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Unemployment: what are the categories of jobseekers?
Verified 28 March 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Regular job search procedures for which the jobseeker must be able to provide proof (applications sent, participation in job search assistance sessions, etc.)
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 hoursper 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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