Since our founding in 1980, ABG has worked to promote the career development of PhD-holders, the innovative capacities of businesses, and to capture the value of skills acquired through training in research

By coordinating various networks of businesses, PhD-holders, and institutes of higher education and research, ABG aims to bring together professional communities that share common interests in the areas of research, development and innovation. Our services relating to recruitment, training and communication facilitate the transfer of skills and knowledge.

Why work with us

Services for companies

We offer our partner companies unique visibility among a highly qualified community (master's students, doctoral candidates, and PhDs) by promoting their employer brand and advertising their job openings. We also offer specialized training services for professionals trained in research. Before, during and after their thesis research as well as throughout their careers, we assist PhD-holders in analyzing their skills and their career objectives

Partnership with institutes of higher education and research

ABG is a full-fledged training design center and supports universities, engineering and business schools as well as research bodies.

ABG’s international activities

Because our partners operate in an international environment, ABG adapts to their context when addressing their needs for support and recruitment of PhD-holders. In recent years, ABG has been defining and deploying an internationalization strategy centered on our three fields of expertise (support, recruitment, and communication/information) with a focus on mobility (expatriation and return) opportunities.

Services for an international and internationally-mobile population

ABG adapts its content taking cultural differences into account and selecting items liable to be of interest to the international research community.

Services with international appeal for organizations (universities, research institutes, mobility organizations, companies)

The ABG recruitment website is the portal for organizations seeking to promote their entity and the international opportunities they offer. The European events that ABG organizes and/or in which we participate offer further opportunities for specific communication about job openings.

By maximizing direct contact with potential candidates and partners in academia, ABG gives these organizations additional communication and networking opportunities.

ABG, a partner for European projects

Whether as a coordinator or a partner, ABG is increasingly taking part in a variety of European projects in the areas of doctoral training, career development and researcher mobility. These include H2020-SWAFS, Erasmus, COFUND, and Interreg. We also serve as an additional channel for recruiting PhD-holders for European programs such as H2020 SME Innovation Associate designed to benefit businesses.

ABG’s involvement in European programs can be an asset for project sponsors : in fact, the European Commission designated ABG as a “Euraxess Career Development Center.” The EC gives priority to synergies with the Euraxess network.