Women’s Day 2022

27th of April

This year’s Women’s Day is all about our motto #DareToChallenge and topics like Diversity, Gender Shift and Leadership. Our goal is to bring female students of the University of St. Gallen together with exciting companies from a wide range of industries and to provide an exchange platform.

SQUARE, University of St. Gallen

REGISTRATION

Our workshop companies

Women’s Day Program

9:00h to 13:30h

SQUARE

CV Portrait – Possibility to take a CV picture!

11:00h to 13:00h

Gatterstr. 1

CV Check – Possibility to have your CV checked by HSG Career & Corporate Services checken zu lassen

14:15h to 18:15h

SQUARE

Workshops

18:30h to 19:30h

SQUARE

Guest Lecture

followed by an Apéro

Workshops

Block 1

from 14.15h to 15:30h

Networking Lounge from 15:30h to 16:15h

Horváth

#daretochallenge with your superpower

Find your personal superpower with us! We are certain that, with your superpower, you are perfectly prepared for upcoming challenges, not only in consulting. Naturally, our consultants will gladly talk to you about their own superpowers too, networking included. We are looking forward to it!

Note: This workshop is held in German!

UBS

#daretochallenge for a financially secure future!

Do you know that the Swiss „retirement provision” is currently only concerned about old people? The future should also offer a perspective to young people for a secure retirement. Jackie Bauer is a passionate economist at UBS. She is an advocate for pension systems and long-term financial security. Together with you, we would like to discuss what a pension system should offer in the future and develop proposals for solutions.

Note: This workshop is held in German!

Unilever

Ben & Jerry’s – Your (social) mission

Howdy, nice to meet you! Modern brands more and more seem to have one thing in common: Sustainability and social responsibility as part of their identity. Together with you, we want to look into the influence of brands and companies.

Note: This workshop is held in German!

Block 2

from 16:15h to 17:30h

Networking Lounge from 17:30h to 18:15h

BCG

How to communicate more effectively – the pyramid principle explained

Content: Have you ever wondered how to structure and organize your messages better to communicate more effectively?

Find out what it takes to write short, simple, and clear messages or how to set up a solid presentation.

Seasoned BCG consultants will give you inputs before practicing the principles with you in small group exercises – making sure you are ready to challenge the bias!

Bain

Create your own brand

This is the opportunity to build your own brand! During the workshop, we equip you with practical tools to create your own brand and to practice your pitch. Also, learn more about opportunities offered to chart your career path together with Bain.

PwC

Inclusion in a hybrid setting

At our workshop, you will explore with us how to achieve an inclusive culture that works in both a physical and virtual environment. We look forward to the discussion with you.

Note: This workshop is held in German!

CV Check

with Career & Corporate Services

11:00h to 13:00h

Have you always wondered how to use your CV most effectively in the application process?

Career & Corporate Services is the right place for you to do a CV Check on the Women’s Day 2022. In 20 minutes, they will give you tips and tricks on how to position yourself as a perfect match with your CV and stand out from your competitors. The Career & Corporate Services team at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) is looking forward to meeting you!

Note: If you have a specific position in mind for which you would like to apply soon, you may also take your motviations letter with you!

More infos about Career & Corporate Services:

The Career & Corporate Services (CSC) is the contact point for students of the University of St.Gallen (HSG) for all questions regarding their career. For companies, the CSC is the sparring partner when it comes to employer positioning and recruiting at the HSG.

We offer various platforms to bring companies and students together. With our broad range of workshops and consulting services, we also support HSG students in their own personal career planning.

Our career platform features job postings, career tips for students, and offers for companies to expand their presence at the University of St.Gallen.

Click here to visit their website.

CV Foto

with Luca Müller Photography

and Maison Miaki

9:00h to 13:30h

You always wanted to freshen up your CV with a professional portrait?

Then take your chance on Women’s Day 2022 and have a professional photo shoot with lucamüller photography. Not only do you have the opportunity to have a professionally edited CV portrait taken of you, but you can also borrow a super nice blazer from Maison Miaki for your photo moment. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to add extra value to your CV photo!

Now a short introduction to our photographer: Luca Müller started taking pictures with his father when he was a little boy and has been doing so passionately ever since. Luca prefers to photograph people because he is fascinated by how each person lives their own story and he wants to capture these stories with his camera. With one of his pictures, Luca won the “100 Years of Nikon – Anniversary Photo Contest” in 2017. Since 2016, Luca has been photographing commercially with lucamüller photography, mainly documenting events photographically in addition to team photos and portraits.

And what about Maison Miaki?

High quality Swiss womanswear. Timeless, refined, feminime. Designed in Zurich, manufactured in Europe. With the working woman in mind, the aim of Maison Miaki is to create the best possible product that will be yours for years. It’s a new era for womenswear.

Guest lecture

with Dr. Mara Harvey

18:30h to 19:30h

MONEY SKILLS ARE LIFE SKILLS

Everyone is welcome. No registration needed.

Why are money skills so important as of a young age? How do economic gender biases impact people’s wealth creation? How can we mitigate these biases and enable women, in particular, to engage in money matters?

In this talk we will explore all of these questions and explain why financial confidence is the key ingredient for taking control of your financial future. The facts and figures we will share are a compelling call to take action and we will give you concrete suggestions on how to start building up your money skills for life.

About the lecturer

Dr. Mara Catherine Harvey is driven by two fundamental beliefs: that daily money decisions are an untapped source of positive social and environmental impact, and that we cannot wait another 100+ years to achieve economic gender equality.

As a senior manager in finance with over 21 years’ experience in Wealth Management at UBS, Dr. Mara Catherine Harvey has had the privilege to support clients to have more impact with their wealth and to drive a global transformation program to facilitate female financial participation.

Above all, Dr. Mara Catherine Harvey is a passionate advocate for financial literacy, equality and female economic empowerment. Dr. Mara Catherine Harvey is the author of Women and Risk: Re-writing The Rules (2018) and A Smart Way To Start (2018-2021), a rhymed book series for children on money, equality and sustainability. Her vision is to shape our children’s financial future, and in particular to empower all girls to talk about money, to know their worth and to feel comfortable negotiating their pay, so they can enter the workforce on equal terms to the boys. Her latest rhymed book, START DOING GOOD explains the 17 Sustainable Development Goals to children, and has been published by the United Nations to support awareness and education for the world’s Agenda 2030.

Dr. Mara Catherine Harvey holds a doctorate with highest honours in Political Economy from Fribourg University and speaks English, Italian, French and German fluently.