Last Saturday, March 6, 2010 the annual IT contact party (ETH-Kontaktparty) took place, a successful platform organized by the association of IT students of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich). The event celebrates its 25th anniversary this year – 25 years of successfully connecting Information Technology students and alumni with the country’s leading IT companies. The attention of the economy in search of tomorrow’s talents is high: more than 80 exhibitors gathered in the ETH mensa, the venue of the event, that day. And they came, nonetheless the weekend day: approximately 300 interested students participated in the event, some specific in their selection of companies they wanted to inspect, others just stopping by on tables that caught their interest.

For Numcom Software, represented by three of our Appbirds (people working with Appway) it was the first time we attended: “The contact party is an ideal lookout for new talents and perfect to get in touch with students and alumni in an informal way. It was remarkable how well-informed and prepared the people were. Most of the participants were interested in a traineeship. We had the opportunity to talk to promising candidates and certainly will keep track of them”, says Oliver Brupbacher, our Director R&D.

From his point of view, the aim to establish some good connections with young talents and – not to underestimate - a good brand positioning among the future graduates had been achieved: the contact party was really worth a visit.

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