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France – Temporary recruitment remains unchanged in June

30 July 2014

Temporary employment across France remained unchanged during June 2014, compared with the same month last year, according to the latest figures from the French Association of Employment Agencies, Prism’Emploi.

This stagnation follows year-on-year growth of +2.3% in May 2014; however, it remains an improvement against the first four months of the year which all reported year-on-year declines in temporary employment. Prism’Emploi advised in May that the growth in May was not indicative of a return to growth, and that temporary recruitment during the month had been historically weak.

The number of unskilled blue-collar workers increased by +10.8%, year-on-year. The number of white collar workers increased by +5.5%, while managers and executives increased by +3.8%. The number of skilled blue-collar workers decreased year-on-year by -10.5% in June, following a year-on-year decline of -9.9% in May 2014.

For the third consecutive month, the Construction industry was the only sector to report a decline (-15.9%) in the number of temporary workers during June 2014. Increases were reported in the Retail (+6.7%), Transport (+5.2%), Industrial (+2.6%), and Services (+0.9%) sectors.      

Of the 21 French regions, 11 reported year-on-year growth in the number of temporary workers. The strongest growth was reported in Upper (Haute) Normandy (+7.5%), Limousin (+6.8%), and Auvergne (+6%). The greatest declines were reported in Provence-Alpes-Cote D’Azur (-7%), Mid-Pyrenees (-6.5%), and Aquitaine (-5.7%).

During the first six months of the year, 10 regions reported growth in the number of temporary workers compared with last year. The greatest growth was reported in Auvergne (+6.5%), Upper Normandy (+5.9%), and Limousin (+5.7%). The sharpest declines were reported in Provence-Alpes-Cote D’Azur (-6.7%), Languedoc-Roussillon (-6.6%), and Mid-Pyrenees (-5.7%). 

The Prism’Emploi Barometer is prepared by an independent third party, Umanis, and based on statistics reported by a panel of temporary employment agencies representing more than 80% of temporary employment in France.