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Monday
01Feb2010

GE Appliances Enters Realm of Social Media

DateMonday, February 1, 2010 at 9:45AM

Image courtesy of www.home-designing.com

Did you know?

- 77% of the total Internet audience participates in social media
- Viewing social media sites now surpasses personal email usage
- 70% of consumers trust opinions from other consumers’ online reviews*

In response to this transformation, GE Appliances (part of GE Home & Business Solutions) has recently joined the Facebook and Twitter family. 

The Appliances Facebook and Twitter pages provide an opportunity for consumers to provide feedback as well as notify us of any troubles they are experiencing with certain products.

Part of my rotation involves assisting the business to navigate through social media – which included designing the Facebook profile picture and the Twitter background.  This illustrates how us IMLP’s are given great opportunities to enhance our businesses from both an internal and external perspective.

Check them out here:

GE Appliances Facebook Fan Page
GE Appliances Twitter

*Nielsen Global Online Consumer Survey of over 25,000 Internet consumers from 50 countries

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Tuesday
09Jun2009

How Are Rotations Determined?

DateTuesday, June 9, 2009 at 10:41AM

New Rotations, Locations, and Projects. IMLP!

In our recent Q&A post, one commenter askedhow members of the IMLP program choose each of their four six-month rotations (Background on the program: members change projects four times in two years.)

Since GE has multiple businesses, including NBC, Technology Infrastructure, Energy Infrastructure, and Capital, the rotation selection process varies depending on which GE business you are hired into.

For additional information on what's going on in the GE Businesses, visit GE Reports.

Upon arrival at GE, the first assignment is assigned to the new IMLP before they start work. Also, keep in mind that locations and projects also vary depending on the business!

For the remaining three rotations, a list of available IMLP projects is presented to all of the IMLPs in that business and the IMLP submits their preferences anonymously. Assignment Leaders (what we call our managers while on a project) also present the projects on a conference call so the IMLPs can better understand each project and ask questions.

Next, a program representative then compiles the preferences of all of the IMLPs and assigns one rotation to each.

This question is actually quite timely, as many of the GE businesses are currently participating in the rotation selection now, as rotations and projects tend to wrap up at the end of August!

Note:  Your comments are very helpful- please continue to submit them via the commenting function on the blog, or visit our facebook page!

AuthorRandy Askin | Comment7 Comments
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Wednesday
10Sep2008

The Business Impact of Social Events and Networks

DateWednesday, September 10, 2008 at 1:59PM
Lately, I have heard my friends who work outside of GE making remarks about social networking and social events that understate the business benefit of connecting with coworkers outside the traditional office setting.  Comments surface in general conversation like "social networking is just for college students" or "social events like dinners, picnics and outings are just frivolous wastes of time".

I would argue (and GE seems to agree), that the exact opposite is true.  Social events and online social networking develop the internal connections that make doing my job at GE faster and more efficient.  Here are a few examples of social events, groups and networks at GE that make me more effective and knowledgeable on the job:

All Programs Council (APC)

As an IMLP at GE Healthcare, I participated in the All Programs Council, an organization that facilitates interaction between all of GE's leadership programs and direct hires.  Other GE businesses have similar groups as well. They organize professional development speakers, MBA/Graduate fairs, sports activities and evening outings.   By participating in these events, IMLPs quickly get to know people of their age group in the talent pipeline across the business whom they can rely on when they need information on any function(HR, Engineering, Finance, etc).

IMLP Best Practice Sharing Committee

This group organizes events and sessions within the IMLP program so all of the IMLP participants from all over the world can benefit from each others' experience through training sessions and seminars.

GE Connect

Can't find the right person with the right knowledge to help with your job?  Just looking to connect with people who work in similar positions to share knowledge?  GE Connect, GE's own social network is the place to go.  The power of GE Connect to accelerate the way we do business is evident in this post from Jason Meller:
"When other professionals ask me about my experiences working for GE, a company with over 300,000 employees, my normal response is that it can actually feel like a tightly knit group. How is this possible? Well it turns out GE’s been playing the facebook game as early as 1999 with a custom built tool called Support Central."

I could keep going with all the other social events and opportunities that build better teams at work but, I would like to hear from you, our readers.  Wether you are an IMLP reading this blog, or a student who has experienced this social team building effect in other  businesses, what are your most positive social/business experiences and how did they aid you in your day to day work?
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Wednesday
10Sep2008

Facebook Page Launch

DateWednesday, September 10, 2008 at 1:05PM

Today, we are proud to announce the launch of the official IMLP facebook page.  Since Facebook launched its "pages" service last year, we've been excited about expanding our recruiting efforts by getting the word out to a population of over 100 million users. It is our mission to provide all interested undergraduates with an open forum to ask IMLPs and other employees any questions you may have about GE and IMLP.

We want the Facebook page and IMLP blog to work together to provide you with the most complete and first-hand account of what life is truly like during the two years "on program".

We'll be doing our part to continuously upload photos and videos to give you a glimpse of life inside and outside of the office. Please let us know of any specific content you are looking for (ex: more shots of training or charity events) and we will do our best to post it.

If you can, please become a fan of the page. In the near future we will occasionally send out important communications about recruiting events, important deadlines for applications, and any special online events.

One of the greatest features of this blog and the Facebook page, is that it gives you the opportunity to utilize the comments or the discussion board to pose any questions you have about the program. I encourage all of you interested in GE to take advantage of this opportunity and reach out.

Please also check out our on-campus event calendar located at GEcareers.com to see when we'll be visiting your university this recruiting season!

Feel free to leave a comment and let us know what you think.

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Wednesday
03Sep2008

GE Social Networking - est.1999

DateWednesday, September 3, 2008 at 10:21AM

One of the greatest disadvantages of working for a large company is the inability to connect with the people across the business. Unless you know someone who knows someone else who may know of the person who can actually perform the task you want; you can be stuck for weeks in a quagmire of unanswered e-mails and frustration.

This problem is not strictly limited to corporations but also pervades academia and our personal spaces.  Fortunately, thanks to social networking applications like facebook, myspace, or linkedin, the ability to easily connect with someone with a special skill or a similar interest in proximity to you has shaped the way our generation deals with large groups of people. These social networking web applications are becoming so useful that many employees at fortune 500 companies are beginning to leverage them for internal work purposes, even if it means violating an internal internet policy.

The underlying problem is that at the end of the day, facebook was spawned for American college students attending major universities. While the company has made great strides to make it a useful tool for young professionals, it still is missing the key features necessary to make it the "game changer" it has the potential to be.

When other professionals ask me about my experiences working for GE, a company with over 300,000 employees, my normal response is that it can actually feel like a tightly knit group. How is this possible? Well it turns out GE's been playing the facebook game as early as 1999 with a custom built tool called Support Central.

Here are some interesting 1st and 3rd party perspectives from vendors, customers and employees who have had an opportunity to actually use the system and will give you some background on how it works:


While Support Central isn't flawless and doesn't provide the same clean-line aesthetics as would expect from today's brand web 2.0, it does accomplish the lofty goal of laying the foundation for employees, vendors, and customers to connect and relate to the fabric of the company while producing some outstanding and measurable results. To me, the fact that a huge company like GE recognized the value and implemented a form of social networking through a web-based application as early as 1999 demonstrates excellent judgement and reassurance that at GE, if an idea is good and makes fiscal sense, no one will be able to stand in your way to accomplish something great.

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