• According to a study conducted by INSEE, Brittany has exceeded the level of employment before the crisis and continues to progress.

  • The region has been able to count on the good health of its agrifood sector to overcome the crisis.

    The vast majority of its economy is radiant.

  • Companies are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit due to the high demand for labor.

They are only three. In France, only three regions have seen their salaried employment sector exceed its pre-crisis level, according to the latest INSEE survey. While the Hexagon shows an average decline of 0.8%, Corsica, New Aquitaine and Brittany display an insolent dynamism. Driven by its agri-food sector but also by its industrial sector in full recovery, Brittany had already lived through the health crisis better, suffering less than most other French territories. A little over a year after the first lockdown, the region continues to shine economically. To the point of struggling to fill his jobs. And not only in so-called "difficult" jobs.

6,100 net job creations in 3 months in #Brittany.

Salaried employment is growing faster than in France.


More details in our economic analysis for the 1st quarter of 2021 “Employment is progressing and exceeding its pre-crisis level”


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Between two meetings, Patricia Levrel picks up her phone to share her feelings with us.

Director of operations at Breizh Interim, she no longer counts the calls from employers who call for help.

“The activity has become dynamic again for about a year.

But we can see that it is accelerating.

Recruitment has become very complicated because there are needs everywhere and in all sectors of activity, ”explains the interim specialist.

Its five branches even face a major problem.

They can't find anyone to work during the summer.

“It's a disaster to recruit this summer.

We posted an HR assistant announcement a fortnight ago.

We expected to have a good number of profiles.

In the end, we only have one ”.

"A rapid and very dynamic upturn in demand"

This trend is confirmed by the latest INSEE survey published a few days ago. With an unemployment rate established at 6.6%, Brittany remains well below the national average (8.1%), notably driven by its food sector. “With each wave, we have experienced a drop in production due to the slowdown in our customers' activity, but this has now started to rise again. We are facing a rapid and very dynamic recovery in demand, ”assures Arnaud Lemière, director of the Bridor plant in Servon-sur-Vilaine. Last week, the industrial bakery company of the Le Duff group launched an operation to recruit 150 people to run its factory.

Driven by the recovery of the hotel and catering industry, the company is crumbling under demand. And she's not the only one. In Yffiniac, near Saint-Brieuc (Côtes d'Armor), the caterer Stalaven is looking to recruit around fifty people to cope with double-digit activity growth. “Our momentum began before the crisis with a repositioning of our products on a more qualitative range. But we have seen the dynamic accelerate during the Covid-19 crisis, ”assures the site director. Unlike some of his colleagues in the sector such as large slaughterhouses, Rémi Thomas does not have too much trouble recruiting. “We are still small [600 employees all the same] and we see that our project makes sense. People need to consume more responsibly. They also need to work more responsibly ”,continues the leader.

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In the region, the economic recovery is such that almost all sectors of activity are looking for labor.

“There is work everywhere!

People no longer need to go very far from home, ”assures the manager of Breizh Interim.

This is particularly the case in construction, where activity jumped after suddenly stopping.

According to INSEE, or 1,100 jobs were created in the first quarter in Brittany.

A sector progressing by 3.8% compared to its pre-crisis level.

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