Careers in Computing Fair guide

Careers in Computing FairThursday 6 November 2014, 11am–3.30pm School of Computer Science, Atrium, Jubilee Campus

Careers and Employability Servicewww.nottingham.ac.uk/careers

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It’s great to see you at this year’s Careers in Computing Fair. With a range companies from the information technology sector, you can find out just how far your degree can take you.

Many of the employers visiting us today have graduate jobs and internship opportunities in a number of business areas. You may be surprised by the range on offer.

Here are some key points to make the most of the fair:

• A number of employers are bringing Nottingham graduates to the fair. They will happily have a chat with you and give you an idea of what it’s like to work in the sector.

• Be open-minded! Through your studies you will be developing the attributes sought by employers such as problem-solving, logical thinking and the ability to analyse and interpret data. Speak to a range of employers from different sectors to understand the scope of careers open to you.

• Visit our stand and find out how to make the most of your time at university and grab some information on upcoming events.

Our team are here to help you understand and make the most of the graduate jobs market, not just today, but throughout your time at university and once you’re graduated. Make sure you leave with a copy of our events guide so that you can see what’s happening this term.

And finally, keep in touch. You can book an appointment to see us atwww.nottingham.ac.uk/careers/appointments

You can also ask our experts a question on Facebook or Twitter. If you have a burning question, it’s a great way to get a quick answer.

We hope you enjoy the day!

Nalayini ThambarDirector of Careers and Employability

Welcome to our Careers in Computing Fair


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04 BJSS

04 Bluesmith IS

05 Capital One

05 CGI Group

06 Data Interchange

06 Deloitte

07 Entrepreneur First

07 FDM Group

08 Imagination Technologies

08 Next Jump

09 Ocado Technology

09 PwC

10 Romax Technologies

10 Selex ES

11 Sky

11 Teach First

12 True Clarity

12 The Year in Industry

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Subjects recruited from: IT, science, maths or engineeringStarting salary: £20,000–£24,000 with bonus, pension and flexi benefitsJob location(s): Leeds Application method: Email CV and covering letter to [email protected] deadline: 19 December 2014Employment start date: June 2015Minimum degree requirements: Upper-second-classRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

Bluesmith specialises in bespoke MS .NET applications and SQL Server databases. We provide design, build, migration and support services to our blue-chip client base.

The Bluesmith team are high calibre IT professionals with a proven track record in delivering solutions across many industry sectors. We strive to create an excellent working environment for our people with an approach and culture that is a little different; a flat management structure, complete autonomy within project teams and flexible roles that remove barriers to progression.

As a graduate your first six months will be dedicated to training. You’ll also be assigned a mentor who will support your development and help you make the most of the opportunities you’ll be given to develop a career within this new, fast growing and already successful organisation.

www.bluesmithis.com

Subjects recruited from: Computer science, physics and mathsStarting salary: CompetitiveJob location(s): Leeds and ManchesterApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: OngoingEmployment start date: OngoingMinimum degree requirements: Upper-second-classRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

BJSS is a full service IT consultancy with a 20-year track record of building and providing enterprise-class systems, often in high-availability, low-latency environments.

More than 450 technical professionals work for BJSS and we focus on the banking and finance, public sector, commodities, technology, media, telecommunications and retail industry sectors.

We use agile delivery techniques to provide software development, business change, testing, environment management and DevOps services to governments and large multinational clients worldwide.

www.bjss.com


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Subjects recruited from: AllStarting salary: £29,000–£32,000Job location(s): NottinghamApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: 8 December 2014Employment start date: September 2015Minimum degree requirements: Upper-second-classRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

Capital One is a UK top 10 credit card provider with over three million UK customers and 40 million worldwide. We were voted the best large employer in the UK by Great Places to Work in 2013 and 2014. Our vision is simple; we want to make our customers’ lives better. A bold statement, but that’s the kind of company we are.

We recruit graduates into analyst and technology streams. Our analysts solve complex business problems and develop the strategies that drive profitability and growth with graduates joining marketing, decision sciences or operations. Graduates on our technology scheme get the opportunity to rotate through different areas to become an expert in a broad range of areas and learn how to translate business opportunities into technology solutions and technology opportunities into business innovation.

The possibilities for your career are endless, but whichever route you choose, you’ll be given responsibility right from day one and be accountable for significant deliverables.

www.capitalonecareers.com/graduates

Subjects recruited from: Computer science and other scientific, technical disciplines with a strong IT contentStarting salary: £21,600–£26,000Job location(s): Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bridgend, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leatherhead, Manchester and ReadingApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: 31 March 2015Employment start date: Various throughout 2015Minimum degree requirements: Upper-second-classRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

CGI was founded in 1976 by 26-year-old entrepreneurs Serge Godin and André Imbeau.

The two started the company in the basement of Serge’s home with one client, one phone and a lot of ambition. Today, there are over 68,000 of us working across the globe. Together, CGI’s professionals have built one of the leading IT and business process services companies in the world with a long track record of service excellence and sustainable profitable growth.

The size and reach of our operations means we are able to offer a variety of career paths. Graduates may be involved at any stage of the business lifecycle from business consultancy through system design and development, implementation and integration, testing and support to training, applications management and service operation and support.

www.careers.cgi-group.co.uk


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Subjects recruited from: Computer science and other scientific, technical disciplines with a strong IT contentStarting salary: CompetitiveJob location(s): UKApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: Ongoing, but apply early to avoid disappointmentEmployment start date: September 2015Minimum degree requirements: Upper-second-class or lower-second-class depending on service line choiceRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

Helping the biggest businesses make some of their biggest decisions. Tackling the most complex operations. Leading the leading-edge. Developing expertise not just in one company,

but in entire industries. This is what it means to be a professional at Deloitte, the world’s largest professional services firm – whether you work in audit, tax, consulting, corporate finance or technology.

From small businesses and high net worth individuals to government departments and major multinational corporations, Deloitte works with some of the greatest names in the world of business – and employ some of the foremost experts in their fields. In just a few years, you will be working alongside them, building far-reaching business networks and exploring the intricacies of a variety of clients’ organisations.

www.deloitte.co.uk/graduates

Subjects recruited from: AllStarting salary: CompetitiveJob location(s): Peterborough Application method: Email to [email protected] deadline: OngoingEmployment start date: VariousMinimum degree requirements: n/aRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

Data Interchange is a leading provider of electronic data interchange (EDI) and eBusiness integration solutions to over 4,000 global organisations, specialising in automotive, manufacturing, logistics and local government.

Data Interchange solutions provide critical functionality for managing communications and data transformation within and beyond the enterprise, enabling global organisations to collaborate with their customers, suppliers and partners.

www.datainterchange.com


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Subjects recruited from: All, particularly interested in science, technology, engineering and maths, as well as business and numericalStarting salary: £21,000Job location(s): UKApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: OngoingEmployment start date: OngoingMinimum degree requirements: lower-second-classRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

FDM Group is an international IT services provider with a business model that is unique and robust, bringing people and technology together. FDM has firmly established itself as the UK’s leading IT graduate employer and one of the top 25 fastest growing companies in Europe.

We are renowned for our IT careers programme, which gives graduates award-winning business and technical training in core disciplines. They then progress to represent FDM on client sites as either business or technical consultants for a minimum of two years.

The FDM graduate programme will provide you with essential training, invaluable commercial experience and the opportunity for fast-track career development. We employ the best from a range of degree disciplines and our combination of training and experience will prepare you for a rewarding career.

www.fdmgroup.com/uk/apply

Subjects recruited from: Computer science, engineering and mathsStarting salary: £17,500 per team in seed fundingJob location(s): London Application method: OnlineApplication deadline: 31 December 2014Employment start date: Rolling start dates (July 2015 and September 2015)Minimum degree requirements: n/aRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

EF is the only seed investment programme that selects purely on the basis of technical talent. We take the best computer scientists and engineers, usually before they have a team or

a startup idea, and help them build technology startups in London. Over the last two years, 60 individuals have joined EF. Those individuals have teamed up to found 20 technology startups, which have received over $20m in venture funding from investors like Y Combinator, Index Ventures, Notion Capital, and Octopus Ventures. They’re valued at over $80m. We’re interested in helping technical people build technical startups. The startups we’ve worked with in the past are doing things like using data science to build a multi-device algorithmic ad exchange, applying computer vision and drones to transform agriculture, and personalising the web with machine learning. We want to fund more startups like these.

www.joinef.com


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Subjects recruited from: Any with applicable skill set, mainly computer science, informatics, physics, maths and electronicsStarting salary: £25,000–£30,000Job location(s): Kings Langley, Bristol, Leeds and ChepstowApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: Ongoing until filledEmployment start date: Flexible (usually July)Minimum degree requirements: Upper-second-class, some roles are flexibleRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

Imagination designs hardware and software technology that is used in almost every consumer electronics device around you, from the latest smartphones and tablets, digital radios and more.

As a leading provider of processors for mobile and embedded devices, we provide some of the best technology in our industry, including our PowerVR graphics and video, MIPS processors, Ensigma communications and Pure wireless music, radio systems and entertainment cloud services.

We have over 40 graduate and 40 placement hardware and software opportunities in graphics, video, communications, processors and other key technology areas.

We are looking for software candidates with good C/C++ programming skills and hardware candidates with digital or physical design skills.

www.imgtec.com/graduates

Subjects recruited from: AllStarting salary: CompetitiveJob location(s): LondonApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: 6 November (interviews on campus on 7 November)Employment start date: VariousMinimum degree requirements: Upper-second-classRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

Founded in 1994, Next Jump is at the forefront of the internet and ecommerce space, managing employee rewards programmes for 70% of the Fortune 1000 companies. Next Jump works with 90,000 companies covering 100m+ users globally. This includes more of the UK’s largest

organisations than any other provider, making Next Jump the default choice for employee voluntary benefits programmes.

Next Jump’s focus on internal culture has attracted the top graduate talent in the country. Our four growing offices are located worldwide in NYC, Boston, San Francisco, and the UK.

Our vision is to make the world a better place by fundamentally changing the model for how companies are run. We discovered a universal formula in how company cultures should be built: Better Me + Better You = Better Us.

www.nextjump.co.uk


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Subjects recruited from: Computer science, software engineering, physics, electronic engineering and mathematicsStarting salary: £30,000Job location(s): HatfieldApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: OngoingEmployment start date: OngoingMinimum degree requirements: Upper-second-classRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

Ocado Technology architect and build the ground-breaking, game-changing technology solutions that power Ocado, the world’s largest online-only grocery retailer. We don’t do off-the-shelf. We don’t do easy. Because we’re

writing, building and running all our own software systems, we’re constantly pushing the limits of what technology can do. And when we say ‘we’, we mean ‘you’. Join us and work across a phenomenal breadth of technology, with incredibly smart people, to create reliable, resilient, scalable and optimised software systems. From robotics and 3D simulation, to machine learning and real-time control systems, we’ve invested millions in state-of-the-art technology to fuel our ambitious growth plans. Now is the time to join us! We are looking for the best and brightest new graduate software engineers to join our growing team.

www.ocadotechnology.com

Subjects recruited from: AllStarting salary: CompetitiveJob location(s): NationwideApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: See websiteEmployment start date: Summer/autumn 2015Minimum degree requirements: Upper-second-classRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

PwC are a global professional services firm working with some of the biggest companies in the world to provide business solutions. Our technology professionals help our clients harness technology to transform their businesses.

That, in a nutshell, is what technology at PwC is all about. And that’s why our technology expertise is so in demand, covering everything from IT strategy, architecture and design, to enterprise applications, sourcing, project management and IT operations.

At PwC you can join a growing dynamic business unit and specialise in business systems control, data assurance, IT risk and cyber security, technology consulting, forensic technology solutions or international assignment services.

So join PwC. We’ll help you reach your full potential.

Take the opportunity of a lifetime.

www.pwc.com/uk/careers


Subjects recruited from: Engineering: engineering, computer science, maths and physics. Business: any relevant degreeStarting salary: £25,000 Job location(s): NationwideApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: Early 2015Employment start date: September 2015Minimum degree requirements: Upper-second-class for engineering andlower-second-class for business Require undergraduates or postgraduates:Postgraduates

Selex ES is an international information management, sensors and systems integration business delivering the high technology needs of defence, space, security, infrastructure, commerce and public service.

In leveraging collective strengths, and capitalising on the synergies across major business areas, Selex ES exploits world-class systems, ICT and smart services to deliver robust, high-integrity mission-critical solutions across sectors and domains, from the design, development and production of state-of-the-art equipment, software and systems to through life support.

With 17,000 employees and revenues in excess of €3.2bn, Selex ES has main operations in Italy and the UK and a strong industrial and commercial footprint at international level.

www.selex-es.com/international-presence/uk/careers-2/graduate-opportunities

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Subjects recruited from: Computer science, physics and mathematicsStarting salary: £25,000 plus £2,000 golden handshake upon completion of probation periodJob location(s): NottinghamApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: OngoingEmployment start date: OngoingMinimum degree requirements: Upper-second-classRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

Romax Technology has been established for 25 years and is the world’s leading provider of advanced simulation software, design expertise and consulting services for gearbox and driveline systems.

With 12 offices worldwide, Romax Technology is at the forefront of engineering development across the wind energy and transportation sectors, from blue-sky R&D projects to in depth engineering analysis.

The aim of our consultancy and design services is to drive business and sustainability. Providing customers with innovative technology and solutions to optimise their products for performance, robustness, efficiency and durability.

We are currently looking to place engineering graduates across our business divisions at our new headquarters in The University of Nottingham Innovation Park.

www.romaxtech.com


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Subjects recruited from: AllStarting salary: From £25,000 Job location(s): London and EdinburghApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: See websiteEmployment start date: See websiteMinimum degree requirements: See websiteRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:See website

Delivering Sky’s mix of TV that people love, pioneering technology, award-winning customer service and superfast broadband is a real team effort. Come to Sky and you’ll be part of a fast-paced business that’s changing the game for the entire industry. Whatever your skills, wherever you join, from day one, you’ll be part of a network

of friendly graduates that stretches right across the business and across the country. Helping us do things better than ever, you’ll work on real projects where you’ll make decisions that really matter.

And because you’ll be doing such an important role for us, we’ll make sure you have everything you need to shine. This includes giving you a structured and tailored plan to progress your career, plenty of development opportunities and access to a benefits scheme that includes free Sky+HD and broadband, as well as pension and healthcare plans.

www.jobs.sky.com/starting-out

Subjects recruited from: AllStarting salary: £17,000–£26,000 depending on location and other factorsJob location(s): NationwideApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: Ongoing, till subject is fullEmployment start date: June 2015Minimum degree requirements: Upper-second-classRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

Teach First is an independent charity working to address one of the UK’s most damaging social issues – educational disadvantage. We recruit exceptional graduates and experienced professionals into a two-year leadership development programme during which they become classroom teachers, engage and inspire young people, and develop the skills and behaviours to take up leadership positions in any future career.

www.teachfirst.org.uk


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Subjects recruited from: Computer scienceStarting salary: CompetitiveJob location(s): Bristol and LondonApplication method: CV and covering email to [email protected] deadline: OngoingEmployment start date: Summer 2015Minimum degree requirements: Upper-second-classRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates and postgraduates

True Clarity is a software solutions company developing enterprise web systems for a household name client base.

We develop the code that drive websites which are robust enough to process enormous levels of traffic. The systems we develop are real world, tangible applications that are used by millions of people.

We have a track record of recruiting computer science graduates that are passionate about technology, writing code and getting great software delivered. Our training is excellent and we are able to offer highly personalised mentor-led training programmes that develop your coding skills and understanding of full lifecycle commercial development.

www.trueclarity.co.uk

Subjects recruited from: Engineering, IT, science and businessStarting salary: £13,000–£20,000Job location(s): NationwideApplication method: OnlineApplication deadline: n/aEmployment start date: July–SeptemberMinimum degree requirements: n/aRequire undergraduates or postgraduates:Undergraduates

The Year in Industry (YINI) are the UK’s leading student placement experts. We provide high-quality, paid placements for students in their gap year before or during their degree course. We have placements for students interested in all areas of engineering, science, IT and business. Benefits include: gaining practical experience of a career; informing study choices; earning a salary; developing links with companies; increasing sponsorship and graduate opportunities.

www.etrust.org.uk


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