GRADUATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Immerse yourself in client environments, work alongside seasoned professionals delivering
real-world solutions and gain a strong grounding, across a range of industries.

Starting your Career at BSG

At BSG, we believe in continuous learning and development, with on-the-job learning being the primary focus.

Our Graduate Development Programme (GDP) combines technical development, EQ mastery and broad-based experiential training. This programme is uniquely positioned to support your transition into the working environment. Our approach enables you to accelerate you career and create positive change for yourself and our clients.

This 12-month blended learning programme integrates formal training and experiential project-based learning. Consultants and developers joining our GDP are typically placed in project environments within the first two weeks of the programme. With focused mentoring and coaching, we are able to deliver on our people value proposition, while developing first-class consultants and developers.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

REQUIREMENTS:
  • Honours degree with relevant major (Information Systems, Statistics, Data Science, Informatics, etc.)
  • Interpersonal and personal mastery skills
    • Good communication (written and verbal)
    • Positive, proactive approach to life
    • Willingness to learn
    • Empathy for others
    • Ability to self-direct and hold one’s self accountable
    • Willingness to create opportunities to stretch oneself and  explore learning opportunities to the fullest
REQUIREMENTS:
  • Honours degree with Computer Science as a major
  • Interpersonal and personal mastery skills
    • Good communication (written and verbal)
    • Positive, proactive approach to life
    • Willingness to learn
    • Empathy for others
    • Ability to self-direct and hold one’s self accountable
    • Willingness to create opportunities to stretch oneself and  explore learning opportunities to the fullest

Why choose BSG's Graduate Development Programme

BSG's Graduate Development Programme has shown me how little things can have a big effect. I enjoyed especially being able to find big uses for the things that I had learned. It taught me how to better fit into the BSG ecosystem.
I learned that small things can have a big effect. I especially enjoyed being able to find big uses for the things that I had learned. It taught me how to better fit into the BSG ecosystem.
BSG's Graduate Development Programme helped me understand how to navigate the client environment. It helped me start adding value on the ground sooner rather than later.
BSG's Graduate Development Programme helped me understand how to navigate the client environment. It helped me start adding value on the ground sooner rather than later.
BSG's Graduate Development Programme taught me how to handle different people’s expectations to ensure the entire team is more effective and productive.
During my time as part of BSG's Grad Development Programme, I learned how to handle different people’s expectations to ensure the entire team is more effective and productive.

Growth Enablers

We're committed to ensuring our people are positioned to drive their careers. Through our Career Acceleration Models – an outline of skills, certifications and experience required at each grade – we ensure our people know where they fit in and what they need to achieve promotion. This, combined with our unique approach to career facilitation over line management and our approach to Performance and Growth Conversations – regular, incremental check-ins to ensure there are no surprises at the end of the 6-month performance growth cycle – positions our people for success. 

Read more about our People Value Proposition and, if it aligns with you, apply now by following the steps below. 

The GDP Recruitment Process

APPLY ONLINE

Complete the online application form, be sure to include all necessary supporting documentation

DOCUMENT REVIEW

The supporting documents submitted will be reviewed and any outstanding documents requested

SELECTORTHON

Qualified candidates will be invited to attend our Selectorthon, where they will be interviewed by a panel of BSGers

OFFER

Successful candidates will be made formal offers of employment and will join our GDP the following year

JOIN THE TEAM

Candidates joining our GDP will commence their employment in February, following completion of their Honours year

If you believe that your aspirations and skills match this type of culture, our Graduate Development Programme offers you an environment that is challenging, supportive, and energising, where you can kick start your career as a consultant or developer.

Connect with Us

Not a recent graduate? Visit our Experienced Professionals page. 

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