A thrilling start to life at Capgemini..

As a new recruit to the Business Technology Consulting (BTC) graduate programme at Capgemini one often wonders what to expect as one would do with any new job.  It has already been quite a ride! From starting just over two months ago, I feel as if I have always been here in such a humble, exciting, ever-changing and challenging environment.  After all, there are not many people who can say they have actively been involved in a company allowing you to swim in a pond.

Sounds random? I know.  But it really isn’t! Such has been my experience: I have been inspired, motivated and challenged on every level possible.  Obviously, I haven’t been fully tested yet but the months I have been through have definitely shown that more exciting times are to come.

So, to begin with the first month of nerves, anticipation, excitement and questioning flew by.  Working on my first project in the lovely sunny city of Bath, I enjoyed embarking upon different challenges, meeting new people and embracing a new role.  Working on a content management project was a vastly new experience but was something I enjoyed and will always remember as my first in the company.

Moving on from that, I am currently working at Capgemini’s head office in Woking, enjoying the challenges of project management and support.  This by far is my biggest test yet, everyday brings a new challenge.  So far, working strongly in the finance sector of the project has opened my knowledge to many horizons spreading from the simplicity of business to the architure and art of financial perfection.  But Capgemini isn’t all about work, already in two months at the company, I’ve been challenged with creating a business idea worthy of Dragons’ Den and equally been thrown into a pond of 30 months pollution!

Now, you must be thinkig – what is he on about?  Well, let’s begin with the BTC Challenge.  The BTC Challenge asks the graduates of the present to design, initiate and create a worthy business idea which can be presented to the ‘Dragons’ of Capgemini.  Teams of graduates have been given three months to build a business model worthy of worlwide recognition.  The rewards are obvious: you get exposure to the senior management of the company, the chance to escalate your “home-grown” ideas and the sum of £500 to the best team!  Challenges are ongoing and are in prepartion ready for the dreaded meeting in the Capgemini Den on 11 October.  I’ll be sure to keep you updated!

From the intellectual world of intelligent thinking to the down-right nitty gritty: the BTC Raleigh Weekend.  Every year, the BTC teams up with Raleigh International to send graduates on a mission of exploration, dedication, focus and success.  This year’s weekend brought us to Woodrow High House in Buckinghamshire. This community school has been serving children for years, helping them mature and grow in skills through the most important learning years of their life.  Our job was to keep this consistency going by providing them with a safe environment.

The challenges set by Raleigh were to clear a pond filled with 30 months of pollution, build a shelter for children to use and clear the children play areas of any danger. A weekend of sweaty, devoted hard labour will probably be remembered as one of the best weekends I’ve ever had at Capgemini.  A brilliant captivating weekend working as a team to build your strengths around teamwork, along with fascinating results – this weekend has to be one not to be missed for anyone!  It was a brilliant experience and one I throughly enjoyed to the core.

So, that’s a hectic two months summarised very quickly.  I could have blogged for many more pages to come but I will save the excitement to fill you in on further developments, challenges, desires and experiences to blog in the very near future.  For now, i’ll leave you with the assurance that these first two months have been absolutely mind-blowing!

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Born to do this :P # Posted By The Dead King | 7/27/10 1:06 PM

Thank you for the good post # Posted By sam | 7/28/10 10:10 AM