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Following the legislative elections, it is now the big transfer window for parliamentary assistants, who are around 2,000 at the Palais Bourbon. Some have lost their deputy and are in the midst of negotiations to keep a position.
Newly elected, Marina Ferrari, MP Modem of Savoy, forms its parliamentary team. “We receive applications when we are not even elected. Which is not easy, because I already had maybe 25 during the campaign, and since I was elected, I must have had maybe 60, 70 CV“, she explains. Opposite, Félix Caron, 25, knows the place well: he was a parliamentary assistant to a former deputy Modem. “I think you have to work really confidently with MPs, so it’s first a human discovery, before a CV“, he believes.
In the shadow of elected officials, employees manage agendas, prepare amendments and interventions. This year, 165 MPs lost their seats. 500 employees are looking for a new position, like Caroline Catinoa lawyer by training. She is still prospecting after about twenty interviews. Not everyone is guaranteed to find a place. Some elected officials, such as David Guiraud, MP BIA du Nord, study the cover letters with a keyword on your mind : the diversity. “I’m more looking for people who come from the working classes, whether it’s from the neighborhoods or the countryside.“, he indicates.