This creates opportunities for our graduates

It is a good, very good news, even if it has gone rather unnoticed in ambient grey: recruitments are left on the rise for young graduates. To the extent that in some areas, tensions begin to appear.

"For approximately two years, we observe a resumption of recruitment, confirms Catherine Desjacques, responsible for corporate relations at ESCP-EAP.". A growing number of our students obtain employment before graduation. They often have the choice between several proposals. "Same optimism for Léon Carrez, Director General of the Isen (higher Institute of electronics and digital):"Certainly, the climate is not as high as in 1999-2000" But we have virtually full employment. Our engineers who have less than two or three offers are few.

Positive trend also at the University at least in the scientific disciplines. "This generation enjoys a favourable environment, said Patrick Porcheron, Director of training at the université Pierre-and-Marie-Curie (Paris VI). The LMD, demographic shock, the fact that engineering schools in form in addition to the managers... This creates opportunities for our graduates. In almost all of our channels, they rank easily. "Only the biology and chemistry meet still some difficulties.

Several factors explain this rally. First, the slow but unmistakable economic recovery. At about 2, growth does not expect miracles, but it encourages companies to invest more in "human capital". Then, the phenomenon, now well identified, of the massive retirements, which led some employers to anticipate a part of their hiring.

Finally, some sectors benefit from special circumstances. Thus the high-tech, where there is a relaunching major projects after several years of wait. Idem for the audit and management control, doped by new regulations (standards IFRS, Sarbanes-Oxley Act) and the growing needs of companies in control of their financial flows.

"To choose each other".

Therefore, young graduates are in a better position face recruiters. "Between the company and the candidates, the situation is balanced, judge Léon Carrez. Neither dictates its Statute: say we mutually choose.

Still need to qualify this optimistic observation. Remuneration to the hiring, mark rather a pause. And, above all, all graduates are not equal before employment. Those schools and, more broadly, those that come from streams "professionalizing" perform better than others. The pro licenses, learning, internships, appear as preferred routes for a first post. Even at bac 3: three years after graduation, the unemployment rate and had 2001 is about 6, according to the ranging (1), 11 for all graduates of the superior. "Our courses rely on the use of the Hauts-de-Seine basin and are designed to meet the needs of the business," said Pierre Monzani, General Director of the University Pole Leonardo da Vinci, to the defence." Result, our graduates have little difficulty to move. So they do not hesitate to join the local SMEs.

To be quickly operational

However, graduates of courses long "generalist" are more difficult to fit into the active life. Many know the precarious: CSD repetition, odd jobs, periods of unemployment... And is even darker for those who don't get diploma: for them, assured Galerius. The unemployment rate among the assets of less than 25 years, despite a decline in recent months, still reached 22.

In this context, youth graduate, even rated channels, should not lightly take their job search. Because recruiters do not reduce their requirements to the contrary. Also must display good profile: be rapidly operational, to know the business world, having a coherent project. And most importantly, show a real personality: leadership, enthusiasm, ability to communicate and adaptability are the "magic square" of the qualities that can convince recruiters.