Monthly Archives: November 2012

Free places on eSkills Programme for Final Year Students

Posted on by

Are you ready for the world of Employment?
e-skills UK is looking for final year Computing/IT Students to participate in a new project which will enhance and increase your readiness for the world of employment. The programme gives you access to some world class on line learning and exposure to network and engage with a number of Employers from the Computing/IT Industry. The benefits of the programme include:

  • A one year licence for on-learning giving you access to a variety of knowledge and tools to support your career path.
  • Participating in a number of events being facilitated by e-skills and employers. These will be local or held at one of your University locations. A great opportunity to engage and network and be given advice that will help and support you in a real working environment.
  • Access to a professional pathway which is aligned to the national standards to support your career aspirations.
  • The opportunity to join and actively use the social networking groups which will support the programme.

We are working with a number of Employers who are keen to work with you. This will develop your business and interpersonal skills, and give you a greater insight into how to secure a role within the IT Industry.

Some of the events we are offering are:

  • Networking Coffee Mornings/Visits to Businesses
  • Mock Interviews
  • Events focusing on Team Building, Networking, Q&A Panel and Skills Session around Effectiveness at Interview/Assessment Centre and Effective Communication
  • Buddies, Mentors and Coaches from a variety of organisations
  • Supporting Organisations with Community days
  • Set projects/Tasks set by employers
  • Templated Personal Development Plan to support training and development
  • An opportunity to meet with a variety of employers for you to see what organisation suits your career path.

There are a limited number of spaces, so to secure a place on the programme, please complete the quick questionnaire telling us a bit about you and email back by the Friday 7th December 2012 to joanna.scott@e-skills.com. The sooner you apply, the better your chance of getting one of these places.

Industrial Year Job – HP Cloud Services, Galway, Ireland

Posted on by

Hello Everyone

Please see below details of an IY with HP…..

Closing date is end of January but as always, the sooner you apply the better.

Lorraine

——————————————————————————

Industrial Year Placement with HP Cloud Services – Galway, Ireland

You will be joining a high energy and seasoned team, with a startup
culture, to build the next generation of public cloud, as part of HP’s
converged cloud offering. HP Cloud Services (HPCS) is a startup division within HP. Our goal is to provide the next generation of cloud
infrastructure, platform services, and cloud solutions for developers,
ISVs, and businesses of all sizes, based on OpenStack and related open
source projects. www.hpcloud.com provides more information of HP’s public cloud service.
As a member of the team, you will participate in one or more aspects of building a highly available, scalable and secure cloud solution. You will be engaged in a mix of Open Source and proprietary development, working with teams with HP and across the Open Stack Community.
Location
HP offices in Galway, on the west coast of Ireland. Galway is the major hub of Western Ireland, and well known for mixing travellers, students, culture and night-life.
HP Galway has a long history of taking placement year students from Aberystwyth, and prides itself on providing an atmosphere and situation where both students and HP get the maximum benefit from their year. Students are given real work on real systems and become full members of the teams they are placed with.
Responsibilities
– As a member of the HP Cloud Services team, you will contribute to the operational (running a data centre) and development activities involved with deploying and maintaining a public cloud.
– Work with multiple project teams of other software systems engineers and internal and outsourced development partners responsible for all stages of design and development for complex products and platforms,
including solution design, analysis, coding, testing, and integration
– Work with a range of technologies including Python, Linux, Openstack, ReSTful APIs, chef, ruby, git, HP labs technology and lots of big servers.
Salary
19k euro / annum, pro-rata for the length of internship
Application
CV and cover letter to duncan.thomas@hp.com
Useful links:-
www.hpcloud.com

www.openstack.org

www.theonion.com/video/hp-on-that-cloud-thing-that-everyone-else-is-talki,28789/

Entreprenurship seminar – November 23rd

Posted on by

On the 23rd November Andrew Dixon is visiting the University and will offer a day-long seminar on entrepreneurship for 25-30 students. Andrew’s biography is below. During the day you will learn about raising money for start-up companies and be able to discuss your business ideas with fellow seminar participants. Lunch is included.

WHEN: 23rd November 0930-1530
WHERE: Medrus
HOW DO I REGISTER? WIth Steve McGuire (SMB) sbm@aber.ac.uk. Basically, it is the first 25-30 students who register
WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING? An interest in entrepreneurship and, ideally, a business idea (at whatever stage of development) that we can talk about.

Andrew is an investor in early-stage UK businesses – online gaming and instrumentation in the nanotechnology sector are the cornerstones of the portfolio. He previously worked at Societe Generale and Goldman Sachs where he advised gold producers, end-users, central banks & investors across the Asian region as to appropriate commodity derivative strategies. Andrew is an Enterprise Fellow at the Prince’s Trust, and holds a degree in International Politics from Aberystwyth University and an MBA from London Business School. He enjoys the odd bottle of Australian Shiraz, a half-volley outside off stump and a walk with the dog across the common.

Graduate Recruitment Talk – Wednesday 21st November 2pm Physics A

Posted on by

Stuart Herbert, Head of Quality from Datasift, is coming to do a talk on the above date.  He will also be doing a Q&A session afterwards in Comp Sci reception.  He is recruiting Software Engineers.

Please see job description:-

Graduate Platform Engineer 2012

You can apply online after the talk, or you can bring your application along with you to give to him.

Thanks

Lorraine

 

English Language Teaching

Posted on by

Dear Final Year Students / Graduates,

British Council Language Assistants Opportunity, CHINA: Applications now open!

The British Council is currently recruiting 100 graduates to become English Language Assistants in China. We’re looking for open minded, mature and adaptable individuals from across the UK.  You need to have at least a 2nd class degree (from any subject) by summer 2013 to apply but do not need any previous teaching experience or a knowledge of Mandarin to participate in the programme.

You will live and teach in China for approximately ten months where you will receive a local salary of 3-4500 RMB per month, free accommodation, plus your return flights reimbursed. The programme begins with a two week TEFL induction course in Beijing in August 2013 and teaching follows the Chinese school year from Sept 2012 to June 2013.  You will gain valuable skills and life experience – impressing future employers upon your return. Previous English Language Assistants have gone on to pursue successful careers in journalism, teaching, business, charity work, and international relations.

This is a fantastic opportunity to get to know the ‘real’ China whilst giving something back to the community.

Find out more about the programme and how to apply here: http://www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistants-china.htm.

Deadline for applications is 3rd December 2012.  Apply early as you will need to send us some additional documents to complete your application.  (Details on the website)

If you have any questions please contact: language.assistants@britishcouncil.org.

Thanks and best wishes,

The Language Assistants Team

Language Assistants
Programmes & Projects

IBM Opportunities for 2013

Posted on by

Following the IBM presentation on Nov 2nd, Daniel has kindly prepared this list of Graduate, IY and Summer Internship positions available for this next year. For general jobs info about IBM, please see www.ibm.com/uk/jobs.

Keep in contact on Twitter, Facebook and Linked In. Search for IBM UK Careers. Each Friday, a different graduate takes over the Twitter account @IBMUKGraduate, so you can hear about the experiences of different people.

Neil Taylor has a copy of slides from the presentation on November 2nd. Email him if you would like a copy.

Graduate – ibm.com/jobs/uk/graduate-programmes

Minimum entry requirement: 2:1 degree
Closing date for applications: 31st December 2012

Business Consultant (Summer/Autumn 2013 start) http://rfer.us/IBENt1HD7
Technology Solutions Specialist (2013 start) http://rfer.us/IBE09THD9
Software Development (2013 start) http://rfer.us/IBEgevHDP
Financial Management Consultant (2013 start) http://rfer.us/IBEVMRHDR
Strategic Analytics Consultant (Sept 2013 start) http://rfer.us/IBEvA4HDs
Technical Consultant (Summer/Autumn 2013 start) http://rfer.us/IBERRjHDu

Industrial Placement – ibm.com/employment/uk/students

Closing date for application is expected to be 31st December 2012, but check each post for details.

Business (2013) http://rfer.us/IBEnAPHDT
Information Technology (2013) http://rfer.us/IBE9oyHDW
Human Resources (2013) http://rfer.us/IBED3.HDY
Finance (2013) http://rfer.us/IBETuvHDa
Software Development (2013) http://rfer.us/IBENeJHDm
Marketing (2013) http://rfer.us/IBE1AbHDo

Extreme Blue 2013
Extreme Blue is an opportunity for a summer placement with IBM.
Technical Roles http://rfer.us/IBEQQKHDe
Business Roles http://rfer.us/IBE4jLHDj

Working at ThoughtWorks

Posted on by

ThoughtWorks Logo

ThoughtWorks is a software company that began in 1993 and has offices around the globe. Its clients include guardian.co.uk, Siemens, NSPCC, E4 and thetrainline.com, to name a few. They are looking for talented graduates to join their company. They have recruited several Aber graduates and are keen to talk to come back to look for more.

The session will begin at 6.15pm on Thursday 15th November. There will be a presentation about careers at ThoughtWorks and an opportunity to learn about agile team planning for projects – using Lego as a way to explore the ideas.

The session will finish by 8:15pm. There will be plenty of time for an informal chat with the Aber graduates who now work at ThoughtWorks.

This session is for anyone who enjoys writing software. This certainly includes students in Computer Science, but anyone from any discipline who is passionate about software can apply to ThoughtWorks. Come along to see why this could be you.

We are asking for people to book for this session. If you plan to come along, please use the booking form on the Careers site.

Also, there will be some additional technical oriented sessions running on Friday 16th. You are welcome to come along to those too. For details about those sessions, please contact Neil Taylor nst@aber.ac.uk.

Google’s Summer Trainee Engineering Program (STEP)

Posted on by
Google Logo

Google has opened applications for it’s Summer Trainee Engineering Program (STEP). This is aimed at students who have completed their first year by summer 2013. Different elements include working on a software development project with Google engineers, improving your coding experience and professional development. There are opportunities for students at four offices: London, Munich, Krakow and Zurich.

For details and a link to the application form, please go to http://www.google.com/jobs/students/proscho/programs/emea/step/. An excellent opportunity. Applications are due by 28th December 2012.