“Inequalities will appear”, assures the president and founder of the JobIRL association

Second year students will have to complete a compulsory observation internship in a company. For Christelle Meslé-Génin, president and founder of the JobIRL association, which helps young people in their professional orientation, this decision is “a good idea”. Guest of 19/20 info, Wednesday March 6, she specifies: “It allows young people to discover professions and to get to know the company better. We know that in France, guidance is often a poor relation of educational policies.“.

3rd year internships are already not easy to find

“The idea of ​​offering young people the opportunity to do an additional internship for general and technological paths (…), yes in itself, it is a good idea to offer it“, insists the president and founder of the JobIRL association, who recognizes that “putting in practice“will be complicated.”The courses of 3^eit’s already not easy (…) but at least the students are not looking over the same periods“, she adds. For the second year internship, the students will seek fifteen days of internship and all during the same period.

“A lot of inequalities will appear, since the children who will be able to go to mom-daddy, to mom-daddy’s friends, well, it will be easier for them“, assures Christelle Meslé-Génin, who regrets that this is difficult for young people who lack a network, those who live in working-class neighborhoods or in rural areas.