3.1 Workforce Recruitment Over fiscal year 2012, the Group hired a total of 12,323 staff on permanent contracts – down 29% over 2011 – including 63% women, and 9,756 staff on fixed-term contracts, including 72% women*. Depart ures In 2012, a total of 19,882 employees on permanent contracts left the Group (compared with 17,556 in 2011). The main reasons for departure are, in order of significance: resignations (12,906, or around 65%), redundancies (4,445, or around 22%), and retirements (1,658, or around 8%)*. Outside contractors The use of outside contractors principally concerns the sub-contracting of specialised activities such as IT systems, security, armoured transport, catering, and building maintenance. As of the end of November 2012, Societe Generale SA in France called upon 6,795 service providers. The Group employed 9,966 temporary workers throughout the world as of the end of 2012*. 3.2 Career: supporting employee achievement Recruitment and integration: initiatives for students and recent graduates Many initiatives were undertaken specifically for students and recent graduates in 2012. ■■The Push My Career operation was repeated. This is a plan to support young people by making tools available in order to prepare them for recruitment interviews, dedicated to school leavers and young graduates with 4-5 years of higher education. ■■Eighty school partnerships with the Societe Generale group in France and Europe (university, engineering, or businesses training) have been developed and continued. The Group also contributes to the professional development of students through academic partnerships and research work that it funds. Include for example the sponsorship of women in the management bodies of the Group in 2012 for Energy & Finance chair at HEC and the Media & Entertainment chair at ESSEC. ■■More than 350 actions taken for partner schools: school forums, presentations of business lines and career opportunities, CV workshops, panels, interview coaching, and economic conferences. ■■SG Corporate and Investment Banking’s Graduate Programme, a collective recruitment and development programme characterised by specific support offered to candidates completing their studies and young international graduates during the first two years of their permanent contract. 40 60.12% women in Societe Generale’s workforce in 2012 18.3% women on the Group’s management bodies in 2012 80 school partnerships 350 actions (forums, workshops, etc.) taken by the Group in 2012 (France and Europe) 3 Responsible employer: diversity and employability *Verified by Ernst & Young
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