The youth employment market is tightening significantly in France. In the second quarter of 2026, unemployment among 15–24-year-olds reached 21.6%, up 2.5 percentage points year on year.
In tech, entry-level hiring fell by 73% between 2024 and 2025, according to the Ravio platform. AI has not yet been identified as the main cause of this deterioration, but it is taking hold in a market already weakened for young graduates, particularly in white-collar professions.
For young workers, the challenge is becoming one of moving beyond generic profiles and documenting practical, verifiable skills from the training stage onward, rather than waiting until their first job to develop them.