OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel announced that the company triggered on June 15th 2012, a next in turn phase of corporate program Professional take off. More than 400 students of 3 to 4 year in technical field from 15 higher educational establishments come to the Company divisions to pass summer field experience.
Students' selection for taking part in the Professional take off program was carried on by representatives of the company's production divisions who had visited HEE in the beginning of the year. To bring to life the corporate Professional take off program, the company cooperates with 22 HEE of Russia.
A pilot project was launched in cooperation with Siberian Federal University within the frames of the current Strategic partnership agreement signed by the company and SFU in 2010. Selecting future participants in the Professional take off program, the project promoters used a new methodology aiming at employment of students better motivated for further work in the company.
Such selections are not the sole SFU company campaign. To elevate the quality of eventual company's employees preparation, the Mining, Geologic and Geotechnological Institute, as part of the SFU, supported by the company, inaugurated in March of 2012 computer modeling and mining design laboratory. At the same time, the SFU and MMC Norilsk Nickel signed a target program Effective SFU and MMC Norilsk Nickel cooperation for 2012-2015.
All the participants in the Professional take off program receive company's reimbursement for the there and back transportation to the field experience location, municipal transportation, catering, habitation and salary. Besides, students take active part in cultural and sports corporate events.
Since 2011 the Company introduced corporate scholarship. In 2012-13, monthly scholarship will comprehend RUB 4100. Good reputation students may sign a contract on target program and, graduated from HEE, come and work as an employee.
MMC Norilsk Nickel elaborated corporate programs Professional take off and Trainee in order to bring to life one of top priority vectors of personnel selection policy, engagement of young and qualified specialists to guaranty the company's demand in qualified personnel. The principal milestone is target selection and invitation of HEE graduates.
Professional take off program candidates are 3 to 5 year students who shall participate as trainees in real production process, gain skills experience under the guidance of qualified professionals and once graduated from HEE, get employed in the Group of companies Norilsk Nickel. Getting acquainted with the enterprise and gaining a trainee experience facilitates freshmen accommodation with independent work and reduces professional and social adaptation terms.
Depending on future profession or occupation, the participant in the program may count upon a corresponding hourly wage rate or salary, while non-native students have there and back transportation compensation and students dormitory accommodation. In 2011, 544 students took part in the Professional take off and, ended professional training, 68 students became employees of the company. As part of the Professional take off program, a business game Norilsk summer academy was held among trainees at Group premises (272 students from 13 HEE).
The Trainee program incorporates HEE graduates not older than 30 years, without working experience, selected on a tender basis. If selected, the graduate becomes a trainee and gets training from an experienced worker and after the training and a positively passed exam may be employed by the Company. While training, the trainee gets a fixed term contract. Overall 226 people took part in the Trainee program in 2011 and 67 people were employed by the company.
Source - Norilsk Nickel
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