http://www.jobster.com/at/company/IBM?hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/assets/images/jobster/logos/rss_logo.gif http://www.jobster.com/at/company/IBM?hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:08:49 GMT Most recently updated answers at IBM http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/457030?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers The people, the opportunity, the customers Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:08:49 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/457030?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/457029?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers Providing input for good people being let go (1993-1995) time frame. IBM's greatest asset is their people Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:08:08 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/457029?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/457026?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers Continual process changes, the yearly reorg, deciding who was laid off. Normal stuff you get used to. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:07:21 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/457026?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/457023?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers Like many over 25 years, several things.Supported Chase Manhattan Bank in NYC as a Customer Engineer. Relo'd to Orlando to open two Large AT&T Data Centers. Became a Technical Specialist traveling throughout the south east. Became the Installation Planning Rep and Systems Mgmt Specialist. Developed the process for large system parts consolidation, which was expanded nationally, saving IBM between $500m to $1B. Moved to sales performing complex solution development services, as IGS started rolling. I was the top sales person for 15 years in IGS. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:02:30 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/457023?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/457007?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers Technical training and aptitude at the time (1979) Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:52:29 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/457007?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/454060?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers Perseverence and networking. IBM is a results company, therefore, make sure that you not only call out your responsibilities, but your results. And emphasize not only what you have done, but what you have achieved. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:28:55 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/454060?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/421251?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers Having internal contacts Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:58:00 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/421251?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408307?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers I worked for a year at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock on the NSSN (new nuclear attack submarine) design and construction process. The data model I created for Navy ship construction is apparently still in use there, after more than ten years. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:34:18 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408307?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408306?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers There are two or three stages - an HR screening, a hiring manager telephone interview, and maybe another telephone interview with a trusted colleague of that hiring manager. They ask no untoward questions - it is all about what skills you have that fit the job requirements. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:32:14 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408306?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408305?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers My "major" (which I sort of made up) was statistical ecology. My "minor" in mathematics led to an MS degree for work with statistics and computers. I did a database design project for a class, then worked on database designs a lot for the next ten y4ears, then got an IBM contract job as a database administrator in Oracle on HP, that being an aspect of the Defense job I had had just before that. My Life Sciences degrees, three of them, have been of little or no interest to IBM, or to anyone else, ever since I got them.. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:29:48 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408305?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408304?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers I was unemployed and would have taken whatever was offered, by anyone offering it. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:24:02 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408304?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408303?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers four months Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:23:20 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408303?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408302?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers The smart co-workers and the fat paychecks. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:22:09 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408302?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408301?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers IBM internal e-mail and intellectual capital intranet sites. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:21:42 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408301?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408300?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers IBM is unusual in that the largest stockholder is the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and that is only 5% of outstanding shares. The company is run purely for the stockholders, purely to make money, purely to pay dividends, which they have paid every quarter without fail for about 90 years. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:21:01 GMT http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/408300?answer_class=AnswerBase&hbxcmp=feed&hbxsrc=rss_company_answers