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The modern working world

More and more women are working in top company positions.  Photo (cc) flickr user marisa beth

A new generation of highly qualified women managers is occupying more top positions on supervisory and executive boards. There are sound economic...

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Stipendiaries of the 2009 Internship Programme of the German Business for the countries of the Western Balkans

Over the past 20 years, young people have had great difficulty travelling from their home countries in the Western Balkans. In an effort to better...

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A square goes around the globe
STEP program supports young professionals
Can creativity be learned?
Accelerate to decelerate
The Founder Generation 2.0
Making This Home: Business, blogging, Berlin
Modern-day nomads
Slow down: How creatives stay creative



Social Media in Germany

Sonntagmorgen has relied heavily on social media in marketing their business.  Photo (cc) Sonntagmorgen

Suddenly, it seems like every company has a Twitter account. In the summer of 2008, Twitter started to spread to Germany.

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Social media is becoming more and more a part of our daily lives.  Can you talk the talk?  Photo (cc) flickr user Darren W

Despite the fact that most new web technology is named in English, the German language is adapting rapidly to describe the new world of social media.

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Working in the German social media scene
Young Germany at the re:publica 2010
Who is who in the German social media scene?
Young Germany expands events listings in cooperation with popula
re:publica 2010: the web-world comes to Berlin



Civil Society

NGOs from Germany are important actors in society. They do much to ensure that the importance of development cooperation is firmly anchored in the...

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The town of Bonn is a known hotbed for non-government agencies (NGO) in Germany. The former German capital is home to the German branch of the United...

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Civil society and the silver screen
Monkee Clothing: An eco-conscious climb to success
A patron for children, at home and abroad



Germany-South Korea special

Screenshot of the "Germany in Korea" website

An eye-catching new website about Germany has launched in South Korea, offering Korean speakers a whole host of information on a wide variety of...

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Sung-Hyung Cho. Photo Tim Wegner with permission Dt.Filminsitute

When thousands of people sporting tattoos, wearing studded collars and big black boots descend on a village in northern Germany each year, the...

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Interview with South Korean director Sung-Hyung Cho, Part II
South Korean businesses make an impact in Frankfurt
Connecting Alumni in Germany and Korea
Fraunhofer expanding in South Korea
Germany and Korea: Partners in R&D



Outrunning the financial crunch

Social Networking. Flickr (cc) David King

If the old proverb, “You see everyone in life twice,” holds water, then one should have more than enough opportunities to build a successful web of...

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Researcher in Rostock. Photo: DAAD

Germany officially slipped into a recession on November 13, 2008 – the first contraction of Europe’s largest economy in five years. But while global...

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Re-stoking the flame of an old student haunt
SNEAKERS: A brand-new magazine for German footwear fetishists
Crisis? What Crisis?!
Study abroad or stay home?
Powering through the economic slowdown



CeBIT 2009

Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD) are giving visitors to their CeBIT stand a taste of tourism from the...

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TEO-X models

This year’s CeBIT in Hanover (March 3-8), one of the biggest technology trade fairs in the world, is underway at the moment drawing companies and...

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Games in Germany

Gamers are willing to wait for hours for the chance to try out new games available at the gamescom gaming trade fair.  Photo: Koelnmesse

The Cologne trade fair grounds have been transformed into an interactive playground as gamescom—the largest computer game trade fair in Europe—opened...

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Myoung-Jin Kim

Myoung-Jin Kim, a German of Korean origin, gave up his job as executive assistant to train as a game producer in Berlin. The 25-year-old traveled...

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The Games Academy: Work hard, play hard
The computer games industry in Germany
Digital creatives: Creating your favorite game's sequel



Digital Creatives

Photo: Baden-Württemberg Film Academy

Founded only 17 years ago, the Baden- Württemberg Film Academy is today one of Germany’s most acclaimed film schools. Its teachers are working...

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Graffiti. Photo: photocase.com (user Stig Inge)

The cultural and creative industries have evolved into a forward-looking sector with high growth and employment potential. If you add together the...

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Digital creatives: Creating your favorite game's sequel
A passion for entrepreneurship: Lukasz Gadowski
Young Upstarts: f2 CREATIVE DIGITAL ARTS



Young scientists in Germany

Anna Rumpf and Fatosh, photo: DAAD

At the beginning of July, 281 RISE scholars turned up at the international youth hostel in Heidelberg and transformed the place into a beehive of...

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Dr. Sylvie Roke

The Max Planck Society enjoys a reputation for inviting the best and brightest minds in science to research at their 80-plus institutes throughout...

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Researching in Germany: What it’s like
ERASMUS Mundus: Connecting bright minds
Researching in Germany: What is it like?
What's it like researching in Germany?
Research Internships on the RISE



Work-life balance

A silent stretch of blacktop: on the road to Warngau. Photo: PMK

Sometimes, the best way to wind down and clear your mind is through extreme physical activity and taking on a challenge. That’s exactly what a YG...

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Taking your dog for a walk/throw can be a good way to relax...

Creative block can strike anyone, anywhere, anytime. It doesn’t matter whether you’re writing a term paper in college, designing an outdoor ad for a...

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Two pilgrims’ progress
Germany's "slowest" city
Entschleunigung: Or, attaining calm in a stressful world



Landing a job

Bürohengst by photocase user ZG

No matter how qualified you are for a certain job, mishaps during the application process can automa

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shirts by photocase user jameek

It's said that a first impression can make or break and that's certainly true in a job interview. In

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What to look out for in German job applications
Work experience – keeping it interesting
Talking the talk: How to be a chitchat pro
Salary negotiations: What's your earning power?



Corporate culture

Photo: Damaso Reyes: www.damaso.com; Meeting of the Budget Committee of the Baden-Wurttemberg State Parliament.

What is it like to work in Germany? Shoumi, Chris, Patrick and Ashley, four young professionals from the United States, spoke with Young Germany...

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working on a mac, photo by photocase user soulcore.

Imagine a world where employers fight to dangle hot jobs in front of young professionals. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Well, for some job-seekers in...

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Fair jobs
The value of learning Deutsch



Jobs in blue chips

Let's go global: An overview of the industries of money
Worldwide progress shapers
German retail and travel industry operate internationally
Job vacancies from throughout Germany
The jobseekers Q&A

Creativity

German architeture
Thinking outside the box
Ideas and inventiveness
Art and design schools in Germany
A skateboarder's life, an artist's mind

Networking

10 Networking tools that work: Master the art of making contacts and keeping them
Connecting with employers online
Xing: An internet network that works
Spinning a web: Without contacts you are nothing

Research scholarships

Portraits of institutions offering research scholarships
Research scholarships in Germany
Germany’s research landscape attracts foreign scientists
Maria Törnkvist from Sweden: cancer research in Berlin
Crystal clear research: From Ulan Bator to Cologne

Risky research

Saving lost civilizations
Risky Research: some scientists live for the thrill
Astronaut Thomas Reiter fulfills his childhood dream
Glaciologist Heinrich Miller talks about life in Antarctica

IT and Technology

CeBIT 2009: iPhone brings Reichstag back to life
Small and simple energy-saving PCs from Germany
Innovation lab at CeBIT shows innovation can be taught and learned
Entrepreneurs launch IT start-ups
Finding their way: IT professionals build careers in Germany

Miscellaneous

Germany: A logistics World Champion
Protecting the elixir of life
Talent Campus: A springboard to the big screen
Beyond finance: Careers in the banking industry
Developing your profile in job applications
Consultants sought from diverse academic fields
Changing jobs and career development
Lufthansa program combines theory and practice

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