75% of VIE²³ interns got permanent contracts at the end of the program, mostly by their host subsidiaries

“AS A GLOBAL GROUP AND LEADER IN ITS INDUSTRY ZODIAC AEROSPACE OFFERS ITS EMPLOYEES A WIDE VARIETY OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. CLOSE TO THE GROUND, THE HR TEAMS ENSURE TO INCREASE THE ENGAGEMENT AND WELL-BEING OF EVERYONE, IN KEEPING WITH THE GROUP'S VALUES.”
Romaric Chabert
Group Human Resources Development Director

A group process, new tools

Zodiac Aerospace's Human Resources (HR) policy is to ensure that its 30,000 employees have career opportunities that are rewarding on a personal level and useful at a collective level. The implementation of this policy is led by Group HR management and HR managers in host countries, according to the Group's HR Road Map and to a strategy that is increasingly structured at the Group level. HR heads of the twenty largest Group companies hold an annual meeting where they have an opportunity to strengthen synergies, share best practices, and implement Group tools such as the Manager's Charter, a performance assessment process that defines the Group's 16 core competencies, or a tool that maps the Group's 200 key positions. In addition to local action plans, a Group action plan is underway to address the requirements that emerged from the first internal opinion survey, which was conducted at all sites in July 2013.

Increasing the attractiveness of the employer brand

The Group's expansion is accompanied by an ambitious hiring policy in all business lines and all host countries. A total of 5,400 employees joined the Group in 2013/2014. In addition, 579 people were integrated into the workforce as a result of acquisitions made during the year At August 31, 2014, 35% of employees worked in the United States, 22% in France, 12% in Europe (excluding France) and 31 % in the rest of the world. Deployed throughout the Group since 2013, the external recruitment tool TalentSoft has been fine-tuned to increase the visibility and attractiveness of the Zodiac Aerospace employer brand. In particular, an advanced statistics module has been added, resulting in better recruitment management and practices in all subsidiaries. User training has also been stepped up. Meanwhile, video testimonials from employees regarding the Group's businesses have been posted on the Applicants website, which is accessible from the corporate website (www.zodiacaerospace.com). Between October 2013 and September 2014, nearly 1,500 jobs were posted publicly and 60,000 applications were received, four times more than during the previous year.

²³ French international internship program

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