CDC Blog : Corporate Social Responsibility

- - - Consulting Blog

Focusing on People Development

Posted At : June 3, 2010 11:04 AM | Posted By : Tim Antos

This blog was written by James Simpson. James is an Associate Consultant who joined Capgemini in March 2009.

Although client delivery work is very much the primary focus for all CDCers during their time on the graduate programme and beyond for the rest of their careers at Capgemini; a focus on “People Development” will also play a large part in the lives and development of CDCers. Examples of People Development activities CDCers will regularly be involved in could include supporting graduate recruitment by being a campus champion, presenting at graduate fairs /insight days /induction or hosting an assessment centre; being a buddy to a new joiner to the CDC; or supporting training activities for a Capability Unit with Capgemini Consulting. In addition, there is also a chance to become involved with a number of charities and not-for-profit organisations that Capgemini have a relationship with.

For myself, I have been involved in facilitating a young enterprise event at a school in the South East of England; walking twenty miles to support the Myotubular Trust, as well as organising a fundraising event for the One to One Africa. In the future, I hope to be involved in this year’s Million Maker’s challenge for the Prince’s Trust, and some of my colleagues in the CDC will be taking part in the Prince's Trust Wild Challenge. Other examples of People Development work other graduates have been involved in, include helping to set up a new charity, and doing pro-bono work for charity organisations.

The opportunity to get involved in People Development activities proves an enriching experience for many CDCers throughout their time on the programme. It presents the chance to support some fantastic causes, learn new skills, have fun and meet other consultants across the business.

Comments (0) |

Print |

Send |

del.icio.us |

Digg It! |

Linking Blogs

Raising money…it’s just the way we roll

Posted At : February 10, 2010 11:33 PM | Posted By : David Kunzmann

Chloe Booker is an Associate Consultant who joined Capgemini in September 2008:

One of the ways that Capgemini Consulting differentiates itself is the emphasis placed on people. This is an integral feature of the company and one that is visible throughout the company. One of the most obvious ways to identify this is the preoccupation Capgemini consultants have with raising money for the Prince’s Trust.

There are a whole range of different initiatives that we are encouraged to get involved with as CDCers… mostly consisting of some kind of sponsored physical exertion. Not being much of an athlete, I decided to get involved with Million Makers with a team of five other CDCers. This challenges participants to turn an initial investment of £1,500 into £11,500. It promised to put our business acumen, entrepreneurial assertiveness and team working skills to the test and commenced back in June 09 with a day at ‘Go Ape!’.

For the subsequent six months, we worked together to generate a business idea and turn it into a reality. This required effective team working, project management, marketing strategy and sales. This was all made more taxing by the distribution of team members across the UK and trying to balance this with on top of client and internal work!

The result of our labours was Ad:Vent, an online advent calendar. This provided ‘five minutes of festive fun for a fiver’ throughout December. Individuals paid just £5 for the downloadable application which provided a host of daily fun. They were also entered into a draw that delivered a daily amazing prize to one lucky person. In total we raised nearly £4000…an amount we were really proud of.

It was certainly one of the most challenging things I have done at Capgemini, but also one of the most valuable. It taught me a lot of new things about team working and marketing, but also cemented the training and tools I have been taught. It was also fantastic to witness the amount of support and endorsement we received from within the company….there was even an email circulated by the head of Capgemini Consulting UK to the whole of the business. I think that says a lot about the culture at Capgemini Consulting!

Comments (0) |

Print |

Send |

del.icio.us |

Digg It! |

Linking Blogs