will there be enough security guards this summer?

Surprise check in the classroom in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis). In two months, these students will have a pivotal role as security agents during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. For these beginners, the training lasts three weeks. To ensure the security of the global sporting event, 8,000 positions would still be vacant. So the state decided to pay for accelerated training in full. Here, the numbers have almost doubled.

During training, each scenario is considered. A trainer hides a knife in his bag, the student must adopt the correct reaction. Before the final exam, employers go around the rooms offering contracts during the Olympics. The remuneration is 14 euros net per hour. A salary that interests a final year student, aged 18, looking for a first job. To anticipate the withdrawal of certain participants, reserve security agents should be provided. Their recruitment is far from over.