What if the most difficult test of the Olympics was… recruitment? You only have to look at the latest figures for the preparations, and in particular the personnel, mobilized for the Olympic and Paralympic deadlines to be convinced of this. The Organizing Committee and France Travail are struggling to put all the staff on the ground: according to an article in Le Monde, there are some 11,500 job offers still to be filled as the competition approaches. A lack which certainly concerns the Ile-de-France market, but also the regions which will receive several events this summer.
Whether in the field of hospitality, hotels and restaurants, mass distribution, the media sector, tourism, transport and logistics, fast food, temp work and private security , thousands of offers are open: the Olympics are also a matter that concerns the Province.
Job offers in tension
Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Saint-Etienne and Châteauroux will host several events to support the City of Lights. And in each of them, there is no shortage of job offers: the site “Recrutement Paris 2024” alone offers 1,400 job offers “across France” (understand Paris and the regions concerned by the Olympic Games). On March 11, there were still 2,000 positions to be filled in the south.according to the Marseille Employment Agency. An opportunity to seize? Yes, clearly if you are a student or looking for a job, with the desire to participate in a global event. Maybe not, if you are more demanding. Because these offers often concern professions perceived as unattractive, and already in tension. Even for the beauty of the Games, “a unique experience” according to recruiters, the salary around the minimum wage and the late or extended hours are enough to put off the most cautious candidates.
Temporary employment agencies chart their course
Arnaud Le Lann, director of News Events, the company responsible for supervising the reception of the Decathlon Arena and the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Lille, indicates, for its part, that it has filled its workforce with temporary workers. The Paris 2024 handball and basketball events will be able to take place there without incident. Arnaud Le Lann points out the lack of efficiency of public authorities on this type of mission: “We recruited around 300 people ourselves because we know the market and we are used to working on major sporting events. Everyone we know has done the same. If public actors knew how to find people for us in an emergency, that would be known. » Institutional or private, it would be better for all the actors concerned to start pulling in the same direction, and quickly, because the deadline of July 26 is getting closer every day.