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:
Categories | Job seekers concerned |
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1 | Unemployed person, immediately available and required to perform positive job-seeking activities, seeking employment DTADTA : Contract of employment of indefinite duration 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 CSDCSD : Fixed-term contract 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 RSARSA : Income from active solidarity 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 partnershipsCivil partnerships : Civil Solidarity Pact, 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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