Title:

Graduate IT Development Programme

Location:

London

Salary:

GBP 26,000 per year (4k Starting Bonus)

Description:

Excellent benefits package - graduates may earn a total package of GBP 35,000 to GBP 45,000 by the end of their second yearWe are the world's leading-edge communications technology companies, our customers include Barclays Bank, BT, Cisco, IBM,Lucent, Microsoft, Nortel. Following ongoing successes our Graduate scheme has gone from strength to strength, we are continually looking forexceptional Graduates to join the programme. Graduates join us from all degree disciplines and go through personaldevelopment and training, tailored to your individual needs, to become IT programmers for the first 2 years. Progressionfrom here can lead to sales, project management, management and technical.What we look for People with an outstanding academic record, including all A grades at 'A' level and a good degree, 2ii and above. Talent and technical aptitude - no prior computing experience is required although the ability to solve complexproblems is Extraordinary people who have the potential to develop into the company's future leadersAs a new graduate, you will have your own individual development plan, tailored to meet your specific needs andobjectives. At the heart of your training will be a high level of support and assistance from your assigned mentor andmanager - who will allocate up to fifty days of their time for your training during your first year. This represents amassive - and probably unique - level of training investment.As well as ranking third overall in The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work for 2004, we ranked sixth in the Best forTraining group. We were found to be the biggest investor in training overall, spending GBP 12,000 annually per employee,with each receiving approximately 100 hours of skills training.Developing your technical skills is crucial. However, your training will be broadly scoped, covering the full range ofcommunications and marketing skills, customer handling, and project and personnel management. This will enable you todevelop your career to best suit your skills and desires, for example in management, which encompasses both project management (planning, leading and delivering the work for your team) andpersonnel management (mentoring, advising and developing your team) in customer support, offering expert advice to our customers in the deployment and operation of our products in sales and marketing, generating new business opportunities for Data Connection in leading-edge markets in product design and implementation, being responsible for the overall architecture and quality of our technology.On-the-job training, with close, expert management and mentoring, will form the basis of your development. in-house seminars, specifically tailored for new graduates, covering every aspect of the company's operation detailed technical seminars covering specific projects and business areas training tasks designed to improve presentation and communication skills external courses and conferences on management development and technical subjects.As a mark of our focus on training and career development, ten of the fifteen current members of the Executive ManagementCommittee started with us as graduates