Besides professional activities directly linked to environmental protection, there are a number of sectors in which the ecological transition is a key issue guiding the development of their professional practices. This is the case of the social and s...

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...

CEP (Career development advice), which was introduced in France in 2014 in line with the recommendations of the Council of the European Union Resolution of 21 November 2008 on Lifelong Guidance, is designed to guarantee personalised support for all w...

The theme chosen for this first issue - the School-to-Work Transition - underpins a large part of Céreq’s scientific activities since its inception. Written by a former Scientific Director of Céreq, José Rose, professor of sociology, the introductory...

Initial vocational training for young people in France is structured around two pathways: the school-based pathway, with training provided in vocational high schools, and the apprenticeship pathway, when young people enter into a dual vocat...

This  working paper provides a snapshot of labour market trends regarding the 15-29 year-old group across Europe in the first (2008-2010) and second period (2010-2013) of downturn, moving towards to a capability approach-inspired vision of emplo...

Students completing environment-related courses are encountering greater difficulties in finding employment than their peers in other disciplines. The reason is that the supply of new graduates exceeds firms' requirements. However, this general obser...

In order to reduce the numbers of apprenticeship training contracts which fail to be completed, the reasons for these failures have to be determined. The results of this study show that in some cases, the outcome was not actually negative and that so...