Over the past 10 weeks, I have had the amazing opportunity to work as a marketing intern with the corporate communications team at Perficient. It has been a summer full of growth, learning, and laughs, and I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here. Building My Experience – And My Network! I am about to step […]
Posts Tagged ‘Career Growth’
Increasing Diversity in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries
At Perficient our colleagues not only get involved within our company, but within the industries they serve. A veteran of the oil and gas industry, Cheryl Scott is no different. Over the course of her career, Cheryl maintained a strong association with the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM). AFPM was formed over 120 years […]
Visual Storytelling: Create Meaningful Gifs
Use Gifs to Increase Your Marketing Efforts This post is the second in the Visual Storytelling series. See the first post, How to Design Eye-Catching Graphics. If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much more valuable could a gif be? Gifs (aka Graphics Interchange Formats) are short, repeated video clips that have modernized […]
Perficient WIT Group Shares Advice for Women Taking a Job in Technology
Perficient Colleagues Share How to Build a Successful Career in Technology We recently asked the Women in Tech group at Perficient what advice they would give for a woman hoping to build a career in the technology industry and their thoughtful advice was both inspirational and actionable. Demonstrate Expertise The biggest theme, having confidence in […]
Technology and Fun Merge at Perficient’s Lafayette Delivery Center
Meet Some of Our Perficient Colleagues from Lafayette, Louisiana “I work in the QA practice for Lafayette Delivery Center (LDC). I have worked in Quality Assurance (QA) lead capacity for multiple clients. I have helped set up Automated Testing framework and best practices. I also work with QA Center of Excellence at LDC and host […]
St. Louis Colleagues Rank Perficient a Top Workplace in 2020
Perficient is a Top Place to Work in St. Louis We’ve done it again! Perficient is proud to continue our tradition as a 2020 Top Workplace in St. Louis! The St. Louis Post-Dispatch released the annual list with Perficient being named as one of St. Louis’ best midsize companies to work for. “I am thrilled […]
Self-Advocacy Tips for Promoting Your Work
BuiltIn Boston, an online tech community, recently interviewed Hiral Shah, a lead technical consultant at Perficient, to discuss the importance for women to self-advocate and the benefits she has realized as a result. Hiral gave insightful responses and advice while discussing how the Perficient community has been an integral part of improving her confidence and […]
4 Secrets To Compromise Time & Build A Superior Team
Time is a constant adversary in project and task management. Managers are often inundated with a performance quandary. Execute a series of tasks that they can easily complete in a manner of minutes. Or delegate these tasks to another person and take more time and effort in the process. The balance between completing these quick […]
Career Growth at Perficient: “Never Waste a Day”
Paul Bjorkstrand is a “Java developer at heart” and was working as such when a former colleague convinced him to come into Perficient for an interview. Knowing that Perficient was an excellent fit for Paul and well-suited for his career path, the former colleague was persistent, and over the course of a year, had continuously […]
New-Hires Reflect on Perficient’s Summer Training Program
The Consultant Development Bootcamp series was written with joy by Grayson Harden, Mary Claire Freese, and Rebekah Williamson. Wrapping Up: Q&A and Takeaways from Our Interns & Associates Our 10-week Boot Camp training program is coming to a close this week, and though we are sad to see our interns leave, we are lucky to […]
Starting Your Career Remotely: Thoughts and Tips from Perficient’s Newest Colleagues
The Consultant Development Bootcamp series was written with joy by Grayson Harden, Mary Claire Freese, and Rebekah Williamson. Creating Career Connections at Perficient When accepting internship and full-time offers with Perficient, Atlanta’s newest members were anxious to get into the office and kickoff the 10-week Boot Camp training program. However, no one could have anticipated […]
Striking a New Chord of Career Success in Consulting
Some people are lucky enough to fall into a career they love and stick to it for their whole lives. However, many of us (myself included) have done complete 180s in search of finding a career we are not only good at, but enjoy. Here at Perficient, I’ve found that a lot of us have […]