Accenture Technology Graduate Programme 2015


Advertiser: Accenture
Location: Johannesburg

If you’re ready to kick-start your career in consulting, this is the place to start. We have developed a single entry point into consulting at Accenture that will provide you with all the skills and knowledge you need to succeed, whilst giving you broad exposure and experience in business, technology and operations strategy.

We have opportunities for graduates to join us in Accenture Strategy and Accenture Technology starting in January 2015. We are looking for graduates who have good business acumen, are strong communicators, conceptual thinkers, problem solvers and analytical thinkers.

At Accenture we look for people who challenge conventional thought, offer unique perspectives and conceive innovative and profitable solutions for our clients. We look for people who bring outstanding intellectual content to everything we do, and who have the potential to develop into business leaders, credible in the boardrooms of some of the world's biggest companies.

To join one of our graduate programmes, you’ll need to have or be predicted to receive a 65 percent average in any of the degrees stipulated. If you have already graduated, and are ready to start your career, apply now.

Responsibilities include:
- Assisting in conducting gap analysis between business requirements and software applications.
- Creating functional requirements as an input to application design.
- Assisting with build, test, and deploy activities.
- Performing testing work.
- Administering tools (e.g. testing tools).
- Documenting business requirements.
- Performing application design activities (e.g. designing user interface, usability testing).

Application requirements:
- Updated copy of your curriculum vitae
- Latest academic record
- Certified copy of South African identification document.

Closing date: Not indicated in advert

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.