Your Career at Accenture (IT Consulting)
Interesting work brings people to Accenture. Variety, teamwork and growth keep people here as they build their careers in our inclusive, supportive environment. Learn about the rewarding career experience you could have at Accenture.
Accenture offers a place where you can develop your potential and grow professionally, working alongside talented colleagues. From the project work, internal communities or through our extensive computer-based information resources, you can always find a way to share your skills and experiences and learn from others.
Developing your career
Join Accenture and we will provide ongoing training to help you remain at the top of your game and continue to grow. We offer around 80 percent more training hours than our competitors and make constant investments in our employees’ development to keep them at the top of their games. In 2009 alone we invested approximately $800 million in training and development and provided more than 12 million hours in education for our employees. We use a well-managed combination of courses, practical experience on the job and feedback to enable our people to develop specialist skills that help them grow professionally.
Connecting with colleagues
You will have the opportunity to learn from and be coached by the best in the business – supportive leaders and colleagues who can pass on their industry, technical and functional expertise. All employees have a dedicated career counsellor and are part of an internal community, which meets regularly for business meetings, networking and socials.
Whether attending a baseball or skiing outing or hearing a guest speaker update everyone on the latest developments in a new technology, our internal communities provide strong support to our people. In addition, they offer an excellent environment in which to cultivate mentoring relationships to help guide your career. Most Accenture offices also have rich networks outside of work that encourage personal interests, meeting fellow Accenture people and having fun socially.
Balancing work and personal priorities
We know it is important for you to balance a successful career with a healthy lifestyle, involving family, friends and community. From flexible work arrangements, competitive time off packages, to a variety of health and wellness programs, we make a genuine commitment to help you achieve that balance. We also provide innovative communication and collaboration tools to help increase your productivity, efficiency and flexibility.
Beyond our formal programs, there’s an understanding at Accenture that you can be fully dedicated to your job, but also have other priorities. People here realize that you want to be well-rounded, and you’ll find the supportive environment you need to achieve the right balance.
Building an inclusive environment
Take one look at the clients we work with, the industries we serve or the people who work here and you’ll see that diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our business.
We continue to take steps to help confirm our workforce reflects the world around us. Our executive commitment focuses on ways of developing and advancing all our people and promoting an inclusive culture of confident individuals who work seamlessly in global teams.
As more women choose careers in business and technology, Accenture has created unique programs to support women in their career development and progression, including: local women's interest groups, women's mentoring program, flexible work arrangements, and work/life management tools. The result? More than 60,000 women contributing to an environment that’s rich in diversity.
Launch your career with Accenture
Accenture is hiring entry-level and experienced hire candidates for positions across the United States and Canada. To learn more and apply, please visit our website.
