This Thursday, November 14, at the Raoul-Barrière stadium in Béziers, France Travail organized a sports morning to bring together recruiters and job seekers, anonymously. Objective: break the ice on the ground, before an afternoon of job-dating.
Whether they were recruiters or unemployed, they left their suits in the locker rooms. It was in sports clothing, anonymously, that 80 job candidates and a dozen recruiters met on the meadow of an annex field to the Raoul-Barrière stadium this Thursday, November 14. Divided into several sports workshops led by ASBH educators, it was through passes that they got to know each other, without the usual obstacles that a recruitment session can cause.
80 candidates, 12 recruiters in the field
An initiative of France Travail, in partnership with the ASBH, the local mission, the PLIE (Local plan for integration and employment) and the Face Hérault association, explains Frédéric Férré, director of the France Travail Capiscol agency Béziers: “We prepared 80 candidates from the city's political districts and brought in all the sectors of activity that recruit in Béziers: temp agencies, luxury hotels, a campsite, Suez, a real estate agency… Candidates know that there are recruiters, but they are anonymous. We break down the CV barrier, we favor direct encounters. The values of sport are found in the company, and recruiters can identify altruistic candidates. supportive, tenacious, who stand out from the crowd. They will also evaluate their interpersonal skills and the candidates are less impressed than in an individual interview context.
“In the interview, the barrier will have fallen, we will have played and eaten together”
The warm and relaxed atmosphere, conducive to breaking down barriers, is a boon for recruiters, like Thibault Doléac, recruitment manager at Suez: “It's excellent, the concept is great, no one knows who is who. We discuss sport, performance, and I look at the behavior, the values of each person. We look at cohesion, the spirit of team, do they take each person's emotions, interpersonal skills are very important, before skills In the interview, the barrier will have fallen, we will have played and eaten together, there will be more transparency and. of sincerity, we come out of postures”.
“It’s easier to break the ice on the pitch and it gives me more confidence”
Removing the barriers and gaining confidence, the bet has paid off for Enzo, a job seeker, trained in the building trades: “I was skeptical, but in the end it's good, I enjoy it, it's friendly. It's easier to break the ice in the field, it will facilitate dialogue in interviews, and it gives me more confidence in Me”. Satisfactory operation also for Joris, a worker recognized as disabled after a serious motorcycle accident: “For me it's even more complicated to find work, my right shoulder is not working well, he confides, out of breath from the effort, the mention of disability can slow down employers. And in this context, recruiters see me from another angle, they see my state of mind, my mentality, my positivity, which can be an asset in the company.”
After the morning effort, the participants gathered around a buffet for an awards ceremony, before putting their street clothes back on, for the job-dating session in the afternoon, in a much more relaxed atmosphere than during of a traditional recruitment session.
