Pôle emploi will strengthen its workforce with 2,800 recruitments "to support young people" and cope with the increase in the number of unemployed due to the social crisis caused by the Covid-19 epidemic, the Minister of Labor announced on Sunday. Elisabeth Borne.
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2,800 recruitments on CDD and CDI
"We have planned 1,300 additional jobs at Pôle Emploi to support young people, (...) 650 from September," she said on BFMTV. In addition, there will be 1,500 recruitments, "from September also, to cope with the increase in the number of job seekers", continued the minister. These 2,800 recruitments (in full-time equivalent) will be either permanent or fixed-term contracts, she said, referring the question of the breakdown between the types of contracts to "social dialogue within Pôle emploi".
Elisabeth Borne suggested that these recruitment figures could be revised upwards if the job market continued to deteriorate. "We will have regular meetings to look at the employment situation and adapt the workforce". "Nobody wants unemployment to stay where it is, so we hope it's temporary," she added. The objective is "that we can continue to have quality support, and therefore that each Pôle emploi advisor has a portfolio, a number of supported unemployed that remains of reasonable size".
A resumption of activity after deconfinement
Thanks to the resumption of activity following deconfinement, unemployment in July confirmed the respite observed since May. However, it remains at a high level, at 4.047 million, or 560,000 more unemployed than at the end of February. The government is relying in particular on the measures announced in July to deal with the arrival of 750,000 young people on the job market, in particular aid for hiring (4,000 euros) and the recruitment of work-study students (5,000 to 8,000 euros).
At the end of July, commenting on the figures of those registered with Pôle Emploi in June, Elisabeth Borne estimated that the public operator would "probably" need "several thousand additional positions", "even if the exact level remains under discussion".