National Engineering Days

Since its first edition in 2013, National Engineering Days (JNI) has aimed to promote and enhance the value of the engineering profession by encouraging innovation, industry and, more generally, business.

According to the survey on the integration of graduates of the “Grandes Ecoles” conducted by the CGE, in France the rate of graduates in professional activity has fallen from 83% in 2016 to 71.9% in 2019. This decrease in the number of graduates in the job market is correlated with the increase in the number of engineers looking for work (2.3% in 2016 and 7.8% in 2019 according to the CGE).

The objective of this conference is to help future engineers know how they can create opportunities to enter professional life more easily.

A total of 20 speakers highlighted the training of engineers and their preparation for their first job, recruitment, management and RSE of young engineers during presentations and round tables. There were also testimonies on the integration in an SME and in a large company that elicited many questions from the future engineers.

Watch or re-watch the conference: First Job Engineer, Hopes and Realities.

Speakers:

• Riccardo Cacocciola, Engineer in thesis in the company Saint-Gobain;
• Muriel Colin, Recruitment and Career Mobility Manager for Nexter, a company of the KNDS group, European leader in land defence;
• Stéphanie Deveze Delaunay, Deputy Head of the Training and Employment Department at MESRI;
• Ugo Drieux, President of the EIDD Alumni Association;
• M’Hamed Drissi, President of the International Relations Commission of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE);
• Florence Dufour, Founding Director of the EBI School of Industrial Biology Cergy;
• Yoan Gallo, Head of SUPMECA work-study training / Pedagogical Coordinator CFAI MECAVENIR;
• Louis Julien, DevOps Python at Padoa;
• Emilie Korchia, Co-founder of the start-up My Job Glasses (elected best #EdTech 2020 company);
• Jeremy Lamri, Head of Research & Innovation at JobTeaser, Europe’s leading youth employment and guidance company;
• Antoine Martin, Engineer in charge of socio-economic studies for the RATP;
• Isabelle Masson, Human Resources Manager for the SEGULA TECHNOLOGIES Group;
• Ines Mellouk, 5th year engineering student at ENSIIE -Auditor for the Commission des Titres d’Ingénieurs;
• Dominique Mollard, Information systems engineer, graduate of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, holder of a Master’s degree in Public Affairs from Paris Dauphine;
• Camille Morvan, Researcher and world expert in neuroscience, Co-founder and co-CEO of Goshaba, a mobile game for soft skills assessment;
• Marc Pagnier, Associate Director at Vitualis;
• Maxime Renault, Student-engineer at INSA Rennes, in double-diploma with Audencia Business School. Student-Engineer expert for the CTI, President of the National Student-Engineer Bureau;
• Florence Sueur, Director of the Bar de l’économie;
• Clarisse Watine, Director of Information and Head of Publications, Le Monde des Grandes Ecoles et Universités;
• Daniel Weizmann, President of MEDEF Ile-de-France.