Professionalised training

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT YOUR COURSE OF STUDY

The professional nature of the programme together with individual academic support and advisement help students get to know themselves, and aid them in the definition and progressive construction of their personal and career goals. Training periods: career building and recruitment elements Professional projects: an operational dynamic. 1st  and 2nd Year Applied Communications Activities. Micro-agencies : a major event during the 3rd and 4th years of study.

 Company–led competitions and tournaments: the reality of the communications market.
Job forum: meeting place for exchange between industry professionals and students regarding career advice, training periods, or new recruits…

Business services and partnerships
! UJJEF BAROMETER - POINT 0 : THE LATEST SURVEY (JANUARY 2007) BY THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS EMPLOYMENT AND CAREERS REINFORCES ISCOM’s RANKING.

SUPPORT ISCOM
PAY THE FRENCH STATE LEARNING TAX
The state learning tax is a fiscal obligation for French businesses, but it is also the opportunity to choose which school your company wishes to support. 
You can help support ISCOM through your state learning tax payment.
 ISCOM Paris is eligible to receive state learning tax payments for category  B
 and – cumulatively – for categories A and C

For information call: Pierre-Yves LE QUÉRÉ - +33 (0)1 55 07 07 77

TRAINING PERIODS

Building a career
and learning about the job search

At ISCOM, training periods are integral to each year of academic study.  They serve as a means to evaluate theory in real situations, provide an opportunity to mature professionally, and often prove to be a prelude to full-time employment in the final year.  ISCOM advises its students in their individual reflexions on personal and professional development, and guides them in their progressive search for the sector and career that corresponds to their career objectives.  ISCOM trains its students in job search methods and techniques, and puts a wide network of professional contacts at their disposal.  Students ultimately benefit from systematic learning modules that feature professional experience as an actual extension and continuation of their studies.

The ISCOM Business Relations Department address book: 
2,500 training period offers per year

The ISCOM Paris Business Relations Department records up to 2,500 training period proposals per academic year. For the students, this address book represents an open door to practical business experience.

Training period calendar

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
AN OPERATIONAL DYNAMIC

ISCOM academic methodology includes professional project implementation on a daily basis: applied communications activities, micro-agencies, tournaments, company-inspired competitions, contests…

Professional collaboration

To guarantee that the high quality of its education adheres strictly to the standards established by the professional industry, ISCOM works consistently with professionals to create and lead courses, and with agencies, representative organisations and advertisers to validate its programmes: The Association of Communications Consulting Agencies (AACC) through its marketing-communications delegation, The Advertisers Union (UDA), The National Association of Event Planning and Business Tourism Agencies (ANAé), and advertising agencies EDELMAN, LOWE STRATEUS…

The Orange Business Academic Chair

Solidifying the partnership between ISCOM and the Orange brand, The Orange Business Chair at the school is dedicated to brand communications in the area of new information and communications technology.

1st and 2nd Year Applied Communications Activities : Initial professional contact

ACAs are practical activities implemented by students individually or in groups.  They enable students to experiment with managing professional constraints and deadlines.

The Micro-agency : a major aspect of the 3rd and 4th years of study

The goal of establishing a micro-agency is to place students in real consulting or tool-development situations, within the framework of a sales and strategic relationship with a client external to ISCOM (company, agency, humanitarian organisation, etc).  The micro–agency facilitates team-based skills development.  It accurately reproduces professional working conditions; analytic rigour, high quality client service and project management, and respect for budget and deadlines become key factors to project success.

Professional and company-inspired student competitions: professional reality and springboard for young talent

In order to evaluate students’ acquisition of communications theory and practical knowledge as well as their professional conduct, ISCOM organises company-sponsored tournaments and competitions, based on professionally established criteria and judged by professional panels:

• in the 2nd Year : the OXBOW TOURNAMENT
• in the 3rd Year: the “product” communications tournament in partnership with Paris Développement, the ISCOM Network marketing competition, the corporate film competition...
• in the 4th Year: the cross-specialisation company-led Orange competition, and 3 in-specialisation competitions, where students are faced with actual creative briefs from partner agencies and advertisers (CANAL +, the RATP Paris Regional Transport Authority, Flunch, the ad agency EDELMAN for the ROCHE Labs account, LOWE PARIS for the TOP CRUNCH account, PUBLICIS DIALOG for the McDonald's account…) and compete according to agency competition criteria.

ISCOM students are also eligible to compete in professionally organised industry competitions.