When you start your studies, you often wonder if the sector you're interested in will offer job opportunities once you graduate. The situation sometimes evolves so quickly that what seemed promising yesterday quickly becomes outdated. However, there are sectors where demand is certain to remain strong. This is the case for aeronautics. Indeed, you don't need to be a fortune teller to know that aeronautics will be recruiting for a very long time to come.
Aeronautics in search of heads and arms
Want to catch the attention of a renowned recruiter? Here's a tip: specialize! This is what the industry is currently looking for: specialized profiles. For example, Airbus, which manufactures more than half of the world's airliners, needs brains and hands at every stage of production. As the tourism industry booms and its growth seems endless, there will be more and more needs in the aeronautics sector.
What profiles is the aeronautics industry looking for?
Although the aerospace industry seeks a variety of skills and backgrounds, some are more likely to be recruited. For example, managers and engineers make up the bulk of the sector's employee cohort. Airbus is currently seeking computer engineers as well as software engineers. Competition in the sector is fierce, and fresh graduates with fresh ideas are always welcome. Elsewhere in the industry, engineers and managers are also actively sought.
Security is a highly sensitive issue in the aeronautics industry today, and here again, any cybersecurity expert is welcome. Indeed, the aeronautics sector is short of data analysts with sufficient knowledge of the sector. Even if the industry doesn't recruit thousands of graduates to perform analytical work, their scarcity makes them a target that companies are fighting over. It's the graduate who can then play off the competition and land a very attractive position.
But it's not just engineers and high-level executives. As the industry grows to this extent, customer service is recruiting and will continue to recruit more and more, as it is a key sector of the industry. Maintenance and constant contact with customers require specific skills. As the aviation industry operates internationally, knowing several languages is a valued and sought-after asset.
The aeronautics industry: helping to build... and dismantle
We don't often think about it, but the aviation industry doesn't just build planes. When they reach the end of their life, they need to be dismantled and recycled, which isn't as simple as sending old cars to the scrapyard. A company like Aerosave, which has factories in France and Spain, handles dismantling for many industries and is currently recruiting. More and more planes are being retired for safety reasons. So this is another sector that's taking off!
