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recruitment of another 40 young people in the fifth wave of the programme. All this has been made possible
thanks to an intensive employer branding campaign, in partnership with professional social networks such as
LinkedIn and Monster, as well as local networks, online portals, employment fairs at the best engineering
and economic universities in the world and finally on Facebook, in order to maximise media exposure and
gather the highest possible number of quality applications.
MAKE IT
In 2015, in line with the talent acquisition strategy, Prysmian launched a new international recruiting
programme known as "Make It". It specifically targets engineers with 3-5 years' experience who are
interested in taking key, highly challenging positions at the main factories within the Group.
Prysmian is looking for process, maintenance and design and quality engineers as well as expert technicians
to hold key manufacturing area positions at one of our global centres of excellence.
The first edition, which was launched in October 2015, received around 6,000 direct and indirect
applications. The aim is to recruit 40 engineers from other sectors. They will have the opportunity to
contribute to the growth of manufacturing and will be committed to a structured programme that will offer
them training, mentorship, challenging roles and professional growth pathways.
Over a professional development path of four years, "Make It" will offer the successful applicants a high-
standard training programme organized by the Prysmian Group Academy thus further honing the prime
vocational skills of the chosen candidates.
In 2016, the programme will include a two-week training session at the Milan offices and a further two weeks'
training in the new Manufacturing Academy of Mudanya (Turkey), a centre of specialization that was
launched in January 2016 at one of the main Group plants enabling us to train our staff to an exceptionally
high level.