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Making IT Work for Graduates and Professionals

Vanessa Gough and Sarah Frodsham

18 September 2013


VANESSA GOUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER IBM UK FOUNDATION


• 3 year programme• Permanent IBM role• GCSE and A-level (or equivalent)

requirements• Professional qualification (Advanced

Apprenticeship for IT Professionals)• Foundation line management

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Industrial Placement ProgrammeApprenticeship Programme

Futures Programme Graduate Programme

• Pre-university• High academic entry requirements• Future graduates?• Foundation line management

• 2 year programme, permanent hires• Any degree – 2:1 or higher• Foundation line management

IBM UK Foundation

IBM – Making IT work for Graduates and Professionals

• Gap year placement during degree• All lines of business • Future graduates?• Foundation line management

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6 Stages of Foundation


Attraction

Recruitment

Onboarding

Induction

Development

Progression


Awards



SARAH FRODSHAM BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES IBM UK


I initially joined IBM as an Industrial Placement Student…


• Tracked and managed all Bypasses within IBM United Kingdom and Ireland

• Dealt with highly sensitive information on a daily basis

• Understood and applied IBM Business Controls and Procurement processes across all work

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Business Controls & EducationUKI Bypass Coordinator

Giveback and Shadowing Over and Above

• Attended client meeting at local college• Attended and facilitated group at IBM

Start Event• Ran Big Interview event with local school• Shadowed across all lines of business

within IBM• Attended Sales School training calls

• Lead Procurement’s side of Netezza acquisition

• Supported work and events across Foundation and Procurement

IBM Procurement Department

• Scheduled, ran and attended Procurement training for professionals across all levels

• Instrumental member of the S&GP Corporate Audit Team


… and then reapplied to the Graduate scheme. During my final year at University I undertook numerous assessments and interviews before being offered a role.


1st Class Honours in Business Management and Financial Services


Success! I Joined IBM’s Graduate Scheme as a Business and Technology Consultant.


Major Public Sector Account• Member of the Training and

Communication Team• Stakeholder Management • Supported account wide activities• Wrote and distributed widespread

communications

Major Financial Services Provider• Delivered Social Business Briefing to 10

C-Level Executives • Client Relationship Management• Proposal development• Managing internal IBM processes for the

Account team

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Role 2Role 1

Role 3 The Future….

Major Financial Services Provider• Lead and Delivered Global Values Jam• Lead analysis phase following the live

Jam event, including delivery of analysis report to the client

• Stakeholder Management and relationship development

• Staying within Financial Services Sector• Getting involved in Digital Front Office on

current account

• Developing expertise in Smarter Commerce, Front Office and Digital

IBM Global Business Services



https://www.collaborationjam.com/


THANK YOUVANESSA GOUGH AND SARAH FRODSHAM

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