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Get Trained. Get Hired!

Get Trained. Get Hired!
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Accenture Μονοπρόσωπη Α.Ε.

A few words about us

Accenture is a leading global enterprise services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unparalleled experience and specialized skills in more than 40 industries, we offer integrated solutions in the areas of strategy and consulting, interactive services, technology and operations, leveraging the largest global network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers.

Our 710,000 employees implement projects every day at the intersection of technology and human ingenuity, serving customers in more than 120 countries. At Accenture, we embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for customers, employees, shareholders, partners and society.

In Greece, Accenture has been active for the last 30 years - now employing more than 1,150 consultants in Athens and Thessaloniki.



Objective Action

Purpose of the "Get Trained. Get Hired!” is to:

  • Train/retrain unemployed, science school graduates with little or no work experience in high demand programming languages. Specifically, the participants are intensively trained for approximately one month and once they successfully complete the program, they have the opportunity to be hired by the company with a permanent employment contract.
  • It helps spread digital skills and digital stock. According to a research we carried out in 2017 in collaboration with the BSE, analyzing the digital maturity of the country, we found that Greece has a relatively satisfactory number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates, which seems to be following an increasing path the last 3 years. However, Greece is required to accelerate its efforts in relation to the development and upgrading of the digital skills and knowledge of its workers as it ranks in the lowest positions compared to its European partners.
  • Increase resume flow to meet hiring needs
  •   It further strengthens the number of women in its human resources. It is worth mentioning that at the moment the ratio of men to women in the Greek office is 35% women - 65% men. This percentage is impressive, considering the underrepresentation of women in the technology sector that is the company's core business
  • Stop the brain drain, giving employment opportunities in high growth sectors in Greece
 

Target Audience

Unemployed, science school graduates with little or no work experience

 

Duration

It has been implemented since 2017 and is constantly evolving


Description

According to recent research, there is a huge gap between demand and supply of ICT-savvy workers, which makes lifelong learning and acquisition of new skills essential. In Greece, this phenomenon is further aggravated due to Brain Drain, i.e. the leakage of specialized human potential abroad. Additionally, at the level of the Greek reality, high rates of unemployment are recorded and seen among young people, especially under the age of 25.

In this context the initiative "Get Trained. Get Hired!” answers all these challenges as

  • It concerns training in cutting-edge programming languages with immediate demand from the labor market and the wider ICT ecosystem
  • Aimed at unemployed science graduates with zero or minimal work experience (usually under 25 years old)
  • It emphasizes the female population where higher rates of unemployment are observed.

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Impact on Society

In total, from 2017 until today, Accenture Greece has organized 25 rounds of “Get Trained. Get Hired!” training a total of more than 250 people



Initiative Location

Athens, Thessaloniki and nationwide via internet


Working with Organization

Specialized educational institutions and universities


Workers Participation

Yes


Benefits for Οrganization

In total, from 2017 until today, Accenture Greece has organized 25 rounds of “Get Trained. Get Hired!” of which 189 people joined its workforce (percentage of women hired 41%).




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