This program is designed to provide candidates well rounded experience in job types and work cultures through projects across different companies spread out in different countries. Find about this opportunity here: https://www.halma.com/our-people-and-culture/careers/catalyst-programme#meet-more-future-leaders

I joined this program in 2017 after completing my masters in Mechanical Engineering. I pretty much stumbled into this opportunity and the story is quite interesting. Halma has ~50-60 companies in its portfolio. Once every two years, the board members of all the 50-60 companies get together in one location for a meeting. In 2016, this happened in San Diego. I was doing my masters in San Diego, and my professor got an email asking if any of his students would be willing to spend some time with Halma. Best part was they were paying us $100 per for the day. Naturally I jumped at the opportunity without realizing the impact it would have on my future.

At the start of the event, the group CEO gave a talk and I distinctly remember it being about Industrialization 4.0, it was fairly interesting to find out what industries cared about during that time. Then we were separated into groups of 7 for a competition. Each team was asked to come up with an idea for a startup and propose a business plan to mock investors. My team came up with an idea to sort garbage automatically. We came up as the winner, I got the opportunity to present in front of all the people there which was the winning presentation. Upon winning, we were gift some champagne. My team of 7 had the opportunity to enjoy the champagne at the end of the day. During that time, I learned about the Halma Rotation program and I was encouraged to apply for it. Remember – every person in my group was a board member for a Halma company! This included the future Halma CEO as well! Upon applying, I didn’t get a response for ~3 months. After 3 months, I learned that they were fully recruited when I applied. But a person dropped out and I got the opportunity. Finally I got my shot and was successful.

First Rotation: Biochem Fluidics now called Arcmed in New Jersey

Second Rotation: Fiberguide Industries, now owned by Molex in Boise, Idaho

Third Rotation: MicroSurgical Technologies in Seattle, Washington

Fourth Rotation: Alicat Scientific in Tucson, Arizona