I'm looking for a job

Verified 29 June 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

When I am looking for a job, I can first register with France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi). Then, when I look for a job or when I resume my activity, I have to do different things.

What applies to you ?

If I'm looking for a 1^er job because I have never worked before, I register for France Travail as a priority.

France Travail can help me find a job.

I register with France Travail as a jobseeker.

I go to my appointment with my agency France Travail to benefit from a personalized follow-up and carry out my personalized project for access to employment (PPAE).

Warning

i have an obligation to update my situation by internet, by phone or on site at my agency France Travail to confirm that I am still looking for a job.

If I forget, I'm at risk to be written off of the list of jobseekers.

I use the right box to find out which companies are hiring without making job offers
I consult the job offers on the website of France Labor and i manage my applications with Memo
I consult the job offers on the website of Youth Information and Documentation Center (CIDJ)
I consult the job offers on the website of the Association for Executive Employment (Apec)
I consult the job offers on the site Choosing the public service
I am inquiring about the possibility of search for a usual CCD or to use the interim
I ask for a closing insertion-aid contract, according to my situation (young, senior, ...)
I am expanding my job search to other countries in the European Union or the rest of the world

The fact of subscribe to France Travail allows me to inform myself about the financial assistance available.

I inquire about other aids to which I may be entitled:

Active Solidarity Income (RSA)under certain conditions
Mobility aid (including SNCF transport and reservation vouchers)
Aid for permit B
Specific Solidarity Allowance (SSA)under certain conditions
Assist with recovery or company creation (Arce)under certain conditions
Childcare assistanceunder certain conditions

I can ask France Travail to carry out a skills assessment
I can look for training on the France Travail website and the Center for the Development of Training Information (Info Center)
I can also commit myself to a mission of voluntary work, trainer and compensated

I must warn of my change of situation:

My agency France Travail
Ma family allowance fund
My national service centre if i'm under 25

Under certain conditions, I can benefit from the activity premium.

When I am unemployed, I register for France Travail first. France Travail accompanies me in my job search. France Travail informs me of the financial assistance to which I may be entitled.

I register with France Travail as a jobseeker.

I go to my appointment with my agency France Travail to benefit from a personalized follow-up and carry out my personalized project for access to employment (PPAE).

I have to update your situation to confirm that I am still looking for a job. If I forget, I'm at risk my delisting of the list of jobseekers.

Please note

for some employees affected by an economic redundancy procedure, the support of France Travail may be provided in a professional security contract (CSP).

I use the right box to find out which companies are hiring without making job offers
I consult the job offers on the website of France Labor and i manage my applications with Memo (from France Travail)
I am looking at the website of the Association for Executive Employment (Apec)
I'm looking at the site Choosing the public service
I am inquiring about the possibility of search for a usual CCD or to use the interim
I ask for a closing insertion-aid contract, according to my situation (young, senior, ...)
I am expanding my job search to other countries in the European Union or the rest of the world

FYI

when i have notice of termination, sometimes the employer gives me the opportunity to take a few hours off to look for a job.

The fact of subscribe to France Travail allows me to ask Return to Employment Assistance (RWA). This unemployment benefit is granted, under certain conditions (including in the event of resignation).

A simulator is used to estimate your unemployment benefit entitlements:

Guide to benefit and aid simulators from France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)

The fact of subscribe to France Travail allows me to inform myself about the financial assistance available.

I inquire about other aids to which I may be entitled:

Active Solidarity Income (RSA)under certain conditions
Mobility aid (including SNCF transport and reservation vouchers)
Aid for permit B
Specific Solidarity Allowance (SSA)under certain conditions
Assist with recovery or company creation (Arce)under certain conditions
Single Parent Child Care Assistance (Agepi)under certain conditions

As a result of my declining revenues:

I can, in some cases, get the activity premium
If I am a tenant in social housing, I inform my landlord of the change in my situation. In some cases, I can benefit from a reduction in my solidarity rent supplement (SLS)Yeah, if I pay him.