No less than 70,000 job offers are to be filled in the industrial sector in France "
but we are unable to recruit
", regretted Monday the Minister for Industry Agnès Pannier-Runacher during a visit at the Saarstahl rail manufacturing plant in Hayange (Moselle).
"
The difficulty is to find the right profiles and to attract young people and people in retraining
", she specified.
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The Minister insisted on the improvement of working conditions, the possibilities of development and the levels of remuneration within the industrial sector, in particular for the young people, specifying that they "
can make a career there and be paid there sometimes more than twice the minimum wage: it is not uncommon when you are a worker in a large group
”.
Recruit "
especially young people
"
For the president of the Union of industries and professions of metallurgy (UIMM), Eric Trappier, this number of positions to be filled is however “
good news: there is activity therefore we must recruit, in particular young people.
".
Another aspect put forward by the Minister to attract the younger generations, the role of industry "
to meet the climate challenge
": "
to find solutions against global warming, we need research and development and ways to making all of this for millions of people,
”said Agnès Pannier-Runacher.
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In order to promote these professions, Bpifrance and the UIMM launched Monday in Metz a traveling tour, the “
French Fab Tour
”, which will stop in 13 cities of the country, in order to present employment opportunities in the industrial sector, in particular with middle and high school students.