Professional and vocational courses requiring 5 years’ post-secondary study are supposed to meet specific needs for competences in a given area of employment. Young graduates believe they have acquired the specific competences they think their employ...

In the most recent issue of Formation Emploi, a number of researchers explore the many facets of this vocational qualification, which was introduced in 1985. Does the vocational bac produce professionals? Does it contribute to the promotion and devel...

What became of the 369,000 young people who left higher education in 2010, with or without a degree?  In order to answer that question, Céreq has analysed the first three years of the working lives of the 2010 cohort of leavers, who were surveye...

The emergence of the marine renewable energy (MRE) industry has not, strictly speaking, led to the creation of new professions or occupations. However, it is likely to change those for which firms find it difficult to recruit by redistributing their...

Three years into their working lives, the unemployment rate among the young people who completed secondary vocational education in 2010 was 24%. The crisis has hit holders of the CAP and BEP head on, causing their labour market situation to deteriora...

The challenges of an integrated approach to employment policies. French component of the project LOCALISE.