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karriere.netzwerk 2025
Under the motto “Reach for the Stars”, USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten offered room for networking and career opportunities on 15 October 2025. At the annual event career.network, approximately 500 students obtained information on job opportunities and met numerous USTP graduates among the exhibitors who reported on their individual career paths in media, digital business, digital technologies, social sciences, and health sciences.
Georg Deix, who completed the bachelor degree programme Healthcare and Nursing ten years ago, represented the Lower Austrian health agency (NÖ LGA) at the career.network: “I did internships myself and know how important personal exchange is. The career.network facilitates this very exchange – and at eye level, too.” At the booth NÖ LGA, interested persons received detailed information on the health professions as well as valuable insights into internships and application processes.
Real Insights, Career Advice, and Practice-Oriented Framework Programme
Not only the talks at the information stands provided insights into the time after graduation: In panel discussions, graduates of the study programmes Creative Computing, Media Management, and Media Technology offered valuable career advice from practice. Students of the bachelor degree programme Healthcare and NursingPLUS received information on current and future developments through pitches by companies from the healthcare sector.
A special highlight of the event was the Sky broadcast van. As practical relevance is particularly important to USTP, the students had the opportunity to familiarise themselves with real broadcast equipment and technology for live streaming up close and experiment with it themselves – an impressive insight into the professional media world.
At the AK Young Café, the educational experts of AK Niederösterreich and the labour union GPA offered advice regarding funding and aids, work relationships, entry-level wages, and the application process. “We are here to give the students information on internships, among other things – such as, which regulations apply, what wages are like, and which labour law aspects need to be taken into account. Depending on the type of internship, there are different framework conditions that we want to tell students about”, says Raoul Rausch, Youth Secretary at GPA.
The career.network 2025 was supported by AK Young, AK Niederösterreich, and the NÖ Landesgesundheitsagentur.
- Event web app: Framework programme and company profile
- Review: career.network: Career opportunities up close — USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten
karriere.netzwerk 2024
On 16 October 2024, the career fair “career.networkzwerk” took place at USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten under the motto “Landing the Job”. Almost 600 students were there to obtain information on job and career opportunities and establish valuable contacts. A total of 73 exhibitors from the areas of media, digital business, digital technologies, social sciences, and health sciences offered an opportunity for students and external stakeholders to engage in networking and exchange information.
The fair offered an exciting and diverse programme.
- The pitches of “Heute für die Pflege von Morgen” painted a picture of current and future developments in the companies of the healthcare sector for the students of the bachelor degree programme Healthcare and NursingPLUS.
- Panel discussions with graduates of Media Management and Media Technology provided insights into the time after graduation and into possible career paths.
- At the AK Young Coffee Corner, the guests engaged in productive conversations with the educational experts of the Lower Austrian Chamber of Labour (AK NÖ). In a pleasant coffee house atmosphere with pistachio croissants and bagels, questions concerning funding, aids, work contracts, entry-level wages, and the application process itself were asked and answered.
- Many lotteries by various companies as well as the free shoot for application photos with styling corner were a great plus.
A big thank you is due to this year’s sponsors AK Young, AK Niederösterreich, and NÖ Landesgesundheitsagentur.
Copyright: Tobias Jungmeier
Video “career.network 2024: Karrierechancen hautnah”:
- Event web app: Framework programme and company profile
- Review: career.network: Karrierechancen hautnah — USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten
This was the karriere.netzwerk 2023
Copyright: Altphart Fotografie
Under the motto "10 years of supporting each other," we celebrated the 10th anniversary of karriere.netzwerk on October 18, 2023. Together, we looked back on a decade of successful networking. With 72 exhibitors and nearly 700 interested students and recent graduates, karriere.netzwerk 2023 was a great success! We were especially excited to welcome first-time participants such as KRONEHIT, ORS Group, and Rettet das Kind.
In addition to fair highlights like the panel discussions "Success Stories" and "Alle machen Karriere," as well as the "Pitches from Today for the Care of Tomorrow," the AK Young Café contributed to a lively atmosphere with alcohol-free cocktails and vegan cookies for visitors.
A big thank you goes to this year’s sponsors: AK Young, NÖ Landesgesundheitsagentur, DER STANDARD, ProSiebenSat.1 PULS 4 GmbH, and Sparkasse Niederösterreich Mitte West AG.
What makes a successful career network? Graduates share their top tips in the video:
- Fair Web App: karriere.netzwerk 2023 (lineupr.com)
- Event Recap: 10 Jahre karriere.netzwerk — Fachhochschule St. Pölten (fhstp.ac.at)
This was the karriere.netzwerk 2022
Copyright: Altphart Fotografie
This was the virtual karriere.netzwerk 2021
Copyright: The Graphic Society
"May the network be with you!"
In 2021, we still find ourselves in a challenging situation. For this reason, the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences has once again faced the difficulties and relocated the "karriere.netzwerk" to the World Wide Web.
True to the motto “May the network be with you”, we provided our students with a network of companies, workshops and lectures. Starting with virtual promotion stands of large or leading companies to regional companies that are considered pioneers in the fields of Digital Business, Digital Technologies, Media, Social Sciences, and Health Sciences.
The online career fair is supported, among others, by DER STANDARD as a media partner and by AK Niederösterreich / AK Young, REWE Group and WIENER STÄDTISCHE Versicherung AG.
There was a varied framework programme which accompanied the event. Our students were able to gather information about CV checks, personal branding and technology transfer, and get advice on labour law and education issues from the labour law experts of AK Niederösterreich. Prior to the career fair, two well-received workshops dedicated to “Salary Negotiations” and “Creativity and Innovation Management” took place.
The event was rounded off with a digital scavenger hunt around our virtual promotion stands. Participants were invited to solve a task or play a game at each stand. The main prize was a robot vacuum cleaner. In addition, many other students received smaller prizes in form of career packages filled with all kinds of goodies from the participating companies.
This was the event “karriere.netzwerk Goes Virtual“ 2020
Copyright: The Graphic Society
"Keep calm and connect"
This was the motto of “karriere.netzwerk goes virtual 2020”. Exceptional situations require flexibility, but also allow for new paths. In order to guarantee the safety of our students, teachers and cooperation partners, the karriere.netzwerk 2020 took place online.
The diverse online offer included recruiting slots with companies from various sectors. At the online consultation hour “AK Career Talk” of the Lower Austrian Chamber of Labour, students received information about funding and could ask questions about labour law. Students of the study programme Smart Engineering had the opportunity to get to know seven different companies during online employer pitches. CV checks and tips on remote job interviews were offered by karriere.at. Lower Austria’s start-up agency riz up presented an interesting online seminar on the topic of “Avalanches in Slow Motion – These 12 Megatrends Are Changing Our World”. Additionally, participants also had the opportunity to have their job application photos edited or to get a quick “Body&Mood” boost.
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This Was the Event karriere.netzwerk 2019
Copyright: FH St. Pölten I Carola Berger
“There is no career without a network”
With the fair karriere.netzwerk 2019, the St. Pölten UAS offered 600 students and graduates as well as CEOs and recruiters from almost 60 companies the opportunity to expand their networks. In addition to personal networking opportunities, visitors enjoyed an extensive framework programme with a creative yoga lab, numerous career talks, workshops and exciting guests.
At the panel discussion “Everybody Can Build a Career”, four successful graduates reported on their job entry and gave the students valuable tips for career planning in the field of media and digital technologies.
In the Career Talks, Stephan Blumencron from the Lower Austrian Chamber of Labour provided information on everything you need to know about employment contracts. Daniel Beer gave an insight into his daily work as a backend developer for the employer rating platform kununu. Michael John, founder and CEO of the digital agency LOOP, revealed “The Secret Sauce to Great Digital Marketing”.
In addition, the AK Young stand offered advice on all matters concerning education law. A CV check by HR experts from karriere.at, a professional application photo shoot with professional make-up by MAC Cosmetics and a lottery with attractive prizes rounded off the event.
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This Was the Event karriere.netzwerk 2018
Copyright: FH St. Pölten I Laura Breban
At this year's job and career fair karriere.netzwerk, 500 visitors met numerous top regional and national companies from various sectors. The event provided the framework for personal networking between students, graduates and young professionals on the one hand and CEOs and recruiters from relevant companies and organisations on the other.
The extensive framework programme focused on business start-ups this year. Ali Mahlodji, co-founder of the career platform “whatchado”, spoke about his experiences as a company founder in the “Influential Career Talk” and the Austrian Economic Chamber’s start-up service offered insights into the creation of business plans in a special workshop. In addition, a representative of the leading multi-channel network Studio71 was invited, which deals with the marketing and support of YouTubers and influencers.
The event was rounded off by various other offers such as advice from AK Young and AK Lower Austria on all matters regarding labour law, a CV check by HR experts and a professional application photo shoot.
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- Photo gallery on Facebook
- Press release announcement 2018 (available in German)
- Press release review 2018 (available in German)
This Was the Event karriere.netzwerk 2017
Copyright: FH St. Pölten | Peter Rauchecker
The job and career fair karriere.netzwerk took place successfully for the 5th time on 8 November 2017. Promotion stands were prepared by around 50 different regional, national and international companies, thus making sure that a wide variety of professionals and experts met the students and graduates.
More than 500 visitors enjoyed the many offered activities. The exclusive framework programme, which included everything from a professional job application photo to a career check, was also very popular. The established special programme for partner companies of the study programme Smart Engineering was once again very well received and is, incidentally, another quality guarantee for the practical training of the students.
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- Photo gallery on Facebook
- Press release announcement 2017 incl. photos (available in German)
- Press release review 2017 incl. photos (available in German)
- Guest lecture Smart Engineering review 2017
This Was the Event karriere.netzwerk 2016
Copyright: FH St. Pölten | Emil Bauer
For the fourth time, the job and career fair karriere.netzwerk, which took place on 9 November 2016, offered a large number of students and graduates an ideal platform to get to know to get to know potential employers and internship providers from the fields they are interested in. More than 50 exhibitors with more than 150 external persons such as recruiters, personnel managers, specialists and CEOs from regional and national companies and organisations were present at this year's karriere.netzwerk.
In addition to numerous companies that have been participating in the job and career fair since the beginning, many new companies, especially from the media and social sectors, could be added this year. For partner companies of the study programme Smart Engineering, a special programme was designed once again this year.
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- Fair magazine karriere.netzwerk 2016 (available in German)
- Press release announcement 2016 incl. photos (available in German)
- Press release review 2016 incl. photos (available in German)
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This Was the Event karriere.netzwerk 2015
Copyright: FH St. Pölten | Emil Bauer
Around 700 visitors, 59 exhibitors and 148 external persons such as recruiters, HR specialists, experts and CEOs from regional and national companies and organisations were a part of this year's job and career fair karriere.netzwerk. This took place for the third time on 28 October 2015 with great success. The fair was opened with a ceremony which the mayor of St. Pölten, Matthias Stadler, also attended.
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Review karriere.netzwerk 2014
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Review karriere.netzwerk 2013
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