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85% of French people are in favor of professional retraining

According to a survey conducted by the polling institute Odoxa, 85% of French people are in favor of professional retraining and think that it is good to change jobs at least once in your career. Redirecting oneself to another activity is perceived more as an opportunity than as a constraint linked to unemployment, regardless of age and socio-professional category. However, retraining professionally is not always easy. For 67% of respondents, it is difficult to change jobs. The reason:the difficulty of finding the right training and its sometimes high cost can be an obstacle to professional retraining. However, half of French workers have already changed jobs and a third would be ready to do so!

The coveted digital professions

Among the French who wish to retrain professionally, the digital path is very popular. The new emerging digital-related professions are seen as the most promising and vectors of growth, ahead of crafts and commercial professions. But digital-related professions are technically considered difficult. The proof is:50% of French people would not feel capable of working in the digital sector, judging that it is a field more suited to young people. Wanting to renew yourself professionally is good, you still have to find your way...