General Motors IT Infrastructure Jobs

Darith

Hello,
I was wondering does anybody have any information on this program. Found out last week that it is a springboard program. Classes till end of july followed by placement. 40 credits although i am chasing whether these credits are spread also over the placement. It was sort of ran last year. Candidates half to stay on social welfare for the duration of the course and placement or so i have been told. I would like to hear from those whom are currently on the course or whom done it last year. Are the credits or assignments spread out over the 12-16 weeks? the virtualisation module proposed to teach alot of linux but what is the entry level needed, LPI 1 ? What are the employment prospects? The intention is to employ some of the candidates? Is is a good course, well taught, organised etc. ?

dingdangdoo22

not sure about springboard but i think they are supposed to be a good company to work for in general...could be wrong

Cuddlesworth

Darith wrote: »

Hello,
I was wondering does anybody have any information on this program. Found out last week that it is a springboard program. Classes till end of july followed by placement. 40 credits although i am chasing whether these credits are spread also over the placement. It was sort of ran last year. Candidates half to stay on social welfare for the duration of the course and placement or so i have been told. I would like to hear from those whom are currently on the course or whom done it last year. Are the credits or assignments spread out over the 12-16 weeks? the virtualisation module proposed to teach alot of linux but what is the entry level needed, LPI 1 ? What are the employment prospects? The intention is to employ some of the candidates? Is is a good course, well taught, organised etc. ?

I think this might be brand new. GM's IT department in Ireland is about 2 to 3 years old. So I assume that the course work follows the usual modules for the college, cherry picked by the GM managers in Sandyford for openings they want to fill.

Cuddlesworth

Are you referring to this? I figured it was for the Sandyford office, both are new though.

http://www.springboardcourses.ie/details/3979

The GM site in Limerick is programming specific. HP in Galway is more based around IT operations support work with some small programming teams. At a guess, I'd say they both sponsor the course to do Graduate recruiting. Most multinationals in Ireland do. Low wages combined with Government kickbacks mean cheap labour in a country they can deal with.

dingdangdoo22

this one? no mention of springboard though, look like regular roles.

http://gradireland.com/graduate-jobs/jobs/269936

Darith

Yes i applied through grad ireland as shown above. No mention of springbroad but when i got talking to people, this was what was on offer :

Course Name: MSc in Systems & Software Security - Certificate in Private Cloud Technologies
Course Provider: Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LY_KPCT_C)
Course Link: http://springboardcourses.ie/details/4181

Hosted in GM in limerick.

dingdangdoo22

did you hear anything back? is there a breakdown of the modules?

Darith

Yes i did. I actually went for an interview about three weeks ago. Then i chased for a reply about a week ago and found out it was this course. Three cloud modules till end of august. Placement is at start of august for ten weeks.

dingdangdoo22

Darith wrote: »

Yes i did. I actually went for an interview about three weeks ago. Then i chased for a reply about a week ago and found out it was this course. Three cloud modules till end of august. Placement is at start of august for ten weeks.

Wonder whats in the cloud modules, is it all graduate roles?

Darith

It appears all graduate roles.

dingdangdoo22

reason i asked was salary on link below.

http://www.purelyit.co.uk/job/infrastructure-engineer-953475413?src=search&tmpl=lin&sctr=IT