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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2023 poll of the Génération 2017 surveyResearch indicates that career changes are not an uncommon occurrence at the start of a working life. The monitoring of the first six years of employment of young people reveals that 25% of those who left initial training in 2017 considered changing direction and took steps to do so between 2020 and 2023. This phenomenon is particularly pronounced…
Since it was set up in 2010, the voluntary community service scheme has become more diversified, with regard to both its objectives and the uses made of it. Analysis of its role in young people’s education-to-work transition reveals the importance of the stage in individual trajectories at which young people volunteer, of their level of qualification and of the type of education and training…
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…