PACMAN recruitment Seamus Hegarty Human Resources Department – CERN PACMAN Kickoff Meeting CERN 20 November 2013

IDP Advertisement 8+2 positions opened in two stages First batch opened 19 June; all closed 27 September – CERN e-RT – Euraxess → Nature Jobs – Institute of Physics – Institution of Engineering and Technology – Women in Engineering & Science – Facebook – Twitter (GirlGeeks)

IDP Applications – 99 received on e-RT – 85 eligible for CERN according to Marie Curie conditions – 17.3% female  – «lost» applications mainly due to EC Mobility Rule Applicants could express a preference for up to 3 posts – only 20% did… Where they came from…

IDP Applicant origin CountryEligible applicants Italy19 Spain13 France12 Greece5 United Kingdom4 USA3 India2 Iran2 Poland2 Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Switzerland, Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Germany, Egypt, Hungary, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Thailand 1

IDP Selection Pre-interview screening via Sonru «interview» – batch 1: 32 invited, 30 replies – batch 2: 16 invited, 14 replies Interviews – initial aim: 3 per position – 24 at CERN in November + 3 by Skype 16 for WP1 & WP3 (some overlap) 8 for WP2 4 for WP4 (2 declined the invitation) – perhaps a few more if needed – 20% female

IDP Employment contract 10 Early Stage Researchers Recruitment by CERN under full-time Fellow employment contract 36 months each Must start their contracts by at the latest to maximize EC budget contribution Contracts – offers as of next week? – start contracts from 1 January 2014

IDP And once we have selected… Information to the recruited researcher Arrival – welcome – induction – integration The Career Development Plan – identify research aims & training needs – give researcher responsibility for € planning Regular contacts – review progress – log book And then the really interesting things start…