2023 Co-op Consultant – Salesforce

About IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, better known as IBM, is one of the biggest technology companies in the world, with operations in more than 170 countries and over 345,000 employees worldwide. IBM is best known for producing and selling computer hardware and software, cloud computing, and data analytics. The company has also served as a major research and development corporation over the years, with significant inventions like the floppy disk, the hard disk drive, and the UPC barcode. In May 2021, IBM teamed up with rivals Microsoft and Google on a project designed to help companies better defend against hackers and other cybersecurity problems. That same month, the company unveiled the world’s smallest and most powerful microchip, which IBM says could quadruple the battery life of cell phones one day.

Your Role

IBM is looking for passionate, original thinkers who want to drive progress, grow their network, and jumpstart their careers. If you never stop learning, believe no problem is too big to solve, and want to unleash your potential, IBM Services is for you. As a co-op in IBM Services, you’ll be aligned to a Salesforce consulting project or initiative and see first-hand how IBM helps businesses change the way they work.

Training, Development & Rotations

Deciding to start your career at IBM is an investment in your future. Whether you’re an undergraduate, graduate, or post-graduate, IBM will help you turn your years of study into tangible achievements through a vast array of global career opportunities and development programs. IBM incorporates hands-on training into employee education. Blue Opportunities provides experience-based development opportunities, such as job rotations, to enhance IBMers’ careers regardless of geography. Participants commit as little as a few hours to several months to complete project-based initiatives that further their career goals. IBM’s sequence of development opportunities from emerging leaders to the most senior executives positions IBM to grow the skills required for the workforce of the next century.

Salary & Benefits

IBM offers a competitive salary and benefits program, designed to help employees build a solid financial foundation for meeting a diverse array of needs - health care, income protection, retirement security, and personal interests.  IBM provides a range of options, to allow you to design a program that meets your personal or family circumstances. IBMers may designate between 1% and 10% of their eligible compensation, up to specific plan and regulatory limits, to purchase IBM stock through automatic payroll deduction. The salary for this role ranges from approximately $90,000 to $110,000 per year.

Career Progression

To ensure IBM develops IBMers to their fullest potential, IBM instituted its most well-known program Basic Blue for IBM Leaders, which focuses on role-playing and developing the emotional intelligence and coaching skills expected of an IBM manager. IBM offers transparent career frameworks for associates, professionals, and executives. These frameworks provide clarity on career pathways and consistent performance and promotion expectations. IBM empowers professionals to discover and identify their next career moves by providing resources to support career growth. With a company this large, the opportunities for growth are endless.

Work-Life Balance

IBM enhances employee engagement and productivity, reskills its workforce faster, and reimagines ways of working to become an adaptive, skills-based, and AI-powered organization. Dedication to every client’s success, an innovation that matters, and personal responsibility in all relationships enabled IBM to build a culture of flexibility and inclusion trusting IBMers to do what’s right for clients, for business, and for themselves. IBM envisions the future of work in a post-pandemic world are focused on a hybrid workplace that supports IBMers to innovate, serve the clients and engender trust.

Culture & Vibe

IBM has a rich history of being a leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Since its founding in 1911, IBM has been dedicated to building a culture of conscious inclusion and providing opportunities for all IBMers to make a positive impact on societies around the world while bringing their authentic selves to work. IBM had the first written equal opportunity policy, nearly 30 years before the United States passed the Equal Pay Act. IBM also became one of the first companies to include sexual orientation as part of its commitment to nondiscrimination. IBM celebrates diversity across all levels and is proud to stand behind its employees in the fight against discrimination and oppression across the globe.

About You

Candidates should possess one or more of the following:

• Previous co-op experience
• Available to start full-Time within one year of Co-op completion
• Exposure to Salesforce
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, great professionalism
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to quickly assimilate and apply new concepts, business models, and technologies
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills, a positive attitude, and not afraid to ask questions
• Fast learner, self-starter, creative thinker, ability to work independently
• Passion for business efficiency & cloud technologies

How to Apply

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Source

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• glassdoor.com/ibm – salaries 
• ibm.com