Last Tuesday, IBM held the closing ceremony of the 2007 "Blue Road" summer internship program for college students in Beijing, and more than 500 college students who participated in the internship program got IBM internship certificates. They will be direct candidates for IBM to recruit "white paper talents". Ms. Bai Yan, director of human resources recruitment and talent planning management of IBM Greater China Human Resources Department, told the reporter that the IBM internship program will replace campus recruitment.
It is reported that more than 500 college students participated in this internship program this year, and they were selected from 23,000 college students who applied for internships. In addition to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the participating cities include Shenyang, Chengdu, Xi, Taiyuan, Shijiazhuang and other 17 cities. Internship positions cover software and hardware R&D, testing, consulting, sales, service and other departments; It is the year with the widest distribution of cities, the largest number of internship positions and the largest number of interns since the implementation of the "Blue Road" project for four years.
It is understood that the "Blue Road" student internship program is released once a year, and each period includes two stages-summer internship stage and spring internship stage. The students who participated in the spring internship are all students who have already got the offer. The internship program is aimed at major universities in China, mainly the key universities of the Ministry of Education under the 2 1 1 project. Internship cities are mainly concentrated in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, including Shenyang, Chengdu, Xi 'an, Taiyuan, Shijiazhuang and other cities where IBM has branches. The majors that recruit the most interns are computer related majors, economic management related majors and engineering communication related majors.
Ms. Bai Yan said that the internship program has now become the main way of recruiting students on IBM campus. In 2006, the employment rate of interns reached 70%. This year, the sales and service departments will also directly determine the candidates for campus recruitment in 2008 from interns. "From school to work, the role of graduates will not be achieved in one step. They need an adaptation process, and the internship plan is the best way to solve this problem. We have tailor-made training courses for interns, which will help young students get familiar with society as soon as possible and help them to work for IBM in the future and adapt to the new working environment. "
IBM's internship plan this year has adopted a large number of induction training contents for new employees. Interns can fully understand the company culture and working environment, systematically understand the characteristics of products and programs, and help interns adapt to the working environment as soon as possible and find their proper role in the work as soon as possible. IBM also arranged interns to participate in the company's internal development projects this year. Each project has a senior IBM employee as the project manager and serves as the intern's mentor to guide the interns' work skills.
In the form of training, IBM adopted a combination of centralized training and decentralized internship this year. Interns are divided into three groups: North, Middle and South for centralized training. After that, the interns returned to their respective branches and departments, and each intern was arranged to be a mentor and start an internship in related business fields. Decentralized business practice is a targeted and tailor-made training, which enables interns to understand the business environment more accurately and effectively, and be familiar with market demand and their own development direction. This centralized and decentralized training not only effectively conveys corporate culture and professional skills, but also deepens interns' understanding of IBM and teamwork.
Yang Kang, an intern from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, said, "I benefited a lot from my two-month internship. It not only helped me learn the workflow and understand the corporate culture of IBM, but also made me feel the professionalism from my mentor and colleagues and realized the importance of teamwork. The working environment is really different from school life. This internship laid a good foundation for me to step into my job in the future. "
It is reported that after the end of the summer internship period, IBM and interns will finally determine the candidates for employment through two-way selection. Those interns who have obtained formal employment certificates will participate in the spring internship program in the second year, when they will focus on providing professional guidance for their upcoming work in IBM to help them adapt to the future business environment and work needs more quickly. (End)