24% of young people wish to reorient themselves at the start of working life

Why did a young person out of training want to change jobs, sector or even status in the very first years of his professional life? The Céreq, the Center for Study and Research on Qualifications, has passed the 2017 generation.

740,000 young people arrived on the job market in 2017, after a CAP, a baccalaureate, or higher or shorter higher studies. Among them, Nearly 9000 were questioned Twice by Céreq, the Center for Study and Research on Qualifications, on their journey in 2020 and 2023. What emerges from the investigation is that a significant part of these young people began an early career change. They are 24% precisely, or a quarter of them.

This large turn is mainly motivated by the desire to change jobs or sector. Half of the young people interviewed want to change their status, for example spending an employee to a self -employed or civil servant, or vice versa. The most concerned are young people in difficulty in integration or unemployment, especially if they have studied higher.

The desire to escape dissatisfaction is also part of the explanation factors. Young people who consider that their job does not correspond to their training are twice as inclined to start a change, as are those who do not find meaning in what they are doing. When they combine dissatisfaction, non-adequacy, and the desire for change, these young people are particularly present in the hotel and restaurant, trade, in electricity according to Céreq. They occupy positions of low -skilled employees.

But some happy young people in their job are also a candidate for conversion, due to individual aspirations, a meeting, a move, or an opportunity. The women are then more numerous as well as the young people who have stopped their studies after the bac.

The possibility of offering a reorientation at the start of working life is not within the reach of all young people. It is partly linked to the social environment. Those whose two parents are more important to embark on an approach than those whose parents are workers. Young people who always live with their parents are less, also, probably for lack of financial autonomy.

According to Céreq, the effects of early retraining are positive for young people who have carried out their project. Among the latter, 92% were in employment, 6 years after the end of their studies. A higher proportion than among those who did not wish to change their professional life or whose steps have been abandoned.