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I can't find a more appropriate forum, and this one has had some dry-land posts recently so here is some information that graduates and their parents may be glad of: (rip it if I've done the wrong thing!)

From: Hunterston Communications
Sent: 03 October 2012 09:14
To: DL HUN All Staff
Subject: EDF Energy's 2013 Graduate & Industrial Placement Opportunities - Now Open!




Dear All,




EDF Energy is searching for new talent for its 2013 Graduate & Industrial Placement opportunities, which opened for applications this week.

More than 100 positions are on offer, to start with the company in September 2013.

EDF Energy is offering exciting opportunities within an industry that’s growing and vital to the UK. We’re looking for a broad range of exceptional people to join us. There are no limits to what the right people can achieve with EDF Energy, as they help us to deliver safe, secure and affordable low carbon electricity to the UK.

We are looking for talented Graduates and Undergraduates for our commercial and nuclear science and engineering opportunities. There are Graduate and Industrial Placements available across the company, including in finance, marketing, human resources, business analyst, digital research and development roles, along with environmental science, mechanical and electrical engineering, chemistry, maths and physics.

For full details and to apply, please visit www.edfenergy.com/graduates



One of my sons works there and is happy with prospects etc.

[quote="sahona
One of my sons works there and is happy with prospects etc.[/quote]

How did he manage that if you didn't work there?
It's one of the most nepotistic employers I've ever come across. Not saying that is a bad thing though.
One of my very good mates works there and his son just started an Apprenticeship last year. First 2 years of his apprentice ship are based at a military college in Portsmouth so anyone applying has to be prepared to stay away from home. They are very well looked after with accomodation provided and so many paid trips home per year. Summer is spent onsite at Hunterston.

Booby Trapper wrote:[quote="sahona
One of my sons works there and is happy with prospects etc.

How did he manage that if you didn't work there?
It's one of the most nepotistic employers I've ever come across. Not saying that is a bad thing though.
One of my very good mates works there and his son just started an Apprenticeship last year. First 2 years of his apprentice ship are based at a military college in Portsmouth so anyone applying has to be prepared to stay away from home. They are very well looked after with accomodation provided and so many paid trips home per year. Summer is spent onsite at Hunterston.[/quote]

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When I joined SSEB (Hunterston's former owner) in 1976 one of the questions on the application form was "Do any of your relatives work for SSEB? If so, please give name and workplace." I don't think that's legal now! My answer, incidentally, was no.

DaveS wrote:When I joined SSEB (Hunterston's former owner) in 1976 one of the questions on the application form was "Do any of your relatives work for SSEB? If so, please give name and workplace." I don't think that's legal now! My answer, incidentally, was no.

Same when I joined ICI in 1975. My answer was Dad and South Azo.

Syngenta have finally decided that the agency folks we are being sent are "not the standard we want" so have decided to start recruiting aprentices and graduates and bringing folk on with in house training. It's looking good since 10 years ago we would have given the site about 5 years life. It may be looking too good, redundancy/early retirement in 3 or so years would suit me but that's not going to happen the way things are looking.

aquaplane wrote:

DaveS wrote:When I joined SSEB (Hunterston's former owner) in 1976 one of the questions on the application form was "Do any of your relatives work for SSEB? If so, please give name and workplace." I don't think that's legal now! My answer, incidentally, was no.

Same when I joined ICI in 1975. My answer was Dad and South Azo.

Syngenta have finally decided that the agency folks we are being sent are "not the standard we want" so have decided to start recruiting aprentices and graduates and bringing folk on with in house training. It's looking good since 10 years ago we would have given the site about 5 years life. It may be looking too good, redundancy/early retirement in 3 or so years would suit me but that's not going to happen the way things are looking.

It's funny how things go in cycles. A couple of years ago Scottish Power found that they had managed to recruit no engineering graduates. It turned out that they had outsourced the recruitment to an agency that employed completely non technical bimbos to phone up the applicants and ask them daft questions. Since engineering graduates are a bit of a rarity these days, said applicants chose to join less feckless organisations...

Booby Trapper wrote:
How did he manage that if you didn't work there?
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He was a temp in Hun "A" for the de-comissioning and heard about the Hun "B" job internally.
Sounds like 'jobs for the buoys' doesn't it!
I had already played my joker getting my other son into IBM...(who were equally nepotistic - especially in the manufacturing plants like Greenock, alas no more.)