Vodafone to Recruit Over 130 Top Talent Through 'Discover Campus Program 2015'

Vodafone India Limited, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, will hire over 130 management trainees by 2015, through their ‘DISCOVER CAMPUS PROGRAM’- a signature cadre program designed for grooming business leaders of tomorrow.

DISCOVER is an aspirational ‘management trainee’ program that provides fast-track career growth, exciting and challenging opportunities and a potential to connect with fellow alumni. Since the launch in 2010, Vodafone has hired 292 fresh talents through the DISCOVER Program from more than 20 top-ranked B-Schools in India such as the IIMs , XLRI, MDI, SIBM, IIFT, JBIMS, SCMHRD, SP Jain, FMS, NMIMS  amongst others.

Starting their careers as Management Trainee at Vodafone, 38% of them now are working as mid and senior management. What makes the program aspirational is the variety of exposure across B2B, B2C, technology and financial services like M-Pesa. The breath of distribution, exclusive retail and customer management provides a chance to be entrepreneurial in your approach in a young company and in dynamic environment.

Ashok Ramchandran, Director - Human Resources, Vodafone India said “Our aim is to be a leading customer and talent-centric organisation that energises and engages our people. We have always focused on providing enriching careers and long term growth opportunities in a fair and collaborative work environment. Vodafone’s ‘DISCOVER CAMPUS PROGRAM’ is designed with an aim of identifying and grooming young leaders for bigger roles in the future. We expect our ideal DISCOVER trainees to be shapers of the world around them and the business that they work in Driven, entrepreneurial, competitive people who will live by the Vodafone Way and willing to travel and relocate to challenging markets.”

DISCOVER is a 12-month development journey wherein prospective leaders undergo job stints in different functions and markets depending upon their abilities and a predetermined path that ensures block building experience playing different roles. Throughout the journey, young leaders get an opportunity to work with channel partners, the internet & app ecosystem, business clients and also with exceptional colleagues and senior leaders across different stints. In each stint, they are provided with the knowledge and optimum exposure they need in the function, granting them the chance to learn; shadow and experience corporate situations, thus enabling them to actively participate in the business and adding value to Vodafone.

Top 5% to 10% of DISCOVER Graduates (high potential performers) are put through international assignments under the Columbus – Vodafone’s Graduate International Mobility program. This international assignment program is an accelerated career path for graduates to make an impact at the early stages of their career.

Currently, the total employee strength of Vodafone India is over 13000 across the country.

About Vodafone India

Vodafone India is a 100% fully owned subsidiary of the Vodafone Group Plc. with operations across the country serving over 175 million customers. Commencing operations in 2007, Vodafone in its long-term commitment to India, has built a robust business in a highly competitive and price sensitive market. Vodafone India has been providing innovative, customer friendly and reliable products and services by continuously differentiating itself with a strong brand, best quality network, unique distribution and great customer service. This has been acknowledged at several prestigious forums where Vodafone India has won awards and recognition across different segments consistently.

Serving the needs of businesses, Vodafone Business Services provides total telecommunications (Voice and Data) solutions across mobility and wireline platforms. With the advantage of global expertise and experience and the knowledge of local markets, the business is run through the following verticals - Vodafone Global Enterprise (VGE), National Corporate (NC), Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and a dedicated vertical for Government customers. Vodafone Business Services has steadily taken leadership position and is currently providing both mobile and wireline services to global and national businesses equipped with a robust and superior network infrastructure and a 24x7 NOC.

M-Pesa is a unique and innovative money transfer service from Vodafone. Serving the needs of the unbanked and under-banked customers, Vodafone M-Pesa is a safe, fast and convenient way of bringing bank to the mobile. With a pan India distribution network of close to 80,000 agents and with more than 2mn customers, M-Pesa is the largest banking business correspondent in the country. M-Pesa today plays a vital role in enabling financial inclusion and m-commerce.

As a value based organization, Vodafone is committed to achieving the highest standards of Health, Safety and Well-being not only for its employees but also for all its partners. For creating such a responsible culture in the organization, the company received the Golden Peacock Occupational Health and Safety Award 2013. At Vodafone, sustainability is an integral part of the company's mission and strategy, shaping the conduct of business every day. 'Vodafone Cares' is a platform to showcase all the good that Vodafone does for the society and has championed several projects and initiatives under the three pillars of Education, Environment and Empowerment. The Vodafone Foundation in India is committed to leverage the potential of mobile technology to address some of India's most pressing challenges relating to education, health, equality and access. Its activities focus on the 4Ms of empowering individuals - m Health, m Education, m Agriculture and m Women.

Vodafone is one of the world's largest telecommunications companies with over 438 million customers in its controlled and jointly controlled markets as of 30 September 2014. Vodafone has equity interests in telecommunications operations in nearly 30 countries and around 50 partner networks worldwide.