Girl's Day 2012 in Potsdam
- by jessica.ebbelaar(at)oracle.com
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Every year in April
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, technical enterprises and other
organisations are invited to organise an open day for girls – called Girl´s
Day. It has become a tradition for Oracle for more than 6
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years,
to participate in this special day and to encourage girls to discover technical
work environments.
On the 26th of April 2012, 27 pupils aged 12 to 15 came to Oracle’s office
in Potsdam in order to obtain interesting insights about Oracle´s business
practices. An interactive
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four-hour
program was specifically organized for all participants.
At first, all pupils got to know Oracle as an enterprise with it’s different
departments and it’s particular „business language“. What is hardware and
software? Why do companies need a database? Questions as such were tailored and
simply illustrated by 13 colleagues from the areas of Sales, Sales Consulting, Support
and Recruitment.
Followed by a short introduction about career paths from our female
colleagues and their respective departments, the girls decided,
according to their interests, which business area they would like to get more
insights from. Based on their decision the groups
were set up and the girls than discovered the work places. This helped everyone to dive deep into the everyday
work life, how the offices are structured and how communication with clients is
done via web conferences. All girls were encouraged to take part in the
conference together with their Oracle advisor.
12 o´clock – lunch time. Besides a well-prepared buffet
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, all
girls had now the opportunity to get all open questions clarified or to ask
questions they did not dare to ask in front of a big group. After the lunch
break, Anja Raack from the Graduate Recruitment team presented more about
recruitment topics and gave useful advice on how to write professional emails.
After a short group assignment,
where all participants had to identify common mistakes done in an email, a quiz
completed this special day. All 5 groups showed a lot of enthusiasm during this
game but no one had to worry as every single participant was rewarded with a
prize and certificate.
To sum it up, we were very proud to host the girls for half a day and were
impressed by their dedication. Hopefully, sooner or later, we will see some of
them coming back to Oracle – either for the next Girl´s Day or one of our entry
level positions. This day has shown that everyone can start a challenging
career within an exciting industry. What matters is dedication and commitment
to strive for the best.
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