Hi Elinor,

Are Meltwater recruiting any specific disciplines? Or are all able to apply for the grad program for 2012?

Can you give a little more info on the not-for-profit school in Ghana? Overseas opportunities has always been an interest of mine!

The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) focuses on training graduates from across Ghana in software development and business/entrepreneurship. The idea is that our students will then have the tools and the skills necessary to start their own software businesses, making a viable impact on the local economy.

We're looking for recent graduates who are interested in doing a 12 month placement in Ghana from August 1 2011. You would specialise in either the software development or business/entrepreneurship side of things, and would support the senior teaching faculty in teaching classes and working with our students.

We've already had a number of success stories from MEST: In 2010 Africa's first commercial computer game was released by a MEST company called Leti Games. This is an iPhone app called iWarrior, and you can download it from itunes.

If you're interested in applying, you can send me your cover letter and resume: elinor.rodger@meltwater.com, and you can visit our website for more information: www.meltwater.org.

Hi there Elinor!
Can you identify some of the perks and exciting opportunities that Meltwater offer their graduates?

Hi Elinor - why do you like working with Meltwater?

Hi Elinor,

I've just finished a gap year and am back in Australia. It's not as hot as I remember!

I graduated in mathematics last year and have spent the last 8 months traveling. Would Meltwater consider me for one of their grad programs?

Iam drawn to the Accelerated Promotion Program that Meltwater advertises. Can you explain a little bit more about this, as working at the MD level would be amazing experience!


Thanks,
Steve

Hi Steve

Welcome back to Australia!

We would definitely be interested in considering your application. We are currently advertising for our Sydney vacancies, for which we'll interview on 11 & 12 April, and our Brisbane and Melbourne offices will recruit in June/July.

The objective of our roles is to develop our future managers and leaders. All employees start in our sales and business development division, which not only gives our grads a practical exposure to business and how it's conducted, but also gives them a good understanding of what Meltwater needs to do in order to expand. You'll find that you'll develop very useful transferrable skills in this role, such as the art of negotiation, solid relationship building skills, and adaptability.

Once you've mastered this role, we will look to promote you to a sales management role, where you're responsible for training and developing new staff members. This is your first official role in Meltwater management, and will see you assume a little more responsibility for the success of the office.

From here, your possibilities are varied. You can aim to move overseas and help us establish operations in newer markets, or you can choose to remain in Australia and do the same domestically. You can move laterally into one of our growing HR/finance/recruitment/communications teams, or you can transfer into our client relations team and handle long-term account management.

The benefit of working for Meltwater is that we're not your usual rotational program, which means that as soon as you're ready for your next challenge we will endeavour to find one for you! Most people are given their first managerial role within their first 12 months, and from there it may be another 8 months before they take their next step up.

Thank you so much for your positive response.
Meltwater seems like a golden opportunity wanting to happen.
Steve

Hi Salimkhan

Thanks for your question. In order to join our finance and accounting teams, you must first start out in our sales and business development team. This is where you get practical experience in business as well as learn all the ins and outs of Meltwater, and the service we provide. This should take within 12 months for the right candidate, and it's at that stage you can diversify into other areas.

On average for each office we will employ 12 new staff throughout the year - so for Australia/New Zealand we employ approximately 45 new staff. However, we tend to hold 3 interview sessions throughout the year for each office, so our intakes are much smaller and more regular than other graduate employers.

I would say that our roles are designed for people who are interested in seeing how companies grow and who want to progress into management. We do have finance and accounting teams, but if you're wanting to commence in these fields initially, then this might not be the role for you.

Having said that, if you've read all this and are interested in applying, then we'd love to consider your application!