Roles

Business

So you want to make your mark on the business world during your gap year? Working in a business role, you'll have the chance to focus on the commercial side of our business - helping to increase our revenue, deliver value to our clients and help our business run as smoothly as possible.

You could get involved in a huge variety of work providing you with a wealth of experience. You could be working in a general business role supporting one of our many business areas in project management, business operations, market research or business analysis. If you are full of creative ideas you could find yourself working in Marketing, or you may work in a Sales support role - assisting our field sales teams with their client bid proposals and sales forecasting.

During our selection process we will talk to you about the opportunities that we have available and look at where your skills and interests lie to match you up to your ideal role. Spending your gap year at IBM in one of these roles is a fantastic grounding for a future career in business. With everything you learn here, there's no limit to where you can go.

Technical

It goes without saying that at IBM we know technology, we work with companies around the world in every industry imaginable and provide our clients with the best technology services available. These roles will appeal to you if you're interested in business and technology and how you can solve business challenges through the use of smart IT.

Web design, problem diagnosis, database development, technical project management. the work can vary considerably depending on which area of our business you are placed in. However in some shape or form, your role will involve designing, implementing and maintaining technical solutions for our clients to solve their business challenges.

If you're lucky enough to be placed in a Software Development role, you'll be part of our business where our innovative and extraordinary software products, applications and processes take shape. We lead the way - and it all starts here. You might help with the development of new solutions, or with modifying or supporting existing software solutions, you'll participate in the development of software from design, through testing, to delivery, integration, and support. All with the expert help of our experienced software developers.

Whatever role you are placed in, you’ll have the support and guidance of some of the best mind’s in the industry; they're at the top of their game - so there really is no better place to develop the skills on your gap year that could lead to a uniquely exciting and inspirational future career. Not to mention the amazing skills you'll take onto university with you.