Routes to Joining Our Firm
We aim to create successful long term business relationships across all our contact points, from our clients to our suppliers, from our in-house staff to our contractors; all are ingredients towards our continuing success. And we provide several roads to joining Èpeus.
The Student
A difficult road faces a student dealing with an uncertain future, and we are committed to a proactive response to this difficulty to encourage a future generation of project specialists.
We offer a summer placement scheme to select students on a yearly basis. In addition to those specialising in project management theory, this program is open to undergraduates in engineering, business, finance, and law. We hope that once on board with us, we develop a mutually beneficial relationship with the student, who will elect to lay a firm foundation toward becoming a part of our team.
We are interested not only in undergraduates but also in individuals who have returned to study after what may have been many years. Our interest applies whether the returning student is studying in a related discipline or has diverged from "core competencies" to change the direction of his or her career path. We hope to be able to offer postgraduate students a defined "placement" to provide an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities to us, as well as allowing them to form an opinion of us.
The Graduate Trainee
We expect to develop a graduate trainee program covering approximately 2 years, with the focus on furthering practical education and personal development of those who work for us. A trainee would study and pass exams on various "in-house" subjects over this period on matters that would be expected to become increasingly complex.
During the program, the trainee would work with more experienced personnel across the range of talents within the firm. These "mentors" will serve as guides and a source of encouragement to trainees and would prepare them for the next stages of their careers, through practical "live" experience across a variety of projects.
When this phase is complete, a trainee would operate as a member of a project team - carrying out assigned role and responsibilities on projects that could be anywhere around the world.
Ultimately, a trainee would attain the most senior level of personnel - our consultants.
The "Practical" Student
Coupled with the Student Placement schemes, we recognise that individuals may have talent and initiative and, for one reason or another, have never pursued a formal degree. Perhaps that individual is about to demobilise from the military and is unsure as to what to do next. We can evaluate whether the skills of such an individual and our firm would be a fit, and invite those individuals to consider the opportunity.
The Contractor
Some talented and experienced individuals, for a variety of reasons would be happy to work for the firm as a contractor - without giving up their own identities and future plans. We retain and reward such individuals as well as students and trainees as required and as long as they share our goals.
Regardless of path, all personnel must complete a 1-year probationary period. This period of time allows all parties to confirm that the choices made have been good ones.
