Which sectors are recruiting the most in Aube?
Few surprises in the various annual labor needs surveys carried out by France Travail.
“These are traditional and tense sectors in the fields of industry, catering, construction, but also in transport,” confirms Florent Houdet, director of the France Travail agency in Troyes - La Chapelle-Saint- Luke.
“We also have a lot of agri-food industries in Aube, and then seasonality such as agriculture and viticulture”, without forgetting personal service professions, with more than 80% of positions difficult to fill.
Reconciling supply and demand remains a difficult equation to resolve, but necessary when the government wishes to further tighten compensation conditions.
With around 10,000 recruitment offers when Aube has 26,680 job seekers (including 15,780 without any work) registered with France Travail and required to look for a job, unlocking the obstacles to hiring is a necessity.
“There are the difficult working conditions of the profession, the remuneration, the geography of the territory, the employment areas not always close to where we live… If I take the example of the agri-food industry, the Bonduelle company in Estissac (20 km east of Troyes) will perhaps have more difficulty recruiting than if it were in the urban area,” explains Florent Houdet.
Companies that invest
Jobs are evolving, you also need to train accordingly, whether you have a degree or not.
“In the field of transport, for example, we are moving towards tailor-made solutions to be as close as possible to realities and overcome recruitment difficulties, while allowing people to find work as quickly as possible.”
A development that involves increased reflection with companies from the start of recruitment.
“We are moving more and more towards work positions rather than longer qualifying training,” confirms the director of the France Travail agency.
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The training launched by the National Federation of Passenger Transport (FNTV) is part of this in Aube.
The professional union brings together 100% of the department's coach operators, including around ten who provide intercity transport, mainly school transport.
“That represents at least 250 drivers to be put behind the wheel of as many vehicles, or even a little more with rest periods, double shifts on long journeys and holidays,” explains Gérard Collard, departmental president of the FNTV.
Attract young people
The average age of drivers today exceeds 50 years.
A time bomb in a sector which already has recruitment difficulties.
“It is a profession which, unfortunately, does not attract many young people, even if the D license has been reduced under certain conditions to 18 years of age,” regrets the boss of Collard coaches.
“We have activity with school transport and tourism.
But we are dealing with fairly high absenteeism which has risen to 15 or 20%, with sick leave and above all turnover which did not exist a few years ago.
We would need around forty new drivers each year.”
FNTV therefore launched training adapted to daily needs, with financial support from France Travail and the Grand-Est region, and with logistical support from the AFTRAL training center in Troyes.
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It is professionals themselves who supervise everything, like Clément Mauclair, operations manager at De Peretti coaches.
Training in 5 stages “with the trainees obtaining the D license (dedicated to passenger transport), then the FIMO (a minimum compulsory training of 4 weeks)”.
The third stage involves a one-week internship in a company “where they were able to see the environment in which their future colleagues operate, and how to work on board a vehicle,” he explains.
And finally a 4th phase again at the training center “with professional speakers to complete what was seen in the company”.
“I liked everything, the passion for coaches, going traveling”
3 months and 400 hours of training, and above all the assurance of starting the day after obtaining the diploma thanks to the skills acquired.
“It was the professionals who chose the modules that would be taught to the trainees, which made it possible to focus a lot of time on the vehicle and the vehicle controls, safety skills and general skills to be a good transporter” .
But we also discussed regulations on the transport of children or disabled people, the management of transport tickets, vehicle maintenance and the management of incivility.
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Among the first 11 graduates of the 1st promotion, Christelle Pouyol, 37 years old, seized the opportunity to become a bus driver, in relation to time management.
“I worked as an entertainer and I always wanted to stay in touch with the children, while enjoying my daughter during the holidays, which this job allows me.”
Dorian Martin, 26, was unemployed when he saw an advert on Facebook.
“I asked my advisor to position me on it.
I liked everything, the passion for coaches, going traveling, it’s something good.”