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Futures 12 Month Placement Scheme:

The Futures Placement scheme offers you an invaluable opportunity to work with a world-leading company for 12 months, broadening your horizons and giving you a head start in your career.

You’ll be deployed onto a challenging work placement, where you’ll support and learn from experienced professionals across IBM. At the end of your placement, it’s in your hands. IBM offer both Business and Technical Placements, with both taking place over a year!

You will benefit from a £18,000 salary, plus a £1k bonus at the end of your placement.

What will you do? You’ll be deployed onto a challenging work placement, where you’ll support and learn from experienced professionals from across IBM. That could be in any area across the company. We currently have Business Futures working in Recruitment, supporting Clients and working internally to make us more effective – all of which are making a difference at IBM. Then, at the end of the placement, it’s in your hands. If you would like to consider IBM as a long term career then you could apply for our Apprenticeship scheme or you could go to university – the choice is yours!

What will you do? You’ll be deployed onto a challenging work placement, where you’ll support and learn from experienced professionals from across IBM. That could be in any area across the company, we currently have Technical Futures working in Software Development, Internet of Things and Hybrid Cloud – all of which are making a difference at IBM. Then, at the end of the placement, it’s in your hands. If you would like to consider IBM as a long term career then you could apply for our Apprenticeship scheme or you could go to university – the choice is yours!

Case Study

Meet Elliot, a Technical Future placement student at IBM:

Why did you choose IBM?

I wanted to get some ‘real’ experience of working before going to university, a) so that I know what I want to do for internships during university and as a graduate afterwards b) so that is makes me a more attractive applicant – ‘first job is the hardest job to get etc’ c) IBM offers an opportunity to experience so many disciplines, SI, consultancy, sales, delivery etc.

What is your daily role?

‘Data Science & Watson AI Technical Sales’. Daily requirements to architect and solution client proposals, demonstrate software to clients, run internal and external enablement, present competitive positioning and delivering client proposals.

What has been the best bit about your placement?

Personally, presenting a custom proposal for >£1m to the executive board of FTSE100 client. There is nothing quite like the buzz of solving a problem for a client and negotiating a mutually beneficial commercial model.

What has been the most challenging aspect of placement and how did you overcome it?

Becoming comfortable in myself in front of clients. It took a little while to feel confident that I would be respected given my age. Ultimately, if you know your stuff, age is irrelevant – but I had a preconception that clients would think it was insulting for a teenager to lead a meeting.

How has your time at IBM shaped your future?

I have been able to understand what motivates me, the conditions I work best under, the skills I have – and how to apply them.

Sum up your placement with three words:

Challenging, Rewarding, Revealing.

IBM Apprenticeships

Our apprenticeships are for 3 years, and 4 years for degree apprenticeships with a starting salary of £18,000 and a permanent role!

Our employee benefits include: your very own company laptop, discounted cinema tickets, high-street store discounts, an Early Professional Manager to support your development, and depending on your role, a mobile device!

Our Business Apprenticeships:

• Level 4 Associate Project Manager
• Level 4 Junior Management Consultant

Our Technical Apprenticeships: 

• Level 3 Infrastructure Technician
• Level 4 Software Developer
• Level 4 Software Tester

At IBM we also offer degree apprenticeship schemes, which allow you to study towards a Bachelor’s Honours degree and earn at the same time!

Our Degree Apprenticeships: 

• Level 6 Chartered Business Management Degree
• Level 6 Digital & Technology Solutions Degree

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