mental illness and the ability to work aren’t mutually exclusive.

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Leading Through Change: Hannah Zaunmüller on the Role of HR at SIX

26 Sep 2024 8 minutes

Hannah Zaunmüller, Chief Human Resources Officer at SIX, discusses her new role on the Executive Board and the strategic importance of Human Resources (HR). Find out how she works on aligning our company - including corporate culture, leadership development initiatives, and dealing with global growth in a rapidly evolving environment.

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Bridging Cultures: from Madrid to Zurich and Beyond

02 Nov 2023 4 minutes

SIX offers an 18-month International Graduate Program for graduates with a degree in business, economics, IT, or communications. The program involves graduates working in four different business units – one of which is located abroad. Nadja Tungprasert went to Madrid. Marina Mendicute Alza traveled to Zurich. They share their impressions and experiences in interview below.

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How I Develop My Personality – and Benefit from It at Work

06 Sep 2023 7 minutes

What would you most like to change about yourself? Whether we want to become more patient, self-confident, neater, or assertive, for most of us there’s something that comes to mind. In this article, you will learn how you can develop your personality, and how important this is for your career.

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Doing an Apprenticeship in IT as a Woman: “A Forward-Looking Profession with a Lot of Variety”

17 May 2023 3 minutes

Lea Zürcher finished her training as an IT specialist at SIX in summer 2022. The young woman is thus counteracting the worsening shortage of skilled labor in the IT sector. Read in the interview below why it’s a shame that men still account for the vast majority of her co-workers.

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A Day of Work for a Good Cause – How SIX Employees Go to Bat for Our Environment and Society

30 Mar 2023 4 minutes

Employees of SIX trudge through a snowy winter landscape. What is this all about? It means that SIX Social Days are back after a lengthy hiatus caused by the pandemic. Read below how and where employees of SIX are getting involved all over the place.

People & Culture

Formula Student: When Students Build the Future of Electric Cars

15 Sep 2022 5 minutes

SIX is a dedicated sponsor of the EPFL Racing Team, a group of students who build a new electric race car every year to compete on the Formula Student circuit. This blog post gives you a peek behind the scenes of the engineering competition for students.

People & Culture

Women Belong in IT, Right Where They’ve Always Been

17 Aug 2022 4 minutes

Women are sorely underrepresented in the field of computer science. Discover in our blog post how this wasn’t always the case and doesn’t have to be today. Three women in IT at SIX tell their stories.

People & Culture

Inspired by Margaret Hamilton: The Importance of Female References

03 Jun 2021 18 minutes

At BME Inntech, Berta Ares and her team work on technological innovations for the financial markets. Margaret Hamilton is a daily inspiration for her. In our podcast, she tells us among other things how the pioneer of software engineering enabled Neil Armstrong to set foot on the moon.

People & Culture

Inspired by Johan Cruyff: The Way to Play

17 Dec 2020 22 minutes

SIX CEO Jos Dijsselhof explains in our podcast how the Dutch soccer legend Johan Cruyff inspired him and what it takes for a company to “score” in a growing market.

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“Investing in Gender Equality Is Key For Sustainable Development.”

17 Nov 2020 6 minutes

Impact investing is a trending topic. As a specific form of impact investing gender lens investing focuses particularly on gender equality and the inclusion of women in the economy. How does this topic influence the financial industry? What are the social and economic impacts when investing with a gender lens? And how does it pay off for investors? SIX asked three experts on the subject at a panel discussion in Zurich.

People & Culture

SIX Participates in Powercoders Program

21 Oct 2020 1 minute

The non-profit organization Powercoders arranges IT internships for migrants at renowned companies. On Tuesday, job providers and job seekers met for "speed dating" at the SIX Convention Point in Zurich. SIX also offered open positions.

People & Culture

7 Steps toward Attracting More Female Talent at SIX

05 Oct 2020 4 minutes

Studies show that a more diverse workforce brings about many benefits for a company. SIX has a highly diverse workforce in terms of languages and cultural backgrounds. However, women are underrepresented at almost every level – especially in senior positions. Therefore, SIX is striving to grow the percentage of women at each middle and top management level to a minimum of 25% by 2023. Learn the seven steps SIX has taken to get closer to this objective.

People & Culture

“Girls 4 IT” Day: Playfully Learning What IT Is

27 Feb 2020 6 minutes

SIX hosted its inaugural “Girls 4 IT” day. Around 40 schoolgirls learned about career possibilities and got acquainted with coding at the SIX headquarters in Zurich.

People & Culture

Programming Is Not Just a Man’s Game

22 Dec 2017 8 minutes

With the worldwide success of Niche – A Genetics Survival Game, game designer Philomena Schwab has proven that computer programming doesn’t have to be a man’s realm. Today she is a prefigurative role model, but interdisciplinary education programs and a societal change in thinking will hopefully soon make her the norm.

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Mental Health: How Important Is Everyday Working Life?

Leading Through Change: Hannah Zaunmüller on the Role of HR at SIX

Bridging Cultures: from Madrid to Zurich and Beyond

How I Develop My Personality – and Benefit from It at Work

Doing an Apprenticeship in IT as a Woman: “A Forward-Looking Profession with a Lot of Variety”

A Day of Work for a Good Cause – How SIX Employees Go to Bat for Our Environment and Society

Formula Student: When Students Build the Future of Electric Cars

Women Belong in IT, Right Where They’ve Always Been

Inspired by Margaret Hamilton: The Importance of Female References

Inspired by Johan Cruyff: The Way to Play

“Investing in Gender Equality Is Key For Sustainable Development.”

SIX Participates in Powercoders Program

7 Steps toward Attracting More Female Talent at SIX

“Girls 4 IT” Day: Playfully Learning What IT Is

Programming Is Not Just a Man’s Game

#diversity

Read all articles about: diversity

Mental Health: How Important Is Everyday Working Life?

Leading Through Change: Hannah Zaunmüller on the Role of HR at SIX

Bridging Cultures: from Madrid to Zurich and Beyond

How I Develop My Personality – and Benefit from It at Work

Doing an Apprenticeship in IT as a Woman: “A Forward-Looking Profession with a Lot of Variety”

A Day of Work for a Good Cause – How SIX Employees Go to Bat for Our Environment and Society

Formula Student: When Students Build the Future of Electric Cars

Women Belong in IT, Right Where They’ve Always Been

Inspired by Margaret Hamilton: The Importance of Female References

Inspired by Johan Cruyff: The Way to Play

“Investing in Gender Equality Is Key For Sustainable Development.”

SIX Participates in Powercoders Program

7 Steps toward Attracting More Female Talent at SIX

“Girls 4 IT” Day: Playfully Learning What IT Is

Programming Is Not Just a Man’s Game

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