On 24 and 25 September 2008, 170 interviews were conducted by 25 enterprises from the IT, ISP, Telecom, Finance and Consulting Industries and 2 major HR companies with 24 AIT graduating students at ÁÉÔ’s state-of-the-art campus in Peania.

More specifically the participating companies were the following:

Accenture, Adecco, Alpha Bank, Alpha Private, Ericsson Hellas, E-Value, First Data, Grant Thornton, HELIC, Hol – hellas on line, In Group HR Solutions, Inform Lykos, INTRACOM IT Services, INTRACOM Telecom, INTRAKAT, INTRALOT, Microsoft Hellas, Plaisio Computers, Printec, SAP, Singular Logis DIS, Unisystems, Velti , VODAFONE, WIND
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The participating companies also visited AIT’s renowned research laboratories: Autonomic and Grid Computing; High Speed Networks and Optical Communications; Broadband Wireless and Sensor Networks; Software Engineering and WEB Applications; and Algorithms and Security.

AIT’s Career Office has achieved a 90% employment rate for its students within two months of their graduation from its MSIN, MSITT and MBIT programs. Other students continue their graduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University or other Universities.

The Career Days event is an
opportunity for the students to come into direct contact with ITC companies which are also searching to increase the caliber of their staff.
AIT provides its graduates with the skills and expertise to meet these demands thereby increasing their chances of employment in a sector with a high degree of mobility and competition.

The participating companies were impressed with and praised the students on their scientific background, specialization, professionalism and qualifications to enter the international labour market.

Career Days 2008 - Participating Companies:

For any further information, please do not hesitate to contact:

Contact:
Mrs. K. Protonotariou
Career Office
Athens Information Technology
Markopoulou Ave., P.O. Box 68, 190 02 Peania, Greece
Tel: +30 210 6682806, -2700
Fax: +30 210 6682719
email: kpro@ait.edu.gr