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Capgemini Graduate Workshop and Linkedin session
This document summarizes a Capgemini presentation for University of Sussex graduates that included an overview of Capgemini, SAP software, Capgemini's Worthing office, and a question and answer session. It also covered personal branding on LinkedIn. Capgemini is a global SAP partner with 200,000 employees across 40+ countries and takes on 150 UK graduates annually. SAP stands for Systems Applications Products and is enterprise resource planning software used by most large companies. Capgemini's Worthing office works with HMRC and hires graduates for project management, technical, and functional roles supporting SAP implementations.
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- 1. Capgemini’s Graduate Q& A And LinkedIn Workshop University of Sussex Monday 8th October 2018 Richard Go Than Thevarajah Warrick Ballanger
- 2. Session Outline CapgeminiOverview What is SAP? Capgemini Worthing Q & A LinkedIn and personal branding
- 3. Capgemini Overview 200,000people in over 40 countries. Global SAP partner, Capgemini is one of the largest and most experienced SAP systems integrators. In the UK, we take on 150 graduates a year in March, June, September & November. We also work with some of the UK’s leading brands to implement our cutting edge solutions. Some of our clients include:
- 4. What is SAP? Whatdoes it stand for? Systems applications products. When was it created? 1972, 5 IBM former employees, to create a standardised application software for real-time business processing. Why is it important? Enterprise resource Planning (ERP) 78% of the world’s food. 91% of Forbes Global 2000 are SAP customers. 77% of the worlds transaction revenue touches an SAP system.
- 5. Capgemini Worthing Wework with the HMRC to help implement SAP software to manage business operations and customer relations in an integrated environment. There are 24 Places available each year for graduates. We have three routes into our SAP team: Project Management, Technical and Functional. Project Management: In this role, Graduates support the whole SAP Community, particularly the senior leadership team and project managers. Technical: The primary role of a SAP technical consultant is to support and develop the SAP Systems from a technical perspective. Graduates receive training in ABAP, the coding language for SAP. Functional: The SAP functional consultant gives opportunities to develop functional and technical expertise, as well as the client facing soft skills, Graduates support different streams of work.
- 6. Questions & Answers Application process? Our journey’s into consulting? Concerns as a student? Work environment? General questions?
- 7. LinkedIn Find us onLinkedIn -: @ Richard Go @ Than Thevarajah @ Warrick Ballanger
- 8. 8 What’s your definitionof Personal Brand? “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room” – Jeff Bezos (Amazon CEO)
- 9. Your Photo YourHeadline Your Summary The key basics Linkedin The key basics
- 10. Linkedin The wrong firstimpression More views with a profile photo than without 14x 1
- 11. Draft a compelling summary 2 Focuson career accomplishments and aspirations Recommend 40 words or more Include keywords – not buzzwords Bring to life with rich media links
- 12. Detail your past workExperience & Education More profile views than those without 12x Add your University into your profile by selecting from the dropdown list in the Education Section 3
- 13. Include Volunteer Experiences &Causes 4 More profile views than those without 6x
- 14. Add skills andrecommendations 5 Include a mix of high level and niche skills Skills and endorsements contribute to elevation in search results… …so don’t be shy!
- 15. Like, Share, Comment Post yourown Content Publish a Blog Post Linkedin Engage with your network Your Professional Brand is defined by how you interact with people
- 16. Thank you allfor your time today
Editor's Notes
- #5 ERP – provides powerful instruments to allow companies to control their financial, logistics, human resource and other business areas. SAP allows companies to buy single licenses or to purchase multiple streams to be controlled under one SAP umbrella. Making it easier for companies to holistically track and manage these processes in the most efficient way for their organisation.
- #8 Focus on LinkedIn as a platform. People are obviously going to be at different levels so for those who are established on the platform please be patient over the next couple of slides where we’ll talk about your profile Add our LinkedIn’s in. Ask how many have linkedin Follow up with how many actively use linkedin Good that’s why we are here.
- #10 First impressions used to be at interview – now they happen online. Have you checked your Digital Footprint? Who has Googled themselves recently? What did you find? Definitely recommend doing that – make sure you don’t have anything damaging, from photos to blogs. Social media is strongly optimised on search, so usually LinkedIn profiles come top when you search on a name. Then Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
- #11 The Wrong Photo!! This should be how you want to be seen in a work / professional world. Some obvious things to avoid! - No alcohol, pets, cut-off party photos or wedding shots, no cartoons or holiday snaps. But you can still be friendly and approachable.
- #12 Adding a summary of 40 words or more makes your profile more likely to turn up in a future employer’s search. Your Elevator Pitch. A good tip is to ensure your summary includes keywords featured in desirable job descriptions for your field. Describe your experience and tell the world why you work in your chosen career. Avoid buzzwords (examples: strategic, team player, creative) and focus on your career accomplishments.
- #13 It’s essential to list all past experience. Your profile is 12 times more likely to be viewed if you have more than one position listed. So even if it was a small low-paid temporary job, include it and add a couple of bullets about what you did / delivered / were responsible for, and who you worked with. Always include your University information, so that you are connected to the university on LinkedIn and can use the information as well as receive university communications.
- #14 Adding volunteering experience can be really valuable. Almost half of all hiring managers say they view volunteer experience as equivalent to formal work experience. And it helps as more companies look for Cultural Fit and how people’s values match their own.
- #15 Add Skills – These act as “Super Powered Keywords”. The optimal number is unique to each person. Include a mix of high level and niche skills and be specific. Get Endorsements – whilst no-one will be hired on the back of these, they (a) help you come higher in search results (b) they demonstrate your collaboration and teamwork / networking
- #16 Be active. When you Like/Comment/Share – that engages your network. Share useful content that helps people, and shows you know your stuff, that you are on the ball, passion for your subject. People can look at your updates. And even more powerful – write a blog post about your area of interest. Great way to enhance you “brand” and impress a recruiter / hiring manager.
- #17 And finally, look for groups relating to your industry, function, and career interest –– then join a few to stay up to date on trending topics and news. Build a solid professional reputation by sharing your ideas and commenting on others’ posts and providing advice where appropriate.