Six consecutive increases in France’s unemployment rate: the trend is no longer a short-term fluctuation; it is a trajectory.
What this means in concrete terms. The government is reducing employment support for budgetary reasons, precisely as the market is tightening. For candidates, this means longer recruitment processes, more applications per open position, and recruiters who can afford to be more demanding about immediate suitability for the role. For companies, it is also an opportunity to raise their selection criteria without fearing a shortage of candidates for many generalist profiles.
For professionals currently employed, this climate reinforces the value of securing one’s position through skills that are difficult to replace, rather than through seniority alone. For job seekers, speed of response and precise targeting are becoming decisive.
This week: identify three scarce skills in your sector that are not yet being sought on a massive scale, and explicitly add them to your LinkedIn profile and CV before they become the norm.
Concrete action
LinkedIn post idea to adapt: “The market is tightening, but the scarcity of a specific skill remains your best negotiating lever. What is yours?” Educational approach: in training sessions, ask participants to list the skills in their profession that will become critical in 18 months, rather than those that are critical today.