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Help a healthcare client to improve their mobile app and prioritize initiatives as a Strategy Consultant with Accenture.

At Accenture, we are innovators who look to improve the way the world works and lives. Coming from diverse backgrounds, we work together to solve our clients most challenging problems with leading-edge technologies.

With the Accenture Consultant Program, you’ll get to experience what it is like to work on a project that mirrors the skills our teams have and the work they do in the real world. You’ll build the skills you need in areas such as project and stakeholder management, decision-making, data interpretation, as well as user experience and process design – in short, skills that we believe will give you an edge in anything that you do, from finishing your university assignments, to pursuing personal projects and launching your career.

Whether you already have an idea about how you want to use your degree, or are still feeling your way around, the Accenture Consultant Program will give you a taste of how a career with Accenture could help you make a real impact on the world around you.

This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 2-3 hours to complete.

Skills Learned:

  • Modify Blockchain code to achieve a desired outcome

    • Blockchain
  • Modify website code to achieve the desired updates

    • Coding
  • Set Project Priorities
    Identify which three things your client believes are the most crucial priorities for the project

    • Prioritizing
  • Assemble a Plan
    Decide which key activities need to be featured on your project plan and assemble it

    • Prioritizing
    • Planning
  • User Journey Redesign
    Review data from various sources and use this info to make decisions about UX changes to the app

    • Data analysis
    • Assess feedback
  • Outcomes Analysis
    Review multiple sources and extract, interpret, and combine data to answer the client’s questions 

    • Data analysis
    • Client communication
  • Fix the Errors
    Work against the clock to spot the issues and errors in an urgent email to send to the client

    • Attention to detail
    • Error spotting
  • Choose Your Language
    Think carefully about how to phrase some difficult messages about a sensitive subject

    • Email communication
    • Client relations
  • Prioritization & Impact Assessment
    Assign scores to potential initiatives based on their ease of implementation and impact, and use this to identify which ones to prioritize

    • Strategic thinking
  • Finish Line

Experience Information

Sponsor
Accenture Nordics
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Phone
309-794-7339
Email
careerdevelopment@augustana.edu
Address

Olin Center
639 38th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201

Career Service Hours

Day of the week
Office is Open Drop-Ins (When Classes Are In Session)
M Monday 8:00 am- 4:30 pm 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
T Tuesday 8:00 am- 4:30 pm 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
W Wednesday 8:00 am- 4:30 pm 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
TH Thursday 8:00 am- 4:30 pm 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
F Friday 8:00 am- 4:30 pm 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

Drop-in topics include:

  • Resume & Cover Letter Review
  • Resume & Cover Letter Writing
  • Viking Score Overview
  • LinkedIn Headshot Photo
  • Career Resources Overview

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309-794-7339
careerdevelopment@augustana.edu

Olin Center
639 38th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201

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