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Developing skills

In the next five years, EDF and ERDF will be recruiting over 15,000 staff to work in zero-carbon energy generation, particularly in nuclear and renewable energies. Most of these new employees will be joining EDF.
Within the Group, more thanfour in five employees benefit from vocational training every year.

In the nuclear sector, the company will take on 500 engineers per year, more than trebling our previous hiring commitment.

By implementing a long-term employment and skills strategy, we are able to anticipate and react to changes within our business: by retraining and redeploying staff who work in areas with diminishing personnel needs, we can supply much-needed additional resources to in-demand Group operations. For the employees themselves, it is an opportunity to enhance their personal and professional development, while enriching the teams they join with new knowledge, perspectives, and ideas.

Energy Day: dynamizing recruitment

For three years now, EDF has organised an annual Energy Day , which allows about 2,000 young engineers and technicians to meet with EDF managers and apply for internships and pre-employment offers.

Training: investing in the future

EDF dedicates 8% of its payroll expenditure in France to training.

On average, over four out of five employees receive training within the Group.

Apprenticeship is at the heart of our employment policy, giving young people the chance to enter the workforce with a diploma and substantial work experience.

In the last three years, EDF has doubled the number of work-study program contracts.

EDF Group University

The EDF Group University was established in 2003, with the goal of fostering a common community of current and future leaders, by sharing managerial methodologies and best practices, and through developing a common approach for change management. The EDF Group University has developed partnerships with three business schools:

  • Cranfield Business School in London (United Kingdom)
  • ESCP in Paris (France)
  • INSEAD in Fontainebleau (France)

In France, the sessions and seminars of EDF Group University take place in Chatou (France).

European Foundation for Tomorrow’s Energies

Created by EDF, the European Foundation for Tomorrow's Energies operates under the aegis of the Institut de France.

By supporting and promoting postgraduate research, both in France and abroad, the Foundation's aim is to inspire today's young talents to rise to the challenges of low- and zero-emission energy generation in the future.

Taking a closer look