Convention de Stage Process

1. Finagle your way into a job offer
2. Take deep breath. Its an annoying process. You MUST give yourself at least 2 weeks before your start date. HR will not let you start if the convention isn't done and if your start date is moved, you'll have to restart the whole process.

3. Pick up a "Demande d'agrément pour une Convention de Stage" formulaire from Bureau de Convention de Stage at Nanterre in Bâtiment E, salle E19 OR download it from UFR SJAP homepage.

*** Sidenote: Any stage during your Master 1 will be non-integré (because no stage is required during the M1). This is not necessarily true for the M2.

If you are doing a stage during either semester of your M1, you can get out of doing the TDs (travaux dirigé). TD is a small lecture class you must prepare for with readings beforehand. There are also papers due and sometimes you must give a presentation. They go alongside required lecture courses. You are required to take 2 TD per semester. If you go to the secretary of the M1 with a convention de stage, you will be excused from these smaller classes. ***

4. Fill out the form and give it to HR of your new job for them to sign AND stamp

5. Find the responsable for your M1 (this info is given in the course catalog), and get his/her signature.

6. Go to the M1 secretary and get the form stamped with school seal

7. Make sure you have the right insurance! You need to show proof of "assurance de responsabilité civile vie privée." You should have bought this at registration, its called MAMUT. If you didn't, you can buy some online and print it off same-day. I did this last year. I'll try to fill in the specific website if I can find it.

8. Go to the stages website and fill in basically the same info that is on the form. This step is meaningless to us, but necessary. My theory is that we fill in the info into the e-system so they don't have to.

9. Buy 2 A5 envelopes with the correct postage (currently 0.88 euros on each; you can buy these at La Poste or in the tabac on the other side of the RER station at Nanterre)

10. Go to Convention de Stage office

they have weird hours:

Lundi/mercredi : 9h00 – 12h00 et 13h00 – 16h00
Jeudi : 9h00 – 16h00
Mardi/vendredi : 9h00 – 12h00


TAKE WITH YOU:
-completed form
-2 A5 envelopes with the correct postage
-your student card + photocopies of each side
-proof of your insurance (mentioned above) + 2 photocopies

11. They will print out 3 copies of a convention de stage with the info from the form filled in. You will need to sign it there.

12. Take all 3 copies back to the HR department of your job and have them sign and stamp all 3 copies.

13. Take the signed copies back to the Convention de Stage office with the A5 envelopes. They will mail a copy of the completed convention to you and to HR.