Unemployment: what are the categories of jobseekers?

Verified 28 March 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Job seekers are registered with France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) according to 2 types of classifications:

  • Classification by statistics used by theInsee: titleContent for the purpose of calculating the unemployment rate: this classification shall comprise 5 categories (A, B, C, D and E)
  • Classification administrative which serves as a reference base for France Travail according to the profile of the jobseeker: this classification comprises 8 categories (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8)
Insee Classification
Tableau - Insee classification of jobseekers

Categories

Job seekers concerned

A

Unemployed person, having to perform positive job-search acts, looking for a job regardless of the type of contract (DTA: titleContent,CSD: titleContent, full-time, full-time partial, temporary or seasonal)

B

Reduced activity up to 78 hours per month, having to perform positive acts of job search

C

Reduced activity more than 78 hours per month, having to perform positive acts of job search

D

Unemployed person, who is not immediately available, and who is not obliged to perform positive acts of job search (jobseeker in training, sickness, etc.)

E

A person who is employed and is not obliged to perform positive acts of job-seeking

France Travail classification
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

Person unemployed, immediately available and having to perform positive acts of job search, looking for DTA: titleContent part-time

3

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

4

Unemployed, not immediately available (jobseeker in training, sickness, etc.) and looking for a job

5

Person with temporary employment (assisted contract or reintegration), not immediately available and seeking employment

6

Person not immediately available, contract holder more than 78 hours per month and looking for another job in CSD: titleContent full-time

7

Person holding a job, holder of a contract for more than 78 hours per month and looking for another job in CSD: titleContent part-time

8

Person employed, holder of a contract more than 78 hours per month and looking for another job in CSD: titleContent, on temporary or seasonal contracts, including short-term contracts

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