Change Management/PMO Review

I am currently working as Change Management/PMO on an account in Capgemini. My daily task involve communicating with the Capgemini team and then passing this information onto clients. I also complete end of month reviews which documents how well the account is doing and also tells the client how well we are doing. As Change Management I am responsible for making sure changes to a clients system is completed by a certain date and to a good standard. I will lease with the Capgemini team to get an estimation sent out to the clients and then once that work has been approved to be implemented then I will oversee the progress of the implementation.

I have learnt many new skills and I have also developed many existing skills. In my first two months I went to Aston University to train in Java and SQL. I have also been able to develop my communication skills both in a team and when talking to clients.

This programme has given me the opportunity to reach my goals. Not many 18 year old people have the opportunity to work for an international IT company and also get a degree on the side. Capgemini is a fantastic to company to work for as they care a lot about your future and they give you the resources to reach your goals in the IT industry.

I feel very valued by Capgemini. I very often get praised by senior management for the work I do and I feel that is very important. I am currently on a project where the whole team is brilliant and I feel very valued and appreciated.

The programme is well organised we have a portal provided to us by Aston University which tells us when we have lectures and when the deadlines for out work is due. The mentors are also very helpful they respond to our queries over email very fast which is helpful.

We have 3 lectures a week and then we have Q&A sessions with the tutors so that we can ask any questions that we need to ask in that hour which is helpful. This shows that the tutors are more than willing to support us with the programme which is positive.

Senior management is happy to approve our days off to go to Aston to lectures as they are aware that this degree is very important for us to get as they have invested a lot of money into our education. They are also happy to support us with any problems we have when doing our degree.

The starting salary at Capgemini is very competitive and I can happily live off the starting salary. I was able to buy a new car with my starting wage which is helpful as I do a lot of travelling to my workplace. There is also a lot of opportunity to progress in Capgemini which means you will get pay rises.

Capgemini put on a weekend away for all graduated and apprentices twice a year which is fantastic. We have the opportunity to interact with the other graduates that we don't see much as we are all based in different locations.

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Capgemini is a fantastic company which cares about their apprentices. There is lots of opportunity to learn new skills and hard work is always appreciated which you don't always see in some company's. I am also getting paid rather than having to pay £9,000 a year for a degree.

Work hard and you will get where you want to be.