The coronavirus crisis had very concrete consequences on the first hiring of the graduate generation in 2020, assures Benoît Serre.

On Europe 1, Wednesday, the vice-president of the National Association of Directors of Human Resources (ANDRH) gives the keys to allow young people to integrate well into the labor market.

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The drop is brutal, commensurate with the upheavals induced by the coronavirus crisis on the labor market.

According to Benoît Serre, vice-president of the National Association of Human Resources Directors (ANDRH), the annual salary of higher education graduates during their first job has fallen sharply for a year.

"Someone who came out of a bac +5 and who said to himself 'basically, in my school, we get out of there at 30,000 euros per year' will only earn 23,000 or 24,000 euros" now, explains the manager, invited Wednesday of

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"Crushing of salaries"

According to Benoît Serre, it is certain that "the average starting salary has fallen".

This is explained by a scarcity of job offers, while the number of candidates leaving school has not necessarily fallen.

The specialist evokes a "crushing of salaries" linked to the Covid-19 crisis.

"We have shifted from a market of employees, that is to say, motivated by the search for candidates, to a market of employers, who know that there are a lot of people."

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It should be noted that these decreases are not observed in all sectors.

Thus, "all digitization professions, such as the profession of data analyst, with skills lacking in many companies" escape a fall in wages ", in the face of which" students know how to use their strength ".

"These are super rare jobs, which we absolutely need. The war for talent did not stop with the Covid," Benoît Serre says.

To find, "you have to dare to move"

In this gloomy context, the vice-president of ANDRH believes that students should absolutely "not sell off".

"If this company pays you a little less, but on the other hand, it creates prospects for you, it may be a key for a position tomorrow", he also observes, certain that it is constantly necessary "think about the next move".

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The second tip for getting out of your first job search is geographic.

"It is not an obvious subject for young people. Many of them do not want to leave the area where they are too much, at least at the beginning. I think it is an error of analysis", regrets the leader.

For him, "you have to dare to move" at the start of his career.

"Making the effort to move geographically is undoubtedly one of the keys to compensating for the drop in offers that exist on the market."