75% of French companies have a problem with the spelling of their employees

Virginie Riva, edited by Ugo Pascolo 6:21 am, October 26, 2021

A word misspelled on the CV, a bad concordance of oral times, a vocabulary error during an interview ... Spelling mistakes are more and more crippling for employers.

And for good reason, according to an Ipsos survey for the Voltaire Foundation, 75% of French companies find themselves confronted with a spelling problem of their employees.

A problem during recruitment, which also goes beyond.

"Someone who makes mistakes damages the image of their entire business"

Because depending on the seriousness of the spelling error, it can harm the credibility of the employee, but also of the company, explains at the microphone of Europe 1, Mélanie Viennot, president of the Voltaire Foundation who commissioned this survey. “Today, we write a lot more because of teleworking, because of the evolution of functions, whether for technicians, salespeople, managers, supervisors… All these positions are concerned”, specifies she does. "Someone who makes mistakes tends to come across as less competent, less intelligent, when that is not the case at all." Still, for employers, this poses a real problem of image: "Someone who expresses himself badly, who makes mistakes, damages the image of his entire company."

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A phenomenon accentuated by the coronavirus

Especially since the arrival of teleworking in the wake of the coronavirus has accentuated this phenomenon, even orally.

Because with less informal time and more meetings, you have to be impactful, more succinct and master your expression.

Moreover, nine out of ten employers believe that the quality of oral expression is now more necessary than before the crisis.