Any attempt to construct a detailed vision of the conditions under which individuals access employment has to take into account structural changes in the functioning of the labour market. Céreq analyses the role the following play in the early years of the working life: the public service, entrepreneurship and the transition into or entrapment in fixed-term contracts, which has become the commonest mode of entry into employment. Studies have also investigated the development of multiple careers and of employment in the sharing economy for young people and throughout individuals’ entire career trajectories.
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Working conditions in France are quite heterogeneous. They vary according to the socio-demographic characteristics of employees but are also linked to their career paths. Employees who have made progress by changing companies without becoming unemployed demonstrate the highest levels of satisfaction with the conditions in which their work is carried out and frequently perceive their work as a…
Varia n° 162
For a long time, schools were seen as a sanctuary, and the economy as an independent sphere. However, the strong interrelationships between success, educational pathways and social position are well established. This issue illustrates how institutions and individuals adapt to a variety of difficulties in unfavorable social and economic contexts, from the construction of the professional…
La cuestión de las reconversiones profesionales está en el centro de los problemas actuales. Pero querer cambiar de profesión no garantiza la reconversión, y mucho menos que se encuentre un trabajo. Aunque obreros y empleados poco calificados son los más propensos a querer cambiar, también son los que menos se benefician de una trayectoria de reconversión.…
Varia n°160
This varia issue of Formation Emploi illustrates in particular the mosaic of trajectories in the educational and employment systems. For young people who are far from both school and employment, "voluntary military service" may be suitable for those who are looking for both training and a solution to their geographical mobility problem, without being put off by the military aspect. For the…
This issue of Formation Emploi proposes a longitudinal analysis of selection processes, since the aim is to disentangle the practical effects of selection in education from that in companies. While the prisms of training-employment adequacy and inequalities remain prevalent in this area, questions of relationships to work and employment are often more underlying. Beyond the employability of…
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…