Workforce
Preparedness
Natalie Martin-Smith
Director, Talent Acquisition
AREVA Inc. North America
Current workforce landscape
AREVA Today
 Today, 30% of the AREVA U.S. workforce are eligible to retire
 With four generations in the workforce, 54% of our workforce are baby
boomers
Workforce Projections
 By 2016, 39% of the nuclear workforce will enter retirement age
 By 2018, AREVA anticipates that 57% of our workforce will retire
Decreasing population
 75M Baby boomer are nearing retirement with,
 30M Generation x-ers to fill the roles
Impending gap in needed talent
pools
Decreasing number
of STEM graduates
2001
4M begin 9th grade
2005
2.8M graduate High
School
1.8M enrolled in 4 yr college
2011
167K graduate with STEM
degree
Addressing the pending gap
Workforce planning
 We must be deliberate in terms of hiring interns to full time hires
 Based on age demographics, talent supply, and projected turnover, we
anticipate that must hire a minimum of 1,000 university graduates and
early career candidates by 2018 (5 years), to further develop, and
perpetuate the talent pipeline
STEM Outreach
 To date, more than 8,000 young people engaged in hands-on STEM
exploration activities – AREVA sponsorship and participation has
reached more than 7,000 students
 70% outreach/education activities are science fair/contest,
tour/presentation, workshop/instruction, with 14% outreach/education
activities are school visits
 Sponsorship of teacher and student workshops
 Provide Advisory Curriculum engagement
Collaboration in STEM focus
AREVA sponsored 11 governors school students from
January through May 2013
The Governor’s STEM Academy launched mechatronics
program for 25 students in Fall 2013.
 AREVA has been a supporter of the effort since its inception and the
program will be held at Central Virginia Community College in the AREVA
Technology Center, which includes access to lab equipment and
classroom space.
AREVA providing the Center for Advanced Engineering and
Research (CAER) with a nuclear power plant simulator in the
Business and Technology Center in Bedford, Va.
Collaboration
with college and university
CVCC Nuclear Technology program
 This program provides a mix of traditional academic courses, highly
focused technology courses, hands-on learning experience, on-the-job
training.
 Technicians support field activities during outage seasons.
 During non-outage seasons, technicians take CVCC courses and AREVA
technical training.
 Technicians receive college credit for a portion of their AREVA training.
Technicians receive an Associate’s Degree in Nuclear Support
Technologies.
 66 employees have graduated from the program
 We are targeting Military Veterans and High School students for this
program
Collaboration
with college and university
Produced in VA
 AREVA is a founding member of the program (starting in 2007) through
which local students complete engineering degrees through the Central
Virginia Community College (CVCC) and the University of Virginia.
 While in school, sponsored students get on the job experience through
internships and receive a full-time position upon graduating.
 AREVA has five graduates of the program and three who just entered
Sweetbriar College/ AREVA Explore Engineering Program
 AREVA - title sponsor for 2013
 For high school girls, this is a weeklong residential camp that immerses
the students in both the college experience and the possibilities of an
engineering career.
 The summer program is hands-on, team-based and structured to
emphasize creativity, problem solving and design principles.
Collaboration
with college and university
Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Programs
 AREVA has benefitted from 36 graduates since 1989
Target schools for early career recruiting
 VA Tech
 UVA
 VCU
 GMU
 VMI
 LU (new engineering program)
 Sweet Briar College
Natalie.martin-smith@areva.com