
Apprenticeship
Every year, EDF welcome more than 3 200 apprentices
At EDF, equality at work takes the form of actions designed to facilitate the everyday working lives of our staff, to improve our recruitment processes, and encourage female recruitment in technical and scientific roles.
In France and abroad, the Group is also committed to gender equality alongside voluntary sector partners and professional networks.
Developping diversity is a priority for EDF.
With near 160 000 employee throughout the Group, there is :
In order to ensure the diversity of our recruitment, there is two major women's networks that are open to all :
Energies des Femmes (in France)
We do this by regularly running tests on our recruitment process, and this attention to non-discrimination also involves careful proofreading of external communications and recruitment campaigns.
We believe that diverse teams are a source of mutual enrichment, innovation, and performance. This is why we are seeking to recruit more women. This sometimes proves difficult given that the number of women graduating in scientific and technical fields remains low, and these are the qualifications from which EDF draws most of its staff.
EDF is constantly working on making social issues a top priority, on topics like wages, career opportunities and access to training.
This is why :
EDF SA signed its first collective agreement on professional equality in 2004, and has since launched many actions to move the lines and mentalities, both internally and externally.