how to attract young people to face the labor shortage?

In La Gaude (Alpes-Maritimes), a company is growing. The SME with 14 employees has a particularly sought-after know-how, precision sheet metal work. The company has just invested 700,000 euros in a laser machine, but it cannot recruit. The machines are indeed underused, because for two years, positions remain to be filled. The industrial sector is struggling to receive applications. Yet companies run trade shows.

Business leaders run the trade forums

This is what Corinne Bernardo, co-manager of the SME, does. She goes to trade forums. This time, it’s Nice. There, she meets students in vocational baccalaureate and BTS, profiles that are particularly sought after. There is a great desire to seek out students who have done an apprenticeship. All the students of this school have already found a job.