UFR PhITEMPhysics, Engineering, Earth, Environment, Mechanics

The teachers had told us a lot about it, extolling the virtues of alternating work and training to find a job. And it's true that having generalist courses (law, mech, quality management, recruitment methods, etc.), added to a first long experience as a work-study apprentice in a company, facilitates access to job interviews. If your CV is well polished, the companies will be after you! This year, I applied to around 80 companies. I had 5 job interviews (Sogeti high tech, Auxitec, Robatel, SDMS Provence, ADF Technologies): 2 offers that I turned down, 2 rejections, and one accepted offer. I even turned down the offer from my host company (CSTI Ingénierie), and some people are still calling to see if I'm still available!
So today I'm working at ADF Technologies, in a management position, as a "Research Manager". My salary is 28600EUR gross/year over 13 months, not including benefits (CE, bonuses...). What interested them in me was my level (bac+5), my first experience as an apprentice in a company, and particularly my knowledge of the nuclear industry. ADF is mainly a subcontractor for Eurocopter, and wants to expand its customer base into the nuclear sector. My (unsolicited) application was ideal for them. I passed 3 interviews (discussions, mechanical tests...), and finally signed a 6-month fixed-term contract, leading to a permanent contract.
My work is very diversified. I respond to invitations to tender (I've been trained to cost mechanical studies for various projects), I design on SolidWorks, I dimension my parts on my own, I write my calculation notes, I manage schedules, and I'm even the contact person for customers in the design office (followed by the head of the design office, of course).
Between the telephone ringing, trips to the CEA and to partners, my days are very full and I can't see the weeks going by!"