Many dream of it: a diploma that allows them to find a job even before finishing their studies, make the difficult or difficult choice between several offers, change their sector of activity whenever they want, move according to their professional life plans. or resume your studies if you wish.
Year after year, the attractiveness of an engineering career in the job market continues unabated. According to the latest survey carried out by the Association of Engineers and Scientists of France (IESF) among alumni of engineering schools and scientific graduates (bac + 5 and above), 85% of graduates of the last three promotions (2020-2023) They found a job in less than three months; 65% were even recruited before completing their studies.
This is the case of Louis-Mayeul Rousset-Rouvière, 24, from Hauts-de-Seine, who was approached several times when he was studying at the prestigious National School of Bridges and Roads. “We felt like we had demand. Every year, companies flock to the Forum Trium [qui réunit grandes écoles et entreprises], that is, they paid to get to know us and make us want to work for them. »
When Louis-Mayeul contacts large groups, such as Eiffage or Vinci, as part of his mandatory internship at the end of the second year, they call him immediately. For your final internship, you have many options and doubts. “It is an important decision, because many times it determines the first hire”explains the young man, who finally chose Setec, a renowned design office, where he will continue with an indefinite contract.
“The engineering career is a great insertion machine, it is very selective when entering but inserts very well at the exit”confirms Jean Pralong, professor-researcher in human resources management at the Normandy School of Management, who moderates, however, the idea that candidates alone would dominate the labor market. “We must not lose sight of the fact that it is a segmented market. For each graduate, there is a range of accessible positions, depending on the ranking of their school and the sector of activity. It is not unlimited. »
Strong evolution of expectations
Although young graduates are not all-powerful in their negotiations with recruiters, in any case they have a luxury: that of being able to change companies, or even professions, whenever they wish and according to their own criteria. Bertille (who did not want to give her last name, like other interviewees), 25 years old, also a graduate of Les Ponts, rejected a good offer – an interesting position, quite well paid – that had been made to her during her final internship. The geographical location did not suit him and so, with the diploma in hand, he wanted to take a break.
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