Student Careers Service

Our training programmes offer a wide choice, and our students have diverse profiles, they are international or pursuing a double degree abroad. Questions about work-life balance and alignment with one's values play a major role in the choice of career path for our students ... for all these reasons Centrale Nantes reinvented its career's guidance around three themes - employability, recruitment and talent appeal - within our Student Careers Service.

Our mission: to interact and create opportunities

• Getting to know oneself, developing, cooperating
• Building one's career plan / course of study
• Securing positive employment

Our approach: coaching

• The student plays an active role and takes responsibility for his or her own career path

Our expertise: combining talents

The students are supported in their approach by employment specialists from various backgrounds: (HR, alumni, career coaches)

Workshops from our catalogue

• Job search workshops: CV, search strategy, pitch, interview simulation
• Soft skills workshops: stress management, well-balanced project management ...

Custom-made workshops

• Master 2 Workshops + Master 1 Awareness Lecture
• Apprenticeship campaign (lectures / interview simulation workshops)
• Double degree track
• Bachelor/Fast Track coaching

Individual appointments / recruitment firms

• 8 types of weekly appointments upon registration
• Interview simulations with recruiters/recruitment firms

Conferences/workshops

• Digital and recruitment (perspective and ethics)
• Get to know recruitment tools (CV matching, video/deferred interviews, ...)

Helpdesk (without appointment) for special situations

• Adapt to a French CV 
• Follow-up individual appointments

In addition to this support, the Student Life team team is involved in three 'Soft Skills' modules taught in the 1st and 2nd year engineering programme:
 

• Self-expression / Enhancing one's profile
• Enhancing one's professional identity
• Job applications and digital identity

Student members of Centrale Nantes Alumni also have access to complementary services:

Centrale Nantes Alumni membership offer for students

Self-awareness 1hr 30 test and feedback, either: Performanse Tool on career orientation, or or MBTI on personality type	Self-empowerment 3x45 minutes of coaching throughout one's course Develop one's potential Define and achieve one's objectives
Self-development Reduced rate and/or preferential access to events and training Webinar / training Themed breakfast meetings Conference	Relaxation to boost empowerment Online relaxation activities (once a month throughout the school year) Sophrology Mindfulness meditation