3,500 placements to ensure continuity of technical skills due to planned retirements in France

3,500 placements technical skills France

Project details:

Anticipating a series of retirements over the next few years, a French energy leader wanted to ensure the durability of their technical skills by recruiting around 3,500 people in 6 years. The roles cover every sector of expertise, from energy generation to trading and transmission grids.

Location: France
Type of project: Recruitment outsourcing, RPO
Size of the project: More than 500 people
Timeframe: 6 years
Functions: Technical
Placements: 3,500

The Brief:

Strong client commitment to diversity and equal opportunity
Strict compliance needed with the client’s recruitment IT system
Beginner or experienced technical profiles required

We created a dedicated team made up of a project manager and 16 recruiters: eight devoted to sourcing and eight were assigned to evaluating candidates.

Our team sourced and managed candidates using the client’s ATS / HRIS and our internal databases, as well as job boards and social networks.

This project was an exhaustive recruitment process for which we evaluated over 4,750 candidates face to face: three candidates per shortlist within six weeks.

By the end of the project, the hiring managers satisfaction rate was 95%.