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FRANCE
Attracting high-potential
candidates
Along with the commitments
made with
Pôle Emploi
and with
centres for apprentice training
(CFA), Carrefour also recruits
high-potential graduates from
universities, business schools
and engineering schools. Each
year, some 50 candidates benefit
fromGraduate programmes,
four-year career-acceleration
courses involving operational
work training with assignments
connected to a project that
includes a study-abroad period.
This leads to a position as store
director or director of logistics
or digital projects.
SPAIN
University partnerships
Establishing agreements with
universities such as those
in Córdoba and Valladolid is a
winning approach for Carrefour
in Spain. In 2015, more than
400 graduates were recruited
this way for middle-management
posts, making for a pool of
futuremanagers and directors.
The Group also hiredmore than
60 students who have expertise
in new technologies.
BRAZIL
Involving working class
neighbourhoods
Offering young people from
difficult familial situations job
training in retail and giving
themsupport in entering
the workforce: this is the aimof
the
Conexão-Varejo
programme,
which was developed by the
NGO
Rede Cidadã
with support
fromCarrefour and its corporate
foundation. Since 2013,
more than 5,300 young people
have been trained through
this programme and nearly
950 of the trainees have been
recruited by Carrefour.
WORLD
Being connected
with candidates
Recruitment today is about
adapting to developments in
communications use. That’s
why inmany countries Carrefour
highlights its presence on social
networks. The Carrefour teams
are very active on LinkedIn®
and Twitter® in France and
WeChat® in China in order
to recruit tomorrow’s talent.
In February 2015, Carrefour
also participated in the European
Job Day on Twitter®.
ARGENTINA
Taking the first step
in business
Through its national youth
programme
(Jóvenes con
futuro)
, Carrefour welcomed
to its stores in Argentinamore
than 200 youths who lacked
qualifications and came from
depressed neighbourhoods.
It was an opportunity for them
to enter into the professional
world.
FRANCE
Developing vocations
InMay 2015, some 50Market
supermarkets invited people
behind the scenes of its
butcher departments and put
onworkshops related to
the butcher profession with
nearly 200 open places!
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EXPERTISE AND NEW TALENT
In Argentina, Carrefour was applauded in particular for its
efforts to help youth in working-class neighbourhoods
through its national youth programme
(Jóvenes con futuro)
.
Within this context, apprenticeship training is an effective,
motivating tool. Each year, in all the professions, and in
particular the catering professions (butchers, bakeries, pastry
shops, etc.), the Group welcomes thousands of apprentices
and young people with professional training contracts. More
than 5,500 part-time employment positions are offered each
year by Carrefour in France. At the same time, the Group sets
upprogrammes andactionplans toencourage agediversity in
its teams, as it is doing in Belgium and Argentina with the
Yo trabajo
programme, which recruits and assists employees
overage 40.
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