The unemployment rate for the employment area of Paimpol and Guingamp stands at 7.3%. “This figure is slowly decreasing. In one year, we fell by 0.1%,” comments Sigrid Houot, team manager of France Travail in Guingamp Paimpol. In the Paimpol sector, several sectors have recruitment difficulties: “It’s health and personal services. Here, we have fixed-term contracts, with part-time work and breaks during the day. It attracts less people.” Another sector is struggling to recruit: agriculture. “We really have a lot of positions to fill, with a problem of seasonal positions. These are fixed-term contracts. We are in tension on these positions. » Restoration finds itself in an opposite dynamic. “It’s buoyant. We have a lot of offers and we manage to find the candidates. It works. »
Forums et jobs dating
To meet demand, France Travail de Guingamp Paimpol is deploying a certain number of actions in the Paimpol employment area such as forums and job dating “to highlight companies”. For market gardening, open days are organized to reveal the reality of this profession. “There may be preconceptions. Working in the fields essentially means working in the greenhouses in the Paimpol sector. It’s climate protection. »
In the Paimpol employment area, qualification levels do not correspond to the local labor market.
France Travail currently has 188 offers available, all sectors combined, in the Paimpol region. This figure increases to 226 by extending this territory to Lanvollon. “They are published. These are both the France Travail offers and those of our partners. »
How is youth unemployment evolving in the Paimpol sector? For those under 25, it is 12%. “It’s decreasing at the moment. » For seniors (50 and over), this figure is much higher: 34%. “In the Paimpol sector, we have quite a few seniors who no longer have geographical mobility.” This significantly impacts their job search.
Aging population
“The main obstacles in the Paimpol sector are transport. Next is health. These are people who have work restrictions. They are not yet recognized as disabled workers but there are positions that they will not be able to take. » There are 545 people registered, all categories combined, in the Paimpol sector, 12% of whom are without a diploma and 33% at CAP and BEP level. “In personal service and market gardening positions, it can work. It meets the needs of businesses. For other vacancies, job seekers do not match company job offers. People with degrees are reluctant to go as far as Paimpol. »
How to describe the Paimpol employment area? “It is a territory which is always in tension of positions. This is linked to an aging population. We also have young people who have no qualifications and are not mobile. Qualification levels do not correspond to the local labor market,” concludes Sigrid Houot.
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