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Hydro has an extensive cooperation with strategic
University/R&D partners and is actively building com-
petence and networks in order to maintain top compe-
tence within Hydro’s competence areas as well as at-
tracting students – and their supervisors – to work with
us. Competence that can be further developed either
internally or in cooperation with academia and research
institutes. In this context, cooperation with SFI Metal
Production and other competence building programs is
of importance both as a competence builder, new knowl-
edge generation and as a potential recruitment pool.
Technical students are the main target group in the re-
cruitment work in Hydro and we are always looking for
top students with relevant competence, background and
profile. Programs like SFI Metal Production can be a
good way for Hydro to discover potential employees, and
for the students to learn more about Hydro Technology
and the aluminium industry. During cooperation, the
students learn about the industry and Hydro can show
the students a modern, technologically advanced, world
leading, climate-effective and forward-looking industry.
Activities in SFI Metal Production (summer internship,
project work, MSC and PhD) can be routes to introduce
students to our industry and through this be attractive
for future recruitment. When people come to Hydro, we
... IN HYDRO
can offer a many technical challenges in a friendly work-
ing environment with top technologists in the aluminium
industry. We can also offer competence development
and a specialist or a leadership career.
Hydro offers an internship program for students which
can lead to a future career with Hydro. Each summer
young and ambitious students come to Hydro as summer
interns, to put theory into practice and get real-world
work experience. In return, Hydro gets new and fresh
views on how to solve problems – and an opportunity to
create valuable relationships with some of the brightest
students. Internship is for 3th and 4th years students.
Hydro’s graduate program is popular for newly gradu-
ated and offers close follow up the first 1-2 year(-s); it
is designed to fit the candidate, opens up for job rota-
tion within a plant or process area, provides a thorough
introduction program including common sessions with
other Hydro young professionals and each graduate is
given a dedicated buddy.
In Hydro, technology is a gateway to a technological
specialist or a leadership career. All open positions
– summer internships and graduate – are posted on
each autumn.
Photo: Halvor Molland, Hydro
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