Akamai Preparation Program
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From University
to work
Free, certified program designed to empower you as a student and to prepare you for getting your first, dream job.
What is it
- Akamai Preparation Program (APP) is a free program open for students with interest in IT/Computer Science from Polish universities.
- Online meetings will allow you to learn about the realities of work in the IT field, and prepare you to get a job in an international business environment.
- Get empowered! Workshops are crafted to teach you how to be a confident candidate, and strive in your first job.
Why it's worth to Join
- Our workshops will give you practical knowledge and skills needed to ace your job interviews and get your first job as an IT professional!
- You will meet online in a small group that allows personal contact and encouragement.
- You’ll have an opportunity for networking and talking to actual IT professionals.
Agenda & Timeline
Soft Skills Academy
29 October - 4 November
Public speaking makes you shiver? Not too keen on team brainstorming?This series of workshops will help you find your way around a corporate environment - you'll discover its ins and outs, learn about work styles and business communication, and create your personal brand that will help you smoothly collaborate with other professionals at work.
Land Your First Job
5-7 November
This workshop will get you ready for your first big job hunt!You'll take part in a simulated recruitment process - starting from CV review all the way to a mock phone interview with our Talent Acquisition team. Their feedback and guidelines will help you master your CV writing skills, build your personal brand on LinkedIn and other social media, and prepare for the real thing.
Find Your Career Path
28 October
We get it - it's not so easy to decide what you want to do in life.Why not join our open sessions with Akamai employees, and learn firsthand about different career paths, and the specifics and requirements of their positions?
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The goal is to empower the students to get their first professional experience by providing them with the soft skills webinars, supporting with preparation of CV and interview, and show different career paths within the IT field. The participants will receive the certificate of completion upon completion of the program.
The registration process will happen via the dedicated registration form within the provided timeline. The selected students will be informed about the acceptance via email. The participants will be chosen based on their motivation to join the program.
Everyone can apply, but since we want to deliver the best quality, the program is limited to 50 students. This may change in a future editions.
The candidates should possess working knowledge of English and be students with interest in IT/Computer Science from Polish universities. The candidate should also commit to attend at least 75% of each section’s activities in order to receive the certificate of completion.
The program will be conducted in English.
About Us.
Akamai secures and delivers digital experiences for the world's largest companies. Akamai's intelligent edge platform surrounds everything, from the enterprise to the cloud, so customers and their businesses can be fast, smart, and secure. Top brands globally rely on Akamai to help them realize competitive advantage through agile solutions that extend the power of their multi-cloud architectures.
Akamai keeps decisions, apps and experiences closer to users than anyone - and attacks and threats far away. Akamai's portfolio of edge security, web and mobile performance, enterprise access and video delivery solutions is supported by unmatched customer service, analytics and 24/7/365 monitoring.
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