“I think we have replaced the Bac 2 level with the Bac level of yesteryear.” A statement made with relevance by Pascal Zanchi, professor of customer relationship management in BTS at Lycée Chopin, Nancy. And he is probably not wrong: the main reason that drives a student to pursue a Bac 2 in 2012 is very likely that they know it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to find a job with just a Bac level.” In the job market, it has almost become the norm to have a Bac 2 to be employable. In the race for diplomas, employers no longer settle for a Bac,” warns Philippe Schoda, director of the ESARC Evolution Bordeaux school, which offers several private BTS programs. But this is certainly not the only advantage offered by entering a BTS or IUT. Here are 8 reasons that have encouraged you to pursue one of these two programs.
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1 “I don’t want to do a preparatory class.” Louis Segré, a former student of the IUT in Materials Science and Engineering in Nantes, currently at Centrale Nantes, and Sophie Lejeune, have just graduated from the IUT in Marketing Techniques at IUT Robert Schuman (Strasbourg-Illkirch), both say: prep, not for me! Why did you choose to attend an IUT? “Because after high school, I didn’t have the level or the desire to do a prep, so the IUT seemed like the alternative,” replies the first. “Prep is too hard, that’s why I didn’t go,” added the second.
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2 “Studying for too long, no thanks!” Were you scared by the length? No problem: BTS or IUT, same fight, just two years of course, barely enough time to say hello. And to those who doubt it, Jérémy Touchet, a graduate of a DUT in Thermal Engineering and Energy, says with a smile: “Three years go by quickly!” Proof? He wasn’t afraid to continue with a professional license…
3 “I need a little time to think about my future.” Jumping straight into the workforce, or continuing to study, a vast question: pursuing a BTS or an IUT offers the luxury of taking a little time before answering it. Flore Mishel, a graduate of a DUT in Marketing Techniques at IUT de Sceaux (Université Paris Sud) admits she chose this path because she wasn’t quite sure where she wanted to go. “I thought: the advantage of the DUT is that it will allow me to touch on many subjects.” Philippe Schoda confirms: “It allows me to cover many subjects, moving forward step by step. We start with a Bac 2, then we can work or continue our studies.” Sophie Lejeune shares: “That’s the great advantage of the IUT: you can do what you want afterwards.” And by the way, “what you want” increasingly rhymes with “integrating into another program.” Philippe Guerin, head of the site www.bacplusdeux.com, notes that the BTS and IUT are two “diplomas open to continuing studies as well as to job searching” but that “the more time goes on, the more they lead to further studies.”
4 “I want to be advised and supervised.” “What I liked compared to university is that when we had a problem with the courses, we were supervised by teachers,” explains Jessica Weber, studying business unit management in BTS at the Chopin secondary school in Nancy, after trying university, without much success. “In BTS, we have a lot of group work, a small class. There is a good atmosphere.” Larbi Aït Hennani, director of IUT Roubaix (Lille 2), confirms: “The supervision is not the same as in other courses, there is real follow-up of the student.”
5 “I want a good recognized diploma.” Recruitment site managers at the Bac 2 level are clear: the BTS and DUT represent “the quiet strength, very good diplomas,” according to Philippe Guerin. Maxime Antoni, editorial director of www.dimension-bts.com, agrees: “The BTS is a well-known diploma that has existed since the late 1950s, so it has a very good reputation, it is recognized by companies.”
6 “Sure, but only if it’s interesting!” Without a doubt, BTS and IUT offer concrete and engaging training that meets the needs of companies and is regularly updated. “I found the IUT twice as interesting as in prep ATS, and twice as interesting as what I’m doing today at school. It’s much more practical, concrete,” explains Louis Segré. Maxime Antoni mentions the BTS: “It’s professional because the training is regularly updated. Every year, at least five BTS programs are reformed to meet the needs of companies or even abolished. And there are many sectors (over 100) that all correspond to specific jobs, even if there are broad BTS like MUC.”
7 “I would like to learn more about the business world.” Teachers, school directors, students, recruiters, all say it when interviewed: BTS and IUT offer a subtle mix of theory and practice that is highly appreciated by students, which is particularly manifested by a real immersion in business. On the IUT side, Jérémy Touchet states: “An IUT is a training where you work. We don’t just do lectures,” agrees Thomas Thierry: “I was never very academic, so I found what I was looking for: the practical work impressed me with the precision it gave me.” On the BTS side, Maxime Antoni recalls that according to the national program, “there is a long immersion period in the company between 12 and 20 weeks over two years of training, which is already huge.” Not to mention the possibility of doing your BTS alternately: “Almost all BTS programs can be done in alternation, with two full years of professional experience and at the same time two years of studies. The interest is that we are much more integrated into a company, where you are entrusted with long-term missions.”
8 “I warn you, in the end, I want to be hired!” In conclusion, “I would say that a Bac 2 allows you to be very quickly operational in the job market with prospects for advancement behind: just because we are young does not mean we will stagnate,” explains Emmanuel Gauvry, a graduate, among others, of a DUT in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Computing. Operational, an adjective far from being chosen at random: it often comes up in the mouths of recruiters and teachers when they define the profile of students graduating from a BTS or IUT. Philip Schoda confirms: “Bac 2 graduates have a very strong reputation among employers. They know what it’s worth.” And Philippe Guerin had the last word, explaining that they are “highly sought after by companies.”
Why a private BTS? Philippe Schoda, director of the ESARC Evolution Bordeaux school, which offers private BTS programs: “There are several reasons. The first is that a number of students and parents are already in private secondary school and for them it is almost natural to continue in private. The second is that a number of secondary students need quality support (which does not mean that this is not the case in public). Our positioning is more about follow-up, support, listening to young people. There is a person responsible for student support follow-up: it is a kind of coach who runs a personal development workshop every two weeks and follows them in parallel to classify their objectives, clarify their working methods. And a final reason: a number of secondary students who go through the public post-bac admission system are not accepted. If they want to study, they must turn to private institutions.”
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