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Our Graduate Programme
Working at
Rockport Software can be a very rewarding experience. We
work with some of the most prestigious companies in the
world ... and we need your help.
If you are
currently studying for a degree, or have recently
completed one, and would like to know more about how to
apply technology to solve business problems, we would be
very interested to hear from you.
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What Does
Rockport Software Do?
Businesses
across the world are having to compete under new and
changing circumstances. Advances in technology can help a
company leapfrog its competition, but may reduce barriers
for entry in their industry, enabling others to enter the
market more easily. Deregulation has brought competitive
pressure into almost every industry, forcing incumbents
to react quickly, or lose ground to new entrants. Mergers
and acquisitions are on the increase again, as companies
seek to achieve and maintain leadership in their markets.
Companies
have to become much more efficient in order to compete
and to survive. They have to develop new products and
services more quickly. They have to market these more
effectively. And they have to keep their customers coming
back for more.
But
there's more to it than efficiency. Companies have to
make effective strategic and tactical decisions. And they
have to keep making them. This requires information - on
products, customers, markets, competition, internal
processes and external factors. All of which must be
accurate, meaningful, reliable, relevant, and up-to-date.
For
example, Marketing Managers need answers to questions
like:
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Who
are my most profitable customers? |
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What
are they buying? |
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What
are they NOT buying? |
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How
do they respond to promotional activity? |
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What
are my most profitable products? |
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Who
is buying them? |
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Who
ISN'T buying them? |
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Financial
Managers also ask demanding questions like:
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Which
business units provide the best return on
capital? |
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How
can I determine the best investment opportunity
from the many and varied proposals? |
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Which
functions provide the most added value to the
company? |
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How
can I assess the outcomes of the company's
strategic plan over the next three to five years? |
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Information
is as vital to a business as its revenue and profits.
Companies need information on where sales are coming from
today, and where they will come from in the future. They
need information on what attracts a customer, and what
makes them come back again. This affects all functions of
the business - marketing, production, finance, IT
support, distribution, suppliers and channels.
Business
Intelligence technology provides a decision support
environment and infrastructure that can influence the
entire business. Development of budgets and plans may
lead to an analysis of production and distribution costs,
which in turn may lead to an assessment of supplier
performance. Pricing and quality issues can then be
reviewed with the suppliers, and targets agreed.
Rockport
Software provides the business experience and the
technology required to help companies make more effective
business decisions. Using the best Business intelligence
software (BI) in the world, we have helped many world
class companies improve the effectiveness of their
decision making.
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What
Can We Offer You?
At
Rockport Software, we want to build on your strong
academic background, and develop your potential for
problem solving. You will have a demanding and
challenging role, and you will be learning continuously.
In particular we want to give you:
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Training
- We will train you in a whole range of leading
edge technologies and teach you how to be an
effective consultant. The training consists of
formal courses and on-site experience at
customers. |
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Variety
- We offer you the opportunity to work in many
different and challenging customer situations,
applying technology solutions to real world
business problems. |
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Career
Prospects - As a small, dynamic
consulting company with ambitious growth targets,
we offer you the chance to develop your career as
the company grows. |
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Travel
- Many of our projects involve working overseas,
so you could end up in Barcelona or Bangkok! |
We also
offer a competitive starting salary and other benefits
suitable to the demanding role we can give you.
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What Do
We Expect Of You?
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Enthusiasm
and Commitment - we expect you to be enthusiastic
and keen to learn. We also expect you to work
hard - our customers demand a lot from us, and we
expect a lot of each other. |
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A
desire to solve business problems - our clients
need technical solutions to their business
problems, so you will be expected to understand
the business issues and at times help our clients
understand them. |
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Technical
skills - as the role has a heavy technical
content, we expect you to have real technical
ability and proven programming skills, or the
aptitude to develop them. |
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Communication
- we expect you to have strong interpersonal
skills, with the ability to communicate
effectively with customers and colleagues. |
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A
cool head - we expect you to be able to work
effectively under pressure. |
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Teamwork
- we expect you to be able to work as part of a
team (and also manage your own time effectively). |
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How To
Apply?
If you can
combine business and technical skills, with the ability
to communicate effectively at all levels of a customer
organisation, please contact us, with your CV, at
Alternatively
you can mail us:

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