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COMMITMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY: SHARED INTERESTS
4.8
COMMITMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY: SHARED INTERESTS
4.8.1
DEVELOPING FUTURE TALENTS
In France
In line with its long-standing commitment to help student engineers,
Assystem has decided to support schools and universities by organising
a range of different initiatives with a view to playing a role in the training
of tomorrow’s engineers.
Assystem has entered into a partnership with the INSA Group which
is aimed at helping student engineers start their careers. The idea is
to ensure that each and every student has a chance to succeed by
providing support to the initiatives organised by the INSA foundations
(in Lyon and Toulouse) to promote diversity and equal opportunities.
In 2012, the Group signed up to the “
Cordées de la réussite Convention
Diversité“
programme with the INSA foundation in Lyon. Through this
programme student grants and mentoring schemes are put in place,
and disabled students are given the opportunity to undertake work
experience.
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INSA Lyon
Assystem participated with INSA Lyon in two actions aimed at boosting
“the engineer’s responsibilities to society”: a programme of conferences
and case histories developed by INSA Lyon to help students/future
managers behave in a socially responsible manner. And the second
involved Assystem participating in conferences and round tables
organised during the “Quinzaine du Handicap”, a two-week event
aimed at raising awareness about disability in the workplace.
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INSA Toulouse
Assystem is a benefactor member of the INSA foundation in Toulouse.
As part of this commitment, the Group offers internships, apprenticeship
contracts and jobs to students.
In addition, specialists from the Group give classes and submit practical
case studies and research and innovation projects to the students. In
2015, Assystem once again took part in the school’s “48 hours to
innovate” initiative.
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INSA Rouen
In 2013, an academic “Commissioning & Engineering” chair was
created as both the Group and the school felt that it would help students
meet market requirements. This chair focuses on the engineering skills
required during the commissioning phase (including testing) which is a
decisive stage in any industrial project. To complement the theoretical
teaching given to the students concerned, Assystem also offers them
opportunities to do internships in order to better prepare them for the
reality of a career in engineering.
International
The Group is also increasingly undertaking initiatives with engineering
schools and universities outside France, especially in the United
Kingdom, Canada and Germany.
In the United Kingdom, Assystem has entered into partnerships with a
good number of universities. These include Bristol, Lancaster and the
University of the West of England (UWE). The Group proactively recruits
graduates and its aim is to design specific courses in conjunction with
these universities. The Group is also a partner of the Royal Aeronautical
Society and The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE).
In the United States, Assystem has partnerships in place with the Wichita
State University (WSU) and the National Institute for Aviation Research
(NIAR) which are aimed at identifying and recruiting graduates for
projects dedicated to the local market (20 graduates recruited in 2013).
In Germany, contacts are being built up through visits to universities and
the Group’s participation in forums (particularly with the
Hochschule
Esslingen
).
4.8.2
CONTRIBUTING TO REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Reinforcing the Group’s regional presence
Assystem’s objective is to be a recognised and constructive player in
territories where the Group operates. This is a particularly crucial aspect
for Assystem when it has a strong presence in the local economy.
Assystem is a services company providing intellectual services
via
its
employees. Its main impact on a territory consists of the jobs it offers.
It is a major recruiter, offering opportunities to young graduates and
embedding a focus for economic and social development in the local
employment area. Assystem conducts specific actions for job-seekers
in certain countries (in France
via
its subsidiary Athos in Toulouse,
in Germany in Hamburg and in Bavaria), consisting of vocational
retraining programmes in partnership with local authorities. Finally, in
Saudi Arabia, where it is a matter of national importance, the Radicon
subsidiary aims to recruit more than 20% of Saudi nationals in its teams.
Assystem also plans to contribute to territorial development in interaction
with clusters and university centres. Assystem’s teams are firmly implanted
locally and regularly take part in these clusters’ activities, contributing
the Group’s key skills. Just to mention a few examples, this is the case
for the Descartes/Efficacity cluster for sustainable cities, where Assystem
participated in an “intermodal station”, the Burgundy nuclear cluster
which labelled the Nuc-Track project, the
Vallée de l’énergie
cluster on
energy efficiency, and the Ingéra cluster dedicated to engineering in the
Rhône-Alpes region, of which Assystem is one of the founding members.
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