Life at GE : Careers : GE
I had a gap year before university and worked for a major building society dealing with mortgages. This work experience was valuable to my career as it made me realise 100% that I wanted to continue into further education and have a career in IT. I studied at Kingston University and between my 2nd and 3rd year of study I had a placement year with GE Money Home Lending.
My internship with GE Money Home Lending inspired me to join the ITLP program. Throughout the year I had visibility to global teams across different GE businesses and got involved in "real world" projects that directly influenced the business. I was never asked to make the tea! The internship allowed me to develop not only my technology skills but most importantly my soft skills; leadership styles, presenting and influencing. GE is such a large, diverse and innovative company that invests heavily in their employees I knew I wanted to be part of this when I graduated.
Currently I am working in the IT Security team as a Project Manager. One project is to create and implement globally for GE Healthcare a computer forensics process. The other project is on VPN Remediation. This involves identifying issues we have with our virtual network connections and making recommendations of how we can manage these.
The amount of training GE gives you on ITLP is incredible. So far I would say the most rewarding would have been the Fountains of Leadership course. The UK ITLPs travelled to Munich for a week at this course with 60 other GE employees from across Europe. Not only were the training and teachers fantastic but it was a great networking opportunity. I made many contacts across Europe from all GE businesses and different departments. I also find working for GE Healthcare as a whole very rewarding as I feel that what I am doing within the business is making a real difference to peoples' lives.
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