After going through a thorough selection process, 56 young professionals took on trainee positions at Votorantim on January 9. Before being directed to the Business Units, they took part in the Corporate Integration Program at the Votorantim Academy of Excellence, in São Paulo.

With outstanding academic backgrounds, the new talents have in common a high degree of compatibility with Votorantim's Values and Beliefs.

Check out some of the characteristics of the Company's new class of trainees:

What is their academic background?
Engineering: 65%
Business Administration & related areas, such as Psychology and Marketing: 13%
Law: 9%
Geology: 7%
Economics: 6%

What is their gender?
Male: 73%
Female: 27%

Where do they come?
São Paulo: 34%
Minas Gerais: 23%
Paraná: 12%
Rio Grande do Sul: 9%
Rio de Janeiro: 7%
Bahia: 5%
Espírito Santo: 4%
Pernambuco: 2%
Santa Catarina: 2%

How have they been distributed among the Business Units?
Votorantim Metais: 50%
Votorantim Cimentos: 39%
Votorantim Industrial: 9%
Votorantim Energia: 2%

What are their areas of expertise?
54% focused on industrial, mining, or project maintenance processes;
46% focused on the Trade, Marketing, Human Resources, Legal, Innovation Management, Risk Management and Procurement and Logistics areas.