Accenture Graduate Recruitment Programme 2012

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.

Working with Accenture in South Africa,  you can join ranks with more than 211,000 people in 120 countries and work with clients in nearly every major industry worldwide, including 96 of the Fortune Global 100, more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500 and government agencies around the world. Accenture’s people build careers in different areas of business, specifically Consulting and Technology.

Our strategies and solutions stand out because they are innovative and deliver high performance in new and exciting ways. And we’re looking for more high performing graduates that have a vision of a diverse and challenging career. Depending on your skills, experience, and career aims, you will fit into one of 3 workgroups at Accenture.

Technology Consulting
Technology Consulting covers the spectrum of IT innovation and Systems Integration activities that are at the heart of so much of what Accenture does for its clients. Technology Consulting professionals are responsible for delivering large-scale, complex programs that marry processes with solution development and technology to enable clients to transform the way they do business.

Technology Consulting is a great place to start because it will provide you with opportunities to learn about, and gain experience in different areas of Accenture’s  business – all supported by comprehensive training.

With us, you’ll frequently find yourself working with leading-edge technologies on projects that push the boundaries of what’s technically possible. It helps to have expert partners.

We have over 150 strategic alliances with established market leaders and emerging innovators that include Microsoft, Siebel, SAP and Oracle. Unrivalled access to the most advanced methodologies and technologies means you’ll be able continually to expand your skills in this tremendously exciting field.

Management Consulting
Management Consulting professionals helps business make key strategic decisions and take responsibility to deliver organisational change and business transformation.

We work with local and global companies on significant issues across their businesses and help them understand how to solve these issues and drive profitable growth. Our teams design and deliver innovative solutions for our clients and help them achieve high performance.  We build deep insights into the industries we serve and the environments in which our clients operate.

Management Consulting employees have the opportunity to develop strong leadership, analytical thinking, problem solving and people management skills and build knowledge and experience across the different functions of a business across multiple disciplines.  Outstanding training, both formal and on-the-job, is provided right from the start and continuous learning accelerates your growth and development.

Management consulting involves working in teams with other highly talented individuals – an enjoyable, productive and challenging environment – so there are always people to bounce ideas off and learn from.

Delivery Centre Network
The Accenture Global Delivery Centre Network uses common methodologies, architectures and metrics to turn more than 50 centres staffed by 123,000 professionals into a massive engine for high performance.

Accenture, a pioneer of industrialisation in the information technology and business process arena, is taking it a step further with the Accenture Global Delivery Centre Network.

Common methodologies, tools, architectures and metrics of the Accenture Delivery suite unifies these multiple centres and the professionals who run them.  This creates a scalable and flexible network that truly enables clients to source the right skills and services at the right price wherever they are available.  The Accenture Global Delivery Centre Network helps clients improve productivity, increase business value, mitigate risk and lower the cost of delivery.

Applications are open to individuals who were born in South Africa, or became South African citizens prior to April 27, 1994.

Applicants who meet the following requirements may apply to Accenture:

·         65% academic average

·         good business acumen

·         strong communication skills

·         conceptual thinking

·         good leadership capabilities

·         problem solving

·         analytical thinking

Please include the following documentation with your application.

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