Accenture Graduate Brochrue 2013

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Accenture is a global management consulting, technology servicesand outsourcing company, with approximately 266,000 people servingclients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience,comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions,and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies,Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated netrevenues of US$27.9 billion for the scal year ended Aug. 31, 2012.

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Contents

1 Welcome

2 What we do

4 Our commitment to diversity6 Being a good citizen

8 Tackles, tries and crunch ties. Evolved.

10 Been here, done this

12 The many wonders of the world. Evolved.

14 Choosing the right path

16 A closer look

18 See for yourself 20 Learning every day

22 You achieve, we reward

24 Getting in

Welcome

This brochure will give you anidea of the opportunities atAccenture and how joining ourglobal organisation offers you a

variety of exciting career paths.



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What we dWe use what we know to help clienevolve their business and achievehigher performance. Combiningadvanced technology with innovatithinking and plain hard work, we

achieve results that really matter –from higher prots and greater marshare to better customer experienc

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Inclusiveness is at the heart of everything we do at Accenture, both as

a business and as an employer. Byencouraging an innovative andcollaborative working environmentthat embraces diversity, we give peoplefrom all backgrounds the opportunityto evolve their careers and achievetheir ambitions.

Diversity isn’t just something we like totalk about, either. Our commitment tomaking Accenture Ireland as varied asit is welcoming makes ours a bettercompany in all sorts of different ways.Our unique ability to bring together

multiple perspectives, backgrounds,cultures and skills—reecting theclients we serve around the world—isextremely powerful in drivinginnovation and staying relevant to ourclients’ needs.

A good example of this in action is thefact that Accenture Ireland is a

corporate leader in supporting LGBTemployees and the broader LGBTcommunity. We’re incredibly proud tobe able to say that we’re one of therst companies to be formallyrecognised as a GLEN (Gay & LesbianEquality Network ) Diversity Champion.

We are delighted to partner with GAZE International LGBT Film Festival Dublin,which is now in its 21st year,demonstrating our ongoingcommitment to supporting diversityat Accenture.

Our commitmentto diversity

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Being a good citizen

Find out more about Corporate Citizenshipat accenture.com/ccireland

Corporate Citizenship is fundamentalto Accenture’s character and theway we run our company as a high-performance business. From Skills to

Succeed to the environment, we workto make a sustainable, measurabledifference around the world.

Skills to Succeed is about making a signicant impacton the economic well-being of individuals, theirfamilies and their communities. In Ireland, we workwith a range of non-prot partners including Fastrackto IT, Jobcare and An Cosán, drawing on one of Accenture’s core competencies – training talent – toenhance skills for employment outcomes. By 2015, weplan to equip 500,000 people globally with the skills toget a job or build a business.

Accenture people continuously demonstrate energy,enthusiasm and passion for making a difference topeople’s lives around the globe. Volunteering givesour people the opportunity to share their uniquebusiness and professional skills with those that need

them most, supporting them on their journey towardseconomic independence.



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Find out more about the work we do ataccenture.com/irelandgraduates

The RBS 6 Nations Rugby Championship is a tournament steeped in tradition. Withteams from six nations clashing across 15 games in front of a vast global audience,

it’s long played host to some of the nest talent to grace the pitch.

Having delivered a world class app in 2012, we wanted to evolve it even further forthe 2013 season. We enhanced it to offer live match commentary and increasedsocial media, providing a truly unique and interactive experience. We made the appaccessible by creating iOS, Android and Kindle Fire versions in English, French andItalian. The app was downloaded 750,000 times and became the number one sportsapp across the UK and Ireland.

Tackles, tries andcrunch ties. Evolved.

Follow @AccentureRugby for more on our rugby insight.

Download the app for iPhone, Android and Amazon KindleFire and follow all the action of the 2014 RBS 6 Nations.



Been here,done thisSo far, we’ve suggested that a major reason for

joining Accenture is the work you do. We make

no apology for this: we’re here to serve clientsand we spend a lot of time thinking about howwe can do it better. It’s a focus that will helpyou evolve in a number of ways.

You’ll discover many reasons to build a career with Accenture.One of the biggest is the quality of the people you’ll be workingwith: the graduates you join and train with; the leaders andmentors who help you develop; and don’t forget the clientsand colleagues who rely on you to deliver the goods. Whilemany of our employees say they came for the projects, theystay for the people.

Our careers site is full of personal views from people who, quiterecently, faced the same choices and opportunities that you donow. It’s worth reading what they say because we’ve encouragedthem to tell their own stories, in their own words . Here are a few

selected highlights.

“I chose to join Accenture’sAnalytics Innovation Centre for thevariety of work available alongwith the global network and thehigh quality of skilled colleagues.Accenture is a refreshing, dynamicenvironment to work in with agreat community atmosphere.Accenture people are justlyrenowned for their dedication,ambition and supportive nature.”

Philip,Analytics

“I joined Accenture’s Graduateprogramme in September 2012.Prior to this, I had completed aMasters in Business Managementat Trinity College and gainedexperience working in civilengineering and in the media. Mybusiness and IT training, coupledwith the incentive of working ona variety of diverse roles across awide range of industries, were theinitial lure to launch my careerwith Accenture.”

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As a graduate, you can join one of twobusiness areas – Accenture TechnologySolutions or Consulting. These twoareas work closely together, so thereare plenty of crossovers between the

various graduate roles. But they’re byno means the same.

Each career path has its own training programmeand work focus, and further options and choices willopen up as your career evolves. The important thingis to choose the kind of work that best suits youraptitudes and interests. There is more help on thecareers site, but this ow chart will help you consideryour options…

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Consulting

Join Consulting and you’ll discover threedifferent areas where you can evolve your

career: Management Consulting, TechnologyConsulting and Analytics. Whichever routeyou choose, you’ll receive plenty of trainingand support from day one. We’ll also prepareyou to contribute to a variety of live projectswith real business impact. Working with atruly diverse spread of clients from differentbusiness sectors, you’ll have endlesspossibilities for development.

Management ConsultingAt Accenture, we help our clients achieve more.Our Management Consulting teams use their quickthinking, assurance and strategic agility to developgreat insights and ideas – and put them into practice.

Here, you’ll help make things happen for our clients– driving efciencies, implementing systems and raisingperformance every working day.

Technology ConsultingThis is the biggest area of our Consulting business, so it’swhere most of our Consulting graduates begin. You’ll setabout transforming businesses with the help of peoplewho understand the value of innovation and the verylatest technologies. From brainstorming with a client todevise a precision perfect system, to designing, testingor launching the technology that will improve theirbusiness, you’ll nd plenty of opportunities to evolveboth your skills and your career. All of this, whileheading up large project teams across differentgeographies – potentially from an early stage inyour career.

AnalyticsThe Accenture Analytics Innovation Centre is ashowcase for our predictive analytics capabilitiespart of our worldwide Analytics Capability Netwo You’ll be part of a global consulting team that lea

the way in applying analytics to gain ever-deeperinsights into business data and strengthen existinprocesses and methods. From data manipulation astatistical analysis, to predictive modelling andcomputational prociency with leading analyticaplatforms (SAS, SPSS, R, Matlab), you’ll have a nuof opportunities to evolve the skills you need to sreal-world business problems.

To join Technology Consulting or ManagementConsulting, you can be a graduate of any disciplin join Analytics you will ideally have studied aquantitative degree (Maths, Statistics, EngineerinPhysics or Economics). Everyone joining our ConsuProgramme must have a strong academic track rewith at least 400 Leaving Cert points and a predic2.1 degree or equivalent.

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See for yourself

Internships

The best way to nd out what it’s like to workat Accenture is to try it out for yourself rst.

We have three, ve and seven-monthplacements available, beginning in June, Apriland February and all nishing in August. Thisreally is a great opportunity for you to get toknow us, while evolving your skills andknowledge working on live projects,experiencing real challenges and playing yourpart in delivering solutions.

Events

We’d like to meet you. That’s why you wnd us at careers fairs in all the major

Universities. We also hold a number of Accenture Experience events throughoutyear, so you have even more opportunitiask us what it’s really like to evolve anexciting and challenging career at Accen

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During your in-depth induction, you’ll see rst-hand whyAccenture is such a great place to work. As well asreceiving a generous salary, if you impress us and we

impress you, you’ll also be given the opportunity toautomatically progress directly to the nal interviewstage of our Graduate Programme.

But don’t take our word for it. Hear what our recentinterns have to say about their experiences by visitingaccenture.com/irelandinterns



Learning every day

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Accenture Technology Solutions (ATS) The ATS training programme combines on-the-jobexperience with a combination of in-house and externalcourses. This training carries on throughout yourAccenture career. In the early years, it will be more

technically focused and you will receive all theencouragement and support you need to achievecertication in your chosen area – be that Java, .NET,Testing or another technology. Along the way, you willalso develop skills in methodologies that will enable youto work efciently in a global organisation. As yourcareer evolves, your training will support your progressto more senior roles where you will develop as aspecialist in your chosen path. In ATS, your trainingneeds are continually assessed so we can ensure we havethe best qualied people to deliver successful projectsfor our clients.

We’re serious about your developmentand will invest in you from day onebecause, put simply, what you knowis what we sell.

As soon as you join, we will provide an experiencedCareer Counsellor to guide you and check on yourprogress. Together you will draw up a PersonalDevelopment Plan, discussing potential careerobjectives and identifying the projects and learningexperiences that will meet both your aims and oursas a business.

A lot of your learning will be done in the workplace.Whether you’re designing a new application or runninga client meeting, experience is the best teacher. Whenyou are deployed to projects, a workplace mentor willmonitor and support your development on the job. Theencouragement and opportunities for personal andprofessional development are truly exceptional atAccenture, but it’s up to you to make it happen.Ultimately, you’re in control of your career.

Consulting The Consulting training programme combines intetraining and live project experience to deliver a stlearning curve. It all kicks off with an initial inducin Dublin, which will introduce you to the

fundamentals of the area you are in. It will also ayou to meet your colleagues: the friends you makduring that time will last throughout your career.will then travel to one of our global training centfurther training.

Throughout your career at Accenture, you will attmany different types of training course, giving yoskills and capabilities you need to progress in theConsulting eld. These will include Accenturemethodologies as well as technical skills training help you in your day to day role. As your career evyou will be given the opportunity to attend furthintensive training courses aimed at advancing youmore senior positions.

With all this support, it’s no surprise that at thegradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards 2013,

we were awarded Most Popular Graduate Employfor Consulting.



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Accenture Technology SolutionsJoin us and you’ll be using your technical know-howbuild the systems and infrastructure of the future. Inreturn, we’ll give you a starting salary of €28,000 aninvest heavily in you to provide you with highlymarketable technical skills. You’ll also have theopportunity to develop your career in different areasif you want, specialise in the one you love. You’ll neebe prepared to travel if necessary – you could be pu

project anywhere in Ireland, or possibly abroad.

ConsultingOn our Consulting Programme, you’ll be driving chanmajor organisations, so you should have the exibilitwork on a project anywhere in Ireland, or possibly thworld. You’ll also need to be driven, a born problem sand an excellent communicator. With a starting sala €31,000 and the opportunity to train in one of our gltraining centres, you’ll have the opportunity to evolvrewarding career.

Clubs and SocietiesWe want you to enjoy where you work. That’s why wa wide range of clubs and societies - many of whichsubsidised by Accenture. You’re bound to nd sometthat suits you – and we’ve found that it’s a great wa

meet new people at Accenture and nd like minds tshare your passion.

All part of the deal

• Support for professional qualications

• Fast paced career development• 26 weeks’ full-paid maternity or

adoption leave• 2 days’ paid leave for charity or

community work• 20 days’ holiday allowance• Generous pension scheme• Private health insurance• Life assurance• Company laptop• Employee Discount Card

There is no Accenture type. Ourcollective strength is based on respectingindividuals and having many differentskills, backgrounds and perspectives at

work under one, virtual roof. Our rewardsphilosophy is designed to attract andmotivate people who have what it takesto drive our business forward by evolvingtheir skills and knowledge over time. Asyour contribution grows, so will yourearning power.



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Consulting (Management Consulting,Technology Consulting and Analytics)We’ll ask you about where your interests lie, so thinkabout what areas of our business you would like to workin. We’ll consider how you would t into each area and

will offer you a position in the one that best ts yourskills, or where our business needs you most.

We’ve packed our website with useful information aboutthe application process, but initially, you will need tocomplete an online application form.

Before you go online to apply for one of our Programmes (the only place you can),keep a few things in mind.

InternshipsThe application process for our internships depends which University you are in. For more information goto accenture.com/irelandinterns or contact yourcareers ofce.

Accenture Technology Solutions

You can apply to Accenture Technology Solutions allyear round. Initially, you need to complete an onlineapplication form. If you’re successful, this will befollowed by an online assessment and interviews withone of our managers, an HR representative and one of our Managing Directors.

Remember, the closing date for our ConsultingProgramme is 22nd November 2013. Start datescommence from September 2014 onwards. You caapply online at accenture.com/irelandgraduates

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