According to unemployment figures for the third quarter, published Wednesday, October 27, the number of job seekers has fallen below its pre-crisis level. Indeed, the number of category A unemployed is just below its pre-crisis level with 5,200 fewer job seekers compared to the 4th quarter of 2019.
If this drop is most pronounced among those under 25 (-8.4% in metropolitan France), the question of mass unemployment remains there, while at the same time companies do not always find the workforce they need. need. Elvire du Couëdic, Director of Employment at Nomad Education, an application that supports high school and college students towards employment, delivered Thursday, October 28 to franceinfo his view on the dysfunctions of the labor market.
franceinfo: You have been supporting large groups with their recruitment campaigns for several years. How to explain the labor shortage?
Elvire du Couëdic: Among the job seekers, there are those at the top of the basket, that is to say executives, but they now represent 18% of employees in France who are in full employment. Then, the more we go down to short and professional courses, the more we see an increase in the unemployment rate, which tends to increase, especially among young people with – from memory – 19.5% unemployment rate.
Is it a lack of training or visibility?
Young people are not trained for the jobs of tomorrow but above all they lack visibility on the opportunities they could find within companies. A college student who must begin to think about his orientation to choose between a general, technological or professional sector, does not at any time come into contact with the company which would be able to offer him visibility on his future and the various trades that might interest him.
Is learning too little known?
There are large groups in the energy sector and mass distribution which, today, have difficulty recruiting. They struggle to find young people from a standard education and are forced to set up either universities or apprenticeship training centers (CFA) to pick up young people in reorientation, train them and integrate them into their business.
Is the social elevator broken?
Within a company, we can sometimes come from a professional field. We do not all have a network that allows us to move forward easily in life. The company can then bring you this missing link and help you evolve.