Brady Company Visit

The first ever IT-EXPO Company Visit was at Brady, Mandaluyong, which was scheduled last March 1 from 9:00AM to 12:00PM. 

We were greeted and welcomed warmly by the friendly Brady staffs. (AN1MO!☆)

Ms. Caroline Co, one of Brady's HR staff, showed us a very informative clip made by Ms. Kiran Budhrani and other DLSU students that features Brady's Call Center. 

Afterwards, she introduced the speaker who happens to be visiting the Philippines, Mr. Allan Goh.

Mr. Allan Goh, the IT Manager of Brady Singapore, discussed Brady's IT infrastructure, and the role of IT in call centers. 

He also predicted the top 5 technological trends for 2013-2015: 
1. Consumerization and Mobility, 
2. Big Data, 
3. Hybrid Clouds, 
4. Reducing IT complexity, and 
5. Integration of Social Media

Lastly, Mr. Goh shared the key success factors in an IT career which is based from Microsoft's survey of 500 IT executives. 61% said that soft skills were more important than IT skills. Some of the soft skills are:

• strong work ethic
• positive attitude
• good communication skills
• time management abilities
• problem-solving skills
• interpersonal relation
• self-confidence
• working well under pressure 

And the most interesting part of the company visit was, of course, the tour!

Locker room of employees (employees are not allowed to use their cellphones
inside the office so they need to put it in the locker)

Brady's Sports fest award which is separated by departments

The almost empty office of Brady (employees come in at afternoon)


While touring, Ms. Caroline happily answered our questions

 What intrigued us the most was the room names in the company which were named after famous destinations/getaways in the Philippines (e.g. Boracay Room, Baguio Room, El Nido Room). 

And, interestingly, they have a male and female sleeping quarters which consists of several beds to accommodate their employees most especially those who came from the province. Not only that, tired employees can take some time off to rest in the sleeping quarters. 

Free Krispy Kreme! 

      Some pictures taken with my IT-EXPO group mates

                

 

Freebies from Brady (Shirt and Notebook w/ Pen) + Prize of Chopsticks with Spoon & Fork

S15 IT-EXPO class w/ Ms. Pauline Abesamis, Ms. Caroline Co and Mr. Allan Goh

                                       
* Some pictures grabbed from Jan Marvin Tee