CERN is a place to thrive and use your talents in this versatile Organization that will challenge you to the furthest extent.

One of the first things I did when I arrived at CERN was to rent a bike. One of the second things I did was to fall off that bike the first time I used it to cycle to work.

Support is found around every corner and there are plenty of people who have personal experience and good advice.

Working at CERN is like a childhood dream coming true.

Hi Anders, tell us a little about you and how you came to CERN.

I am Anders Toft Lernevall, I'm a 36 year-old Danish national. I trained as an Electronics Technician in the Danish military (army branch).  I served the army for a total of 13 years; 5 years in the infantry, being deployed to Kosovo in ’07 and Afghanistan in ’09. Then 8 years as Electronics Technician, both apprentice and journeyman, going to both England and Austria on NATO exercises, and a short tour to Iraq.

Hi Katerina, tell us a little about yourself and what brought you to CERN?

My journey to CERN began just over 5 years ago – knowing that I wanted a change, to move and try something new, a soft voice in my head said “hey, have a look at CERN’s website”.  I did and immediately saw the job I knew was for me in CERN’s Talent Acquisition team – at 9 o’clock at night on the closing day of the vacancy notice!  The invitation to complete a video interview arrived much to my surprise and then the invitation to come to CERN for a face to face interview.

It’s June 1st, an important date in the CERN Talent Acquisition team calendar as we prepare to welcome the first of the Summer Students (or ‘Summies’ as they are affectionately known) who take part in the 2017 edition of the programme in a couple of days. It’s been a long road to get to this happy day: Jenny and Eszter, coordinators of the Member State Summer student programme, tell us more about what has been going on these past months, behind the scenes…

Hi Roberta, tell us a little about yourself and how you came to CERN

I followed what the majority would define an “eclectic” or “non-standard” path. I took my bachelor in Physics in Italy, my home country, at the University of L’Aquila. When I was enrolled there, I heard about CERN a lot, mostly for the project CNGS and the OPERA and ICARUS detectors, since L’Aquila is very close to the Gran Sasso National Laboratory and many people in the physics faculty were collaborating in the project.

My name is Ophélie and, like many people CERN, my studies brought me to this Organization. 

Contrary to what probably just popped in your mind, no I am not in the scientific field : I am a fellow in the Legal Advice section of CERN's Human Resources Department. 

Hi Vicky, could you say a few words about yourself and how you came to CERN?

In Wales, at the local Coleg Y Cymoedd where I studied a BTEC Diploma in Science, I was a lab technician apprentice. While I was working for the college, the lecturers arranged a student trip to visit CERN, luckily they invited me to join! Of course I knew of CERN before but, after the visit I was completely blown away and left inspired. We were told of the many different roles at CERN and I came to learn that CERN was actually in need of more technicians.