Company: IBM
Date: 2012-06-15
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Smart Careers
Pros: ==Be an innovator: Cultivate your expertise, use your knowledge to the fullest extent, or re-invent yourself, without ever having to leave the company. IBM is the world's largest IT and consulting company. Great opportunities abound. Build your portfolio while working on society's most pressing issues. They're at the top of our strategic agenda. From energy production to climate change, traffic congestion, health care, and everything in between.

==Work with the best and brightest - Collaborate with like-minded people in an environment that embraces individual differences, and rewards your best work. Deepen your expertise and learn from the insights of IBMers past and present, many of whom include Nobel Prize winners, Turing Award recipients, sales gurus, award-winning consultants, software specialists and industry experts. Develop a diverse and esteemed network of colleagues from around the world - connections that will propel your career for a lifetime.

==Build the career you want: IBM has your long-term professional life in mind. Learn new skills, work across different disciplines or move into new challenges  -all possible with an award-winning, customized professional development and leadership training. On average, every IBM employee takes advantage of more than 60 hours of training a year. Design your workday, and your life, according to your unique styles and needs.

==Work for a company you can be proud of: For 100 years, IBM has defined itself by its fundamental values. IBM's values serve as the foundation of our culture and brand, and ensure that we deliver innovations that matter for our company and the world. We're leading the way in developing "green technology." and a revolution in corporate responsibility - and citizenship. IBM's employees have dedicated over eight million hours through our award-winning Corporate Service Corps global volunteer program.
Cons: It takes time. Nothing happens immediately.