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With 52,000 employees and a turnover of 9.8 billion euros in 2011, Bouygues Construction is a world leader in the building, civil engineering, energy and services industries. In such a dynamic, innovative and international context, Bouygues Construction's main priority remains its human resources.  our recruitment needs are important: at the end of 2011, we shall have hired and integrated 3,000 new employees.

Bouygues Construction has a network of entities throughout France and overseas. Its entities are active in the building, civil engineering, electrical contracting and maintenance sectors, and are involved in projects of all sizes.

Our regional subsidiaries across France and worldwide are all among the top four local construction companies.

When you join Bouygues Construction, you are joining a network of companies that are close to both their customers and their employees.

Bouygues Construction has built its reputation on its ability to handle difficult, daring and prestigious projects. Its major achievements, which include the Parc des Princes stadium, the Arche de la Défense, the Stade de France, the Miami Tunnel, the Masan Bay Bridge, the Tangiers Port, etc., bear witness to its unexcelled know-how. Bridges, tunnels, skyscrapers - they are all technical exploits which form the men that build them and are their pride and joy.

Bouygues Construction is formed of approachable-sized entities. You will find us to be both flexible and reactive. You will be provided with all the human and material resources you will need.

Our decision-making procedures guarantee efficient and rapid action, as well as controlled costs and completion times. They foster a spirit of competition and effective collaboration between the various players. All our sites are organised along the same lines, to ensure employees speak the same language.

The system encourages employees to adopt a rigorous and responsible approach to their work, and contributes to the richness and dynamism of Bouygues Construction. Managers are familiar with the Group's methodology, organisational procedures and management approach, and thus become the guarantors of the system and our corporate culture.

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Training forms an integral part of the Group's human resources strategy. Training is available for young students who are potential future employees as well as existing employees. We train some of these future employees in our own apprenticeship training centre, the Centre de Formation en Apprentissage Gustave Eiffel and also offer many internships and apprenticeships (almost 2,400 in 2011).

In France, more than 5% of the payroll is currently earmarked for training. All our employees can benefit from high-quality training which will enable them to improve their professional lives.

At Bouygues Construction, we are keen for all our employees to develop and build on their skills. We favour a personalised approach, through regular assessments and training courses tailored to meet each individual's needs. Employees can define and adjust their career plans as they acquire new experience and make the most of opportunities for professional mobility.

At Bouygues Construction, we are quick to give our employees new responsibilities. It is possible to pass from one business line to another, be it construction, methodology, design, pricing, sales and marketing or the support functions. This means we can offer you a varied and satisfying long-term career within our Group.

We have long been established in a number of countries. Almost 50% of our turnover was generated outside of France, in over 60 different countries.

We can therefore offer long overseas internships (6 months' minimum) and between a thousand international volunteer (VIE) placements every year. You will have the possibility of relocating to an overseas Bouygues entity on completion of your international volunteer placement or after you have worked for a while in France.

Bouygues Construction sets salaries for new recruits on the basis of the employee's professional experience and profile. Each employee benefits from the company's results through mandatory and optional profit-sharing schemes. Employees have access to savings schemes such as the Corporate Savings Scheme (PEE), employee shareholding plans, a supplementary pensions savings scheme (PERCO), etc.

We hire employees with a variety of profiles, cultural backgrounds and experiences. This diversity allows us to create high-potential teams (in terms of skills, creativity, competitiveness, collective pride) that are capable of working on ambitious projects. Diversity is the key to our long-standing success in such a dynamic and growing sector, which is why we continue to promote it at every possible level. In 2006 we initiated a number of actions to boost employment of women in our sector, which is currently low, and of disabled persons. We also launched a review aimed at eliminating any traces of discrimination when hiring.

Capitalising on initiatives by its subsidiaries, in 2006 Bouygues Construction developed an ambitious and pragmatic sustainable development programme. This aims to reconcile our objectives in terms of profitability with the social, cultural and environmental impact of our activities.

For the design of buildings or other constructions, we provide advice on the choice of techniques and materials to be used, based on the application of a life cycle analysis. We organise research projects on sustainable construction and develop high environmental quality construction works when we are their designers.

Then, in carrying out construction work, we do everything possible to reduce and recycle the waste produced by our work, to control and limit energy use, and to save natural resources. We are also committed to developing consultation and feedback with local residents to limit the nuisance caused by construction sites.