The bakery is recruiting!
According to the National Confederation of French Bakery and Bakery Pastry, the sector is looking for 9,000 employees, to be distributed among the 33,000 bakeries in the country.
To train in the bakery and pastry trades, work-study programs are available for 16-30 year olds.
Reductions in taxes and charges can then help to open a shop in a rural area.
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This is good news for job seekers, at the heart of an economic crisis which is shaking almost all sectors of activity.
Bakeries, which have not closed their doors since the start of the health crisis, are in full health and are struggling to find enough workers to support their growth.
The sector, however, has no shortage of arguments to attract new apprentices to the stove, with the culmination of a promise of job security, including in rural areas.
Urban exodus
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The advantage of work-study apprenticeship is that you will be able to find a bakery near you to train you, there are 33,0000 in France
", explained to
RTL
this morning Dominique Anract, the president of the Confederation of Bakery.
These apprenticeships, which can be done right after college, take place in apprenticeship training centers (CFA) and are supplemented, alternately, by practical training in a bakery.
“
Today, with the urban exodus, you are going to have a lot of businesses to take over in villages and towns.
We are going to need professionals so you have a guaranteed career
, ”continued Dominique Anract.
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As BFM points out on its website, financial aid can also be provided to artisans who wish to settle far from large cities, in rural revitalization zones (ZRR).
Defined by the government as a “set of municipalities recognized as socio-economically fragile”, these areas are listed on this page.
Those who would like to set up a new business there can temporarily benefit from an exemption from income tax or corporate tax, but also an exemption from employer contributions.
