Gilmore Strategic Technology Solutions
Address: 115 S Broadway Ave suite b, Sterling, KS 67579
Homepage: https://www.gilmoresolutions.com/
Phone: 833.932.2433
Contact: Chelsea Bangerter (cbangerter@gilmoresolutions.com)
General Information
Gilmore Strategic Technology Solutions is a small company roughly having about 50 total employees spread across three different offices. Based out of Sterling Kansas, Gilmore focuses on providing strategic technology solutions to both central and western Kansas including both large and small corporate environments.
Why I’m Interested
I actually met with GiImore Strategic Technology solutions during a virtual career fair, nobody else had signed up to attend to the event so I was able to have a very personalized experience with them. They let me know at the time they had just opened a new office in Wichita with about around 20 employees and how I would be interning there if I worked for them in the following summer. I met with the staff and was able to feel like if I were to begin a career with them I would actually be valued as a person and not just an employee. With the company having small teams across the three offices the boss at the time mentioned how they did a lot of hands on training and worked together to make sure that new employees were able to learn a lot of hands on skills that would help in the long run. At the time I had considered doing an internship with them over the summer but at the end did not.
Questions to Help Me Succeed
- Is there any certification programs within the company?
- What type of training is provided to new hires?
- Being from Kansas City would the company pay for relocation to Wichita?
- How are all employees across three offices incorporated into the bigger community picture.
- How does working for bigger corporate settings look vs the smaller ones.
Burns & Mcdonnel
Address: Multiple locations around the world, main headquarters in KCMO
9450 Ward Pkwy, Kansas City,Mo 64114
Homepage: https://www.burnsmcd.com/
Phone: 816 333-9400
Contact: Jenifer Gonzalez (jgonzalez@burnsmcd.com)
General Information
Burns & Mcondnell is one of the worlds largest engineering firms having over 10,000 engineers alone and a variety of staff to support the company. Burns was founded in 1898 and has been working with clients around the world to plan, design, permit, and construct projects, Burns is 100% employee.
Why I’m Interested
I took a tour of the Burns Headquarters in Kansas City Missouri this past summer and attended an event there, I was able to meet people from different departments that came from all over the world. Burns & Mac is a very large company that extends around the world, as someone who is looking to travel with their job and even be relocated to a different state I know that Burns & Mac can provide me with that opportunity that I need to be able to move out of state and move around in the company. Burns also has a very engaging work community that I would find enjoyable when working at a larger company.
Questions to Help Me Succeed
- What type of projects are split between the I.T department?
- Is there opportunities to move up in the company?
- How does the company keep employees engaged and not feeling like another number.
- How does the relocation process work when applying.
Raspberry Pi Foundation
Address: 37 Hills rd, Cambridge CB2 1NF, United Kingdom
Homepage: https://www.raspberrypi.org/about/
Phone: +44 1223 322633
Contact: N/A
Chairman of company- David Cleevely
*Was not able to get in contact with anyone from this company via email
General Information
The Rasberry pi Foundation is a registered charity in England founded in 2008. Their mission is to get technology into all the people of the world, they promote the study of computer science for everyone and offer free trainings and provide schools and communities at times with their products.
Why I’m Interested
I have always been someone who enjoys giving back to their community and helping those who need it. I have started my own foundation where we give back to the community through small volunteer events and offer a helping hand where needed. I have always wanted to be able to mix my love for I.T and love for giving back to those in need, I feel like this would be an amazing option for me to consider. The foundation is based out of the UK so I also believe that would be an amazing opportunity to be able to travel over there and learn more.
Questions to Help Me Succeed
- How does relocation from the U.S to the U.K look like?
- Would I have the opportunity to host my own community events?
- Would I have assistance in learning more about how to lead said community events.
- What looks like a regular work week?
Black & VEATCH
Address: 8400 Ward Pkwy, Kansas City,Mo 64114
Homepage: https://www.bv.com/
Phone: 9134582000
Contact: John P Mclaughlin (Recruiter LinkedIn)
General Information
Similar to Burns & Mac, Black & Veatch is an employee owned engineering company that was founded in 1915 based out of Kansas City Missouri. It has worked globally to construct and engineer infrastructure focusing on things such as power, oil and gas.
Why I’m Interested
Black & Veatch has plenty of opportunities for Information Technology majors, I think being able to start out here that I would be able to learn and grow as I will barley be starting my career. I think that it would be interesting to see what different projects I would have assigned and working for such a big company would give me the opportunity to do a lot of networking to work my way up in the field.
Questions to Help Me Succeed
- Being in such a big work environment, what is done to keep the work community engaged?
- Is there any travel involved?
- What different departments for I.T are there?
- What does community give back look like?
“About Us: Burns & McDonnell.” Burns and McDonnell, https://www.burnsmcd.com/about-us.
“Careers: Burns & McDonnell.” Burns and McDonnell, https://www.burnsmcd.com/careers.
Gilmore Solutions. “About Gilmore.” Gilmore Solutions, https://www.gilmoresolutions.com/company/about-gilmore.
“Raspberry Pi Foundation – about Us.” Raspberry Pi, 5 July 2021, https://www.raspberrypi.org/about/.
“Raspberry Pi Foundation – about Us.” Raspberry Pi, 5 July 2021, https://www.raspberrypi.org/about/.
Working at Gilmore Solutions – Glassdoor. https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Gilmore-Solutions-EI_IE2113558.11,28.htm.
Hello, I could not help but get very interested in the Raspberry Pi Foundation, by the sounds of it it sounds like it would be a wonderful team to be apart of. The only fear or worries that I would have I think are the ones that come from leaving the United States, a place that I am so accustomed to. Sure, traveling can be fun and exciting but completely uprooting and moving your life to the UK would be a very big culture shock to me. How would you handle it?
I definitely think it would be very hard at first to get up and leave everything behind (including the culture), I think if the opportunity presented itself, I would give it a shot as I see it as a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Hey Nathan, I share your desire to find a job that would take me to another state and I like how you singled out companies that would offer that opportunity. I also think that you asked questions that will really help you understand what working for each company would be like.
Hi Nathan,
I think you made some great choices for your potential employers. I think that it is very good that you put some companies that are pretty small and just starting out, along with some that are huge with a big reputation. I believe that it can be a risk to join a small company that may just be starting out, but I do not think it is a bad risk. With a smaller company you can have more influence and be able to network with almost everyone that works there. At a smaller company you also have to opportunity to grow with them and move up the ranks!