Employment survey 2011
Information and Communication Technologies are a fantastic lever for innovation in modern economies; they are used in all sectors and are becoming ever more strategic.
Graduates of Télécom ParisTech are hired in increasingly varied sectors, with growing interest from energy, automobile, aeronautics and space, broadcasting, etc.
When combined with the School's excellent reputation and the high quality of its graduates, this extreme variety of sectors guarantees excellent employment possibilities after graduation, even in a period of economic crisis. Most of our graduates sign an employment contract immediately upon graduating from our school.
The employment survey also reveals a broad palette of first jobs for Télécom ParisTech engineers. The two leading families are consulting and computing. Then come management, finance and telecommunications. Other jobs taking advantage of technical skills follow, with a continuing large percentage of companies created.
In early 2011, 2010 graduates are hired on average at an annual salary of €41,000, which puts Télécom ParisTech in the Top Five of major French engineering schools.
Yves Poilane, Director, Télécom ParisTech
Jobs
- Consulting 29%
- Computer studies and development 23%
- Commercial & management 16%
- R&D in telecoms, signal & image 8%
- Finance 8%
- Other sectors 5%
- Network architect & expert 4%
- Electronics & equipment studies and development 3%
- Research & education 3%
- Company creation 1%
Focus on two families of jobs
- Consulting: Information systems 12%, General 9%, Telecoms 6%, Networks 2%
- Commercial & management: Project management 11%, Technical-commercial 3%, Marketing & Strategy 2%
Finding a job: When and how?
Time spent job hunting
93% of graduates signed an employment contract less than two months after graduation.
- 61% even before being available for work
- 32% 0 to 2 months
- 5% 2 to 4 months
- 2% 4 to 6 months
How they found their job
- Internet 28%
- Internships 25%
- Graduate contacts, career services 13%
- Forums 11%
- Unsolicited applications 7%
- Personal contacts 7%
- Other 5%
- Direct offers from the company 3%
- Ads in the press 1%
Companies: sectors, location, size
Company sectors
- Consulting firms 27%
- Telecom Operators 10%
- IT services, engineering 10%
- Banking & Insurance 8%
- Software 6%
- Telecom Industries 5%
- Energy 5%
- Other industries 5%
- Electronics 4%
- Public sector 3%
- Internet 3%
- Computers & Networks 3%
- Aeronautics, Space 3%
- Automotive, Transport 2%
- Research, Education 2%
- Other 2%
- Audiovisual 1%
- Computer Manufacturer 1%
Jobs are distributed among all sectors, illustrating the massive use of information and communication technologies in all of society. Employment possibilities in the energy, banking and insurance sectors have been growing constantly for several years.
Where our graduates work
- Paris-Île-de-France 74% - Rest of France 8% - Other countries 8%
- more than 5 000 employees 57% - 500 to 4 999 employees 20% - 50 to 499 employees 11% - 1 to 49 employees 12%
Graduate salaries and situation
Salaries
- France €40 500
- Other countries €43 000
- Total €41 000
(gross annual salary, excluding variable part and bonuses)
Situation of 2010 graduates in 2011
- Professional activity 65%
- Additional studies 22%
- Job hunting 5%
- Other situation 5%
- Volunteering 3%
13% are busy with a doctoral thesis, one of the most widely recognised degrees internationally.
