Unemployment: what are the categories of jobseekers?

Verified 02 January 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Job seekers are registered with France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) according to 10 types classification system:

Tableau - Classification France Labor of jobseekers

Categories

Job seekers concerned

1

Unemployed person, immediately available and required to perform positive job-seeking activities, seeking employment DTA: titleContent full-time

2

Unemployed person, immediately available and required to perform positive job-seeking activities, seeking part-time CDI

3

A person who is unemployed, immediately available, and required to perform positive job-seeking activities in search of employment CSD: titleContent temporary or seasonal, including short-term

4

Person unemployed, not immediately available, looking for a job

5

Person employed, looking for another job

6

Person not immediately available, looking for another full-time permanent contract job and having to perform positive job-seeking activities

7

Person not immediately available, looking for another part-time CDI job and having to perform positive job-seeking activities

8

Person not immediately available, seeking other temporary or seasonal employment, including short-term employment, and having to perform positive job-seeking activities

9

Person with difficulties temporarily preventing them from taking part in a job-search procedure and receiving support for social inclusion

10

Person who has filed an application for RSA: titleContent whose application is under investigation or has been rejected, or who is a beneficiary of the SSA, as well as their spouse, cohabiting partner or Civil partnerships: titleContent, where such persons are not already on the list of jobseekers on 31 December 2024 and are awaiting the signature of the contract of employment

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  • France Work for jobseekers (formerly Pôle emploi) - 3949

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