The theme at Ericsson in Ireland was to #PressforProgress on International Women’s Day this 8th March. We were all encouraged to pledge to concentrate on a number of areas such as to maintain a gender parity mindset, challenge stereotypes and bias, influence others’ beliefs and actions and celebrate women’s achievements. I’d like to share some of the photos with you here.
I hope I am living up to my personal pledge – which is to forge positive visibility of women – by congratulating Claire, Laura and Tara for organising the day so well and raising awareness of IWD in Ericsson Ireland on the day.
At Ericsson, we inspire innovation, communication and connectivity around the world. Your personal strengths are our strengths – and it is Ericsson’s mission to ensure that diversity and inclusion are some of the most important building blocks of our company.
If that sounds like the kind if place you would like to be, then we’d love to hear from you. To see all our open positions, please click here.
This is going to be a big year for our Software Campus in Athlone, Ireland. We will hire many Interns, Graduates and experienced Senior engineers, so I thought I would tell you a little about us. Read on for 4 great things you might not know!
1: The Campus has end-to-end responsibility
If your dream in college was to be somewhere where the entire software lifecycle is hosted, then the Ericsson Athlone Software Campus is the place to be. Here, you can truly innovate and your ideas can flourish.
2: Ericsson is diverse
We have over 50 nationalities onsite in Athlone. It’s one of the many things that makes our office a truly special place to be. If you are a Software Engineer, Analyst, or Architect anywhere in Europe (or even further away), and are interested in joining us, we would love to hear from you. It’s the uniqueness you bring when you join , that we are delighted to have, that helps us continue to build the best software in the world. You can learn about Sowmya’s experience or joining us from overseas in the video below.
3: Athlone is at the heart of it!
We are in the best place in Ireland – right at the heart of everything in Athlone! From here, you can do anything. You can enjoy serenity in the countryside, or the hustle-and-bustle of the city , go to the beach, cycle, hike, ski, go horse-riding, golf, water sports– the list is endless!). Best of all, we have a strong ethos of work-life balance, so you will have the opportunity to do all those things. Below is a great video about life in Athlone.
4: Ericsson offers great career advancement
Ericsson has over 42,000 patents which we have achieved by hiring the smartest people in the world and nurturing their talents to help them reach their full potential. As you might imagine from a global R&D centre with end-to-end responsibility, we are brimming with smart people on our team.
You and your manager will continually work together on a plan to make sure you succeed, either through training, mentoring, special projects, exploring technology trends of other means. You can even take advantage of our scholar program, which includes fee assistance and extra leave for study and exams.
Does this sound like the kind of place you want to be?
If so, we would love to hear from you. You can see our latest positions and apply by clicking here.
Tomorrow (May 21) is World Day for Cultural Diversity. Last year, to celebrate, Ericsson asked its employees for submissions for recipes for Ericsson Cultural Journeys Book. Ericsson has over 19,00 people in over 180 countries who speak over 193 languages, and this is a wonderful collection of food ideas from our people. Having tried most of them, I’d have to say the Turkish ‘Lady’s Thigh Meatballs from Emrah Onder is my favorite! It’s a fascinating insight and also a culinary delight – you can download a free copy of the book here: http://goo.gl/oUyXHo.
And happy World Day for Cultural Diversity!
Turkish ‘Lady’s Thigh Meatballs from Emrah Onder of Ericsson
I’m absolutely delighted that we have 4 entries from Irish colleges to the Ericsson Innovation Awards 2016, and I just wanted to wish them the best of luck, and also encourage you to vote for them!
The projects are (and you can click on the names to see more details and to vote for them):
onWinListeners – (replacing the physical queue system with a virtual queue)
PI or Peoples Internet (a socialising app that will bring the “lone-wolf back to the wolf pack”)
The Futuristics – (an automatic billing system based on RFID) and
Carpartment – (a progression of self-driving cars to the next stage in evolution)
They are all great ideas, so I hope one day Ericsson can help make them a reality, as I really dislike queues, and the checkout, and you never know, I might even be persuaded to give up my “lone-wolf” motor-biker ways with PI and a Carparment!
Congratulations to my colleagues in Hungary who were recently awarded “Most Intelligent Company” for the second year running.
The competition (in co-operation with Mensa, the high IQ society) involved employees of companies taking the Mensa’s official IQ test on a voluntary basis. Ericsson Hungary were the highest on average (for the second time in a row, as they won in 2014 as well) in the large company category. Several Ericsson entrants even achieved scores high enough to be offered Mensa membership.
Looking forward to having the next TypeScript meetup on Tuesday the 17th of November here in Ericsson Ireland. There are 2 talks planned this time around;
– Decorators & metadata reflection in TypeScript by Remo H. Jansen
The last event was an enormous success, and Tuesday is already booked out, but you can join the meetup group online to hear about when the next (and subsequent meetups) will be, here: http://www.meetup.com/Dublin-TypeScript-Meetup/ as well as join the wait-list for Tuesday if anyone else cancels.
For all who come on Tuesday, I hope you will all feel very welcome here.
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