Olympics: the Ministry of Labor launches a campaign to fill the 150,000 vacancies

Fighting action. Four months before the Paris Olympic Games, tens of thousands of positions remain available. More than enough to transform into a nightmare an event which is causing growing concern among Ile-de-France residents. To try to resolve the problem, the Ministry of Labor, Health and Solidarity is launching a major recruitment campaign entitled: “Come and play the games”. The new public operator France Travail and the skills operators AFDAS and AKTO are also stakeholders.

Currently the needs for the duration of the Olympic Games are estimated at 150,000 jobs. Among them, “90,000 are linked to the organization (security, catering, transport, waste management, communication and marketing, etc.) and 61,800 jobs concern tourism professions”, details the government document which adds that “this This figure is likely to change since the vast majority of needs will be expressed in the coming weeks by companies.

Gargantuan needs which have therefore encouraged the government to address all the people likely to respond to them via a major campaign, which will be available on different media. 20-second spots focusing on the 4 professions most in tension (kitchen attendant, security agent, maintenance agent and reception agent) will be broadcast on the internet and in sports venues. Shorter videos (10 seconds) will be shown in and near shopping malls and sports halls. Finally, visuals will be visible on social networks.

In the short term, the goal is obviously to make the Olympics a success. But in the longer term, the goal is to enable people who are very far from the job market to return to employment, and if possible, in a sustainable manner. “Our ambition is clear: to put this unique event at the service of our objective of full employment (...) while ensuring that the opportunities generated also benefit those currently outside the labor market,” underlined Catherine Vautrin, the Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity.