IBM Successfully Carrying Out The Blue Opportunities Programme

In a bid to help employees take advantage of a range of experience-based learning opportunities, IBM has launched ‘The Blue Opportunities’ programme. The programme draws on the in-house talent to solve regular business and technology issues. Thus, employees get a chance to enhance their career and expertise in the long term by trying diverse prospects such as stretch assignments, cross-unit projects, job rotations, publications, patents, and more. Currently, IBM has deployed over 1,200 Indian employees to countries like Austria, Finland, Denmark, Costa Rica, under the Blue Opportunities programme. They are working across domains like petrochemicals. The programme has also helped check attrition to a certain extent. IBM will also launch a project across emerging markets to develop global leadership in the third quarter of FY09