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This Blog was written by Nagina Ahmad; a recient joiner to the CDC consulting graduate programme.

One of the things that attracted me to this job was the variety involved with it. It wasn’t until I got started that I really realised the wealth of experiences that are available to you as an Associate Consultant with Capgemini.

Straight off the mark with 3 weeks of training you’ll be thrown into a whirlwind of activities where no two days are the same. In Week 1 we found ourselves jetting off to Paris to visit Les Fontaines - Capgemini’s training facility. A week of intense training (some nights going until 11pm) later we were equipped with consulting methodologies and skills, amongst much more.

Since training I’ve been placed in one of the world’s leading oil and gas companies supporting the requirements gathering phase of a project .It was a fantastic learning curve demonstrating how Supply Chain comes together in such a large global organisation. Alongside that, I’ve had great opportunities to work on ‘extra curricular’ activities such as building and deploying a survey for my capability unit, a rollout of Windows 7 across the whole of CC and now I’m working within the telecoms industry as a Tester/Business Analyst!

Part of the challenge and excitement is that you never know what you’ll be doing next. Each role brings with it a new set of challenges and requires a range of different skill sets and every day you’re learning something new. It can be a bit scary at times, but there is endless support (ranging from the CDC all the way up to VP’s) and the environment you work in is fantastic. You really feel like part of a team working at Capgemini. Alongside that you get to work with just a variety of people from Subject Matter Experts to Technical Managers.

But it’s not all work and no fun. We’ve had trips to comedy clubs, bowling, there is out monthly “Friday Night of Fun” and our quarterly CDC Meeting. These are great opportunities to touch base, find out what everyone is up to and of course have fun!

Overall, consultancy at Capgemini is so much more than what it says on the packet. There is a range of things you will be doing, places you will be going and the opportunities are endless. Each brings with it a strong sense of achievement, belonging to a team and development as an individual.