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October 07, 2025

From Art & Linguistics to AI & Law: Catherine Kosten Joins Homburger

Rockstar candidate Catherine Kosten has one of the most unconventional paths into AI — from Fine Arts and Linguistics to building internal AI tools at Homburger, one of Switzerland’s leading law firms. Recently recognized among the Top 100 Women in AI & Data in Switzerland 2025 by the ETH AI Center and Greater Zurich Area, Kate shares how she’s combining creativity, code, and legal insight to make AI practical, ethical, and human-centered.

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Klaus L. Fuchs

Co-founder

September 30, 2025

Celebrating Switzerland’s Top 100+ Women in AI and Data

The 2025 report highlights 100+ women driving AI and Data innovation in Switzerland. Rockstar Recruiting — equal opportunity employer — connects diverse talent with Europe’s most innovative companies.

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Yijie Zhang

Senior Consultant

September 30, 2025

Why Switzerland Tops the IMD World Talent Ranking 2025

The IMD World Talent Ranking 2025, published by the IMD World Competitiveness Center (WCC) in Lausanne, evaluates how well countries attract, develop, and retain talent. We highlight, why Switzerland ranks 1st on the Global Talent Map.

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Klaus L. Fuchs

Co-founder

July 11, 2025

Best Hackathons in Switzerland 2025 Q3

Hackathons offer an amazing chance to build experience, spark new ideas, connect with fellow tech enthusiasts — and maybe even land a job or launch your next startup. Discover the top hackathons happening across Switzerland!

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Klaus L. Fuchs

Co-founder

July 11, 2025

Best Hackathons in Germany 2025 Q3

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Klaus L. Fuchs

Co-founder

January 29, 2025

Interview with HR Executive: Switzerland's Potential as a Deep Tech Talent Hub

Our CEO Justus Spengler discussed with US Magazine HR Executive about Switzerland's Potential as a Deep Tech Talent Hub for Global Tech Companies.

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Justus Spengler

Founder & CEO

January 29, 2025

Webinar on Feb 13th 2025: How AI Enables New Recruitment Strategies

How to mitigate the inbound flood of AI-assisted job applications? We present a novel AI-based CV screening solution – saving recruiters valuable time by analyzing and pre-filtering hundreds of CVs in parallel – making recruiting faster, cheaper and fairer for everyone involved.

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Klaus L. Fuchs

Co-founder

March 27, 2024

EPFL's Applied Machine Learning Days AMLD 2024

Did you miss AMLD 2024? We attended EPFL's famous AI conference and are presenting our take-aways from the conference.

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Klaus L. Fuchs

Co-founder

March 14, 2023

How to Write the Perfect Resume / CV

Are you a tech talent on the hunt for your next career move? One of the most important steps in the job search process is crafting an impressive resume / CV that will help you stand out from other candidates. We give you tips and tricks for writing a winning resume that will get you noticed by top-notch tech companies in Switzerland, Germany, and beyond.

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Lucas Zehnder

Partner

February 28, 2023

Need Tech Talent for your next Mission? Discover which Values guide us in Winning Experts for You

Finding the right talent for your company's next tech mission can be challenging. We at rockstar.jobs understand this and have a set of values that guide us in connecting exceptional tech experts with top-notch companies in Switzerland, Germany, and beyond. By partnering with us, you can ensure that your company finds the right talent for your next mission. Learn more about our values @ Rockstar!

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Jane Zurbrügg

Community Manager

February 24, 2023

How our values guide us on our mission to boost your tech career

Are you on the hunt for your next tech career move? Look no further. We specializes in connecting exceptional tech experts with top-notch tech companies in Switzerland, Germany & beyond. Learn more about how we operate and how our values guide us on our mission to boost your tech career.

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Jane Zurbrügg

Community Manager

January 29, 2023

Best Hackathons in Berlin 2023

Hackathons are an excellent opportunity to gain experience, get inspired, meet new friends in tech & and land a job - or start your next startup. Here is an overview of the best hackathons in Berlin in 2023!

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Yijie Zhang

Senior Consultant

January 27, 2023

No Risk: The Rockstar Best Effort Model

Tech recruiting is never easy. We like to keep things simple: With our risk-free best effort model you, you only pay once you and your dream candidate have both decided to work together.

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Justus Spengler

Founder & CEO

January 08, 2023

Best Hackathons in Switzerland 2023

Hackathons are a great opportunity to gain experience, get inspired, meet new friends in tech & and to land a job - or to start your next startup. Here is an overview of the best hackathons in Switzerland!

CandidatesTech Events

Jane Zurbrügg

Community Manager

December 28, 2022

Rockstar Recruiting wins Innovation Booster Grant

Rockstar Recruiting AG has won a research grant in the "Databooster" competition for its project "Unbiased CV Check." The project aims to develop a candidate-oriented front-end in collaboration with resoume.com that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help candidates update and redesign their CV documents, as well as finding relevant job openings that matches their background.

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Klaus L. Fuchs

Co-founder

December 28, 2022

Current Trends in the Swiss IT Job Market [2022]

150 curious minds joined us on January 2023 to learn more about current trends in the Swiss IT Job market and discussed the crucial questions: What kind of impact does remote work have on companies & employees? How are salaries developing in the current inflation? How are the tech and the crypto crash affecting employment?

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Klaus L. Fuchs

Co-founder

December 14, 2022

Why you should join Zurich's largest AI Conference: 6 Takeaways from the AI+X Summit [2022]

What makes the AI+X Summit with over 2'000 visitors Zurich's best AI Conference? The conference is a unique opportunity to connect with top researchers, industry experts, founders in ML/AI. It is also a great chance to recruit tech talent and find AI employers. Read our take-aways from our 2022 visit & and learn more about the AI+X Summit in Zurich.

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Klaus L. Fuchs

Co-founder

November 24, 2022

How to: Crack the Coding Challenge?

Do you need to crack a coding challenge? Here are some recommendations on how to prepare and to ace them!

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Jane Zurbrügg

Community Manager

November 23, 2022

Interview with Data Innovation Alliance: Sustainable Recruiting

We call our approach towards tech recruiting sustainable. But, what does sustainable recruiting exactly mean?

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Lucas Zehnder

Partner

November 17, 2022

Talentroom.com and Rockstar Recruiting announce strategic collaboration

Talentroom is a recruiting marketplace that allows agencies like Rockstar to source talent abroad.

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Klaus L. Fuchs

Co-founder

November 11, 2022

SwissDevJobs.ch and Rockstar Recruiting enter strategic collaboration

What happens when Switzerland's leading tech job board & its most geeky tech recruiting agency join forces? Swissdevjobs.ch and Rockstar Recruiting enter strategic collaboration for the benefit of tech candidates and companies in Switzerland.

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Justus Spengler

Founder & CEO