Presentation by Angelina Zhuravleva, Training Department Head

1. Career development in Exigen Services
Angelina Zhuravleva
June, 2012
www.ExigenServices.com

2. Agenda
• About company
• Opportunity for students
• Career map
• Ways of professional growth
• Career development tools
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3. Introducing Exigen Services
Exigen Services specializes in IT transformations. We
commit to outcomes, co-invest with clients, and apply
unique tools to maximize value.
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4. Global Presence
Riga St. Petersburg Nizhniy Novgorod Kazan
R&D Center R&D Center R&D Center R&D Center
San Francisco New York
Headquarters
Europe
Eastern Europe
Wuxi
US London Asia-Pacific R&D Center
Minsk Suzhou
R&D Center R&D Center
Frankfurt
Odessa
R&D Center Dnepropetrovsk
R&D Center Adelaide
• Founded in 2000
• 1’500 professionals Vilnius
San Paulo R&D Center
Christchurch
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5. Exigen Academic Program
T0/P0 T1/P1
IT College
2-6 months internship Employee
ExS University courses
Students’ study projects Diploma
Winter & Summer Practices
3rd Year 4th Year 5th Year 6th Year Graduation
Time
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6. Exigen Career Map
Managerial Path
Delivery Regional
Project Delivery
Manager Director of
Manager (PM) Director (DD)
(DM) Development
SW engineer /
Test Lead /
Trainee / SW Test engineer /
Team Lead /
Technician Architect (SAR) /
Tech Lead
Analyst (BA)
Chief
Tech Project Tech Delivery
Function Lead Technology
Lead (TPL) Manager
Officer (CTO)
Technical Path
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7. Way of professional growth
How?
• Junior Software Test Engineer - Software Test
Engineer - Senior Software Test Engineer - Lead
Software Test Engineer etc.
Where?
• Grow inside project
• SW Engineer – Technical lead, Team lead, SCRUM
• Rotation Master, System architect etc.
• Technical lead, Team lead, SCRUM Master –
Project manager, System architect etc.
• SW Test Engineer – SW Engineer, Business analyst
etc.
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8. Success Stories
Vitaly, Developer P1 Maria, Test Engineer-
– PM in 3,5 years HR director CIS in 4,5
(N.Novgorod) years (SPb)
Anna, HR analyst- Sergey, Developer
BA in 3,5 years (SPb) P1 – SAR2 in 4,5
years (Minsk)
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9. Career development tools
Performance
The model of review
competence Career
planning
Training
programs
and
Assessment Rotation
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10. Performance management
• Formal performance review
• at least annually (each 6 months recommended)
• by resource manager
• Formal project manager feedback: performance & skills
• each 3 months or project/assignment end
• by project manager
• Purpose:
• improve employees’ understanding about the company expectations of
the employees
• identify employees’ strengths and weaknesses related to work they
perform
• make specific plans for employee’s performance improvement
• and acknowledge the employee’s contribution
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11. Performance review form
• Performance evaluation
• communication skills
• customer focus skills
• etc.
• Objectives
• for previous period
• for future period
• Overall performance and suggestions: Final evaluation
• Start doing -2 – Not acceptable
• Stop doing -1 - Improvement expected
0 – Meets requirements
• Continue doing +1 - Sometimes exceeds requirements
• Trainings required +2 - Always exceeds requirements
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12. Career development
• Formal career development review
• by request of employee or on performance review
• by resource manager
• Principles:
• employees are responsible for their own development
• managers provide information and opportunities for employees to develop
in a supportive environment
• Purpose:
• improve employees’ understanding about career development
opportunities
• make specific plans for employee’s development
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13. Career development: competencies
• Customer service skills area
• Foreign language (English)
• Customer focus
• Teamwork and team management skills area
• Teamwork
• Team management
• Professional skills area
• Test engineers
• Developers
• Analysts
• etc.
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14. Training programs
Management programs Professional programs
• Soft skills trainings • Professional training
• Effective Project Manager • Mentoring and couching
• Assessment center • Internship
• Business presentation • Retraining
• Round tables • Round tables
• Internship • Conferences
• Mentoring and couching
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15. Summary
• Exigen is very interested in employees professional development
• There are a lot of opportunities!
• We evaluate and give recommendations for our employees each year
• Performance review procedure, Career planning, The model of
competences, rotation, training programs and assessment help to
optimize the way of professional growth
• We value professional skills, focus to customer and orientation to
results of our staff
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16. Employee-Oriented Company
We’re a recognized leader in providing IT business solutions to
customers worldwide – in North & South America, Europe, Asia,
Australia and Africa. We hire highly skilled professionals to
work on project teams in delivery centers distributed across
Eastern Europe, the US and China. Work with our teams
of business analysts, architects, developers, QA
engineers, project and delivery managers to help our clients get
the most value from their IT – what we call IT Smart.
Here at Exigen Services we have a friendly and dynamic
environment, where you will be inspired to achieve your
career goals and meet exciting new challenges every day.
While creating innovative solutions for our clients you’ll have
opportunities to acquire new skills for your continuous
professional development. You can expect to work hard; but
you can also look forward to having fun along the way.
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17. Social networks
www.facebook.com/exigenservicesrussia
www.vk.com/exigenservices
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18. Questions?
Thanks for your attention!
Angelina.Zhuravleva@exigenservices.com
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