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Knod-IBM
Talent Development Programme
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Join IBM's pool of talent and boost your career!
Why a Knod-IBM Talent Development Programme?
IBM Global Technical Services (GTS) needs to hire 5,000 skilled engineers every year in India. Due to lack of professional skills, only 10% of candidates get through their selection process successfully and only 25% of the new hires are being effective in their job within a reasonable period of time.
The Knod-IBM Talent Development Programme uses Knod's unique Employer-Engaged Project-based Learning model to help you develop the professional skills needed to start a successful career in one of the fastest growing sectors in India.
Programme structure
- 6-month Pre-Placement period in a global, employers-engaged project-based learning environment
While working in multi-locational Team with global coaches and delivering projects for international clients. At the end of this phase, if successful, you will be given access to IBM hiring process. - 6 month Post-Placement period as an IBM employee*
You will be attached to Knod coaches and teams within IBM and continue your team- and project-based learning in the context of their job. This phase includes technology training by IBM as a part of their usual induction process, and working with IBM mentors and Knod coaches to enhance Career effectiveness. - Information Technology - MBA Degree by New Charter University
On completion, you will have the option to obtain an Information Technology - MBA Degree by New Charter University, a US accredited university.
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(*) IBM will consider these graduates for employment in various IT Infrastructure Management positions available with them, at several offices across India, after the student has completed at least two terms (6-months) of the program, has been recommended by Knod, and successfully passed a test of placement conducted by IBM.
Access requirements
If you have completed a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from a Circuit-based stream, and have secured 60% aggregate marks, this is your fast track to a successful career.
What is Employer Engaged Project Based Learning?
“When you get students that come from a project-based learning environment it is so much richer than having someone with a straight academic background. They do have humility; through that process, they’ve learned to know what they don’t know and they’ve learned to respect others.”
Sheila Thorne, IT Specialist Leader & Business Architect at IBM.
What you get
The Knod-IBM Talent Development Program opens up the Infrastructure Engineering career pathway, which is in great demand with the ubiquity and complexity of IT infrastructure in all types of organisations.
With the career-boosting knowledge you receive, you won't just be a team player... You'll be ready to lead.
Your resume and portfolio will blossom with real-world experience and projects you'll be proud to show off.
Become the highly sought-after candidate employers are searching for. Help yourself reach your full potential.
When hired, you will continue the Knod-IBM Talent Development Program till completion, while handling Global Data Centres and having exposure to mission-critical enterprise level work. This job pays competitively (approximately Rs. 300,000 per annum) and opens up a world of opportunity for a graduate by development of their professional abilities at the highest level.
Finding ready-to-work employees is harder than ever.
With Knod, employers have the power to shape the sustainable pipeline of competent employees they want to hire.
About Knod
Knod prioritizes the employer as the primary customer in the workforce pipeline by focusing on outcomes of preparing competent candidates with character, who will be work-ready employees.
With the needs of employers in mind, students work in multinational teams on enterprise projects, and interact with corporate project managers in technology-based settings, which are globally scalable. Through Knod’s learning and assessment model, students gain professional competencies such as problem solving, teamwork, communication and leadership skills as well as a strong work ethic; personal attributes such as integrity, humility, adaptability, resilience, empathy; and technical fluency.
“How can we produce T-shaped people directly out of university? Universities alone cannot do it. The have to do it in partnership with the real world challenges of industry and government.”
Jim Sphorer, IBM Innovation Champion and Director of Global University Programs
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