Topic: GE Africa Early Career Development Program (ECDP) 2012

GE Africa Early Career Development Program Job

Date: Mar 19, 2012
Location: IIkoyi - Lagos, South Africa, Angola, Ghana, Kenya
Description:

Job Number: 1518010
Business GE Global Growth & Operations
Business Segment: Global Growth & Operations - Africa
About Us: We are GE. We’re a global infrastructure, finance and media company taking on the world’s toughest challenges. And we are taking the strengths that have made us an industry leader and putting them to work in service of a new era of global business, with a focus on the world and the people we share it with. Through initiatives like ecomagination and healthymagination, we are developing the next generation of products and services to improve the way we use resources, impact our communities and care for each other. Join GE and you’ll discover a career opportunity of incredible diversity – across disciplines and around the globe. No other company invests in the development, training and advancement of its employees the way we do, because we believe it is our innovative thinking that is our strength, and that strength is what enables GE to make a positive impact on tomorrow, today. From jet engines to power generation, financial services to water processing, and medical imaging to turning imaginative ideas into leading products and services. GE is imagination at work
Posted Position Title: GE Africa Early Career Development Program
Career Level: Entry-Level
Function Business Management
Function Segment: Administration and Support
Location: South Africa
Angola
Ghana
Kenya
Nigeria
City: IIkoyi - Lagos
Relocation Assistance No
Role Summary/Purpose: GE Africa’s Early Career Development Program (ECDP) is a newly created twelve month leadership program designed to give recent university/college graduates challenging work assignments, training and development, and exposure to leadership. The program combines hands on experience with formal classroom training to equip participants with the tools and knowledge to become leaders in GE.
Essential Responsibilities ECDP is open to recent university/college graduates of various disciplines including, Sales, Finance, Human Resources, Field Service Engineering, Operations, Information Technology, and more.
As a valuable member of our team, ECDP participants will receive many benefits including:
•Challenging work assignments
•Business mentors
•Leadership training
•Essential skills training
•Functional training
•Opportunities to network with Leaders and other ECDP members
Qualifications/Requirements: •Recent college/university graduate with no more than 2 years’ work experience /or with national service discharge
•Authorized to work in your country full-time and without restriction
•Must have an advanced to fluent level of English
•Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment
•Demonstrated team player
•Confident self-starter who has demonstrated drive
•Excellent organization skills, ability to independently prioritize multiple tasks and work to deadlines
Desired Characteristics •Demonstrated leadership ability
•Less than two years previous work experience.
•A post graduate degree in a relevant field will be an advantage
•High performer with a passion to achieve positive business results
•Curiosity and desire to learn and expand skill set
•Flexible, adaptable, and open to change

Its not like it takes forever.d only thing is that at the end they l take only mayb 1 for each segment. I know d guy that was taken last year in engineering. just 1 but as for finance,HR, etc, I don't know how many.
you cld try ur luck.
its also management sort of not engineering per say. but if you get it,it cld b easier for you to navigate into pure engineering technical roles.