The sectoral analyses, studies of firms’ practices and observations of work carried out by Céreq are based on analyses of the Générations surveys (a national programme that tracks the early years of the working lives of young people of all levels of education and training) and the Defis surveys (on continuing training for employees), as well as on ad hoc surveys, field observations and the use of statistical data. These studies focus on analysing work and understanding the changes in occupations and the organising principles of sectors and industries, as well as on firms’ practices and identification of their skill requirements. The analyses, which connect directly with the major (digital and ecological) transformations, also adopt approaches looking forward over the medium and even long term.
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A good number of young people leave the education system without qualifications. For most of them, coming as they often do from disadvantaged areas, from areas on the periphery of towns and cities or from rural areas, access to the formal education and training system cannot be taken for granted. For them, “learning from and through work” may…
How have the working lives of young people in their thirties, the “hard core” of the economically active population in employment, been affected by the health crisis of 2020? The results of the Génération survey: Covid et après? (After Covid what?) serve to document the varied situations of…
An event as unprecedented as it was unexpected, the health crisis interfered with employees’ plans for career change. How did they come to terms with this situation? In particular, what happened to blue-collar workers, or more broadly the least skilled categories? The qualitative section of the …
About environment and competences
The “ecological” or “green” transition has become a key concept in current political debates (e.g. the European Green New Deal in August 2021), following that of “sustainable development” promoted by the Rio Summit of 1992. Whatever the precise term used, it underlines the need to integrate environmental concerns into production, consumption and our ways of living.
Three years into their working lives, the young people of the 2017 cohort of leavers from education and training saw the early stages of their careers thrown into confusion. Questioned several months afterwards, one third of them stated that the crisis had led them to rethink their career plans. Was it really a decisive factor in this desire for change? How had lockdown changed these young…
The question of retraining lies at the heart of current employment policy issues. However, wanting to change occupation is no guarantee of completing a retraining programme, even less of finding a job. While low-skilled blue- and white-collar workers are the ones most likely to seek a change, they are also the ones who benefit least from a retraining programme. Workers’ desires to retrain are…