Margaux Fodéré 06:04, March 20, 2023

According to a study conducted by Solinki, exclusively for Europe 1, 22% of the offers published on the website of this recruitment agency in 2023 do not include a trial period. A proportion up 15 points compared to 2022. A solution that is attracting more and more companies wishing to attract applications.

Companies have been struggling to recruit in France lately. According to Dares, 360,000 jobs were vacant in France in the 4th quarter of last year. To attract candidates, more and more companies decide to remove the trial period. This is in any case what demonstrates a study conducted by Solini, a network of independent recruitment consultants. Exclusively for Europe 1, the firm reveals that 22% of offers published on its site do not include a trial period, compared to only 7% in 2022. Some companies have already been operating in this way for several years and are validating the measure.

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Ardoingt Albanel, head of a real estate services company, stresses how important it is to move quickly to retain the best profiles. To do this, he sometimes offers to remove the trial period. A strategy that is paying off. "When someone has to choose between two or three job offers, it's very reassuring for them. He feels that he is wanted and that his talent is sought. And then he feels confident."

An effective but risky policy

This measure is also very effective for recruiting in sectors in tension, such as condominium manager or accountant. These positions are essential to the real estate agencies headed by Joan Montesinos, who therefore prefers to abolish the probationary period rather than increase salaries. "I will never pay someone, because he comes from outside, beyond what my teams are already paid for in the same position. I am the one who comes to pick them up at the end of the process that led to this desire to work together. In this case I do not want to put a hypothetical stop through an end of trial period.

But the strategy can also be risky. "It must have happened to me once it didn't go very well. However, it is not because I had a bad experience with this policy that I will change it, "says Joan Montesinos who does not hesitate, in nine cases out of ten, to remove this trial period to the candidates he recruits.