Angers. Why Quebec is recruiting in France

The seduction operation worked wonderfully. More than 200 people pushed open the doors of the École supérieure d'électronique de l'Ouest (ESEO) in Angers, this Wednesday, October 30, during the two “Choose Quebec” information sessions, organized as part of the Days Quebec France. Days set up since 2008 by the Ministry of Immigration, Frenchization and Integration of the Quebec government and now extended to Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and even Tunisia. Angevins inquired about the 1,000 positions to be filled in Quebec among a total of 300 jobs. This year, 60 companies are recruiting in targeted sectors: construction/BTP and civil engineering/engineering and technology, IT and information technology, health and social services, education, transport and mechanics, hotels and restaurants, administration, finance and insurance , video games and early childhood.

The need for labor is significant, due to economic growth and demographic transformation. Within ten years, one in four Quebecers will be retired. By 2030, there will be more than a million jobs to fill, 20% of which will be filled by people with immigrant backgrounds. calculates Francis Gagnon. A desire that goes against the grain of Ottawa's latest announcements. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has decided to temporarily reduce the quota of permanent residents in the country with the maple leaf flag by 21%. For a year, immigration has been an important political and media subject continues the advisor to the general delegation of Quebec in Paris.

A more attractive salary

The attractiveness of the French-speaking Canadian province, populated by nine million inhabitants including 200,000 French and which records the arrival of 50,000 permanent immigrants each year, is inflated by an unemployment rate close to full employment, with 5, 5% in September 2024. A rate structurally lower than in the rest of Canada (6.4%) specifies Francis Gagnon. The world of work in Quebec is full of assets likely to appeal to the French, such as the balance between professional and family life, flexibility in hierarchy and direct communication, or even greater professional mobility. As part of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), the Quebec government has increased the median hourly wage surplus threshold to 20%, set at 27.47 Canadian dollars (€18). It will come into force on November 8 informs Francis Gagnon.