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During the school holidays, 11 job seekers went to London for a week, with the ambition to get a job for this summer.
Friday 13 April, big departure for the young people of the UK project and start of a great adventure! Since October, these young people have been following an intensive training every Saturday to improve their English and develop their employability overseas. The 11 young people selected for this project, from Lyon, Grenoble and Saint-Etienne, started a week full of meetings and opportunities. The objective of this stay: to get a job for this summer.
To start this week, it's at L'Occitane that the young people from the UK project visited. On the program: discovery of the head office jobs (finance, marketing, HR, digital communication, production) and visit of the new Flag Ship shop on Regent Street. Thanks to L'Occitane, several young people were able to interview for a job this summer!
The next day, the group was welcomed at the Royal Automobile Club by Treïs Partnersa sustainable economy investment fund. The young people discovered a typically English place, where codes and habits are far removed from their daily lives. Thanks to the Treïs Partners staff, each of the young people was able to enjoy a simulated interview in the Club's Saint James lounge.
The following afternoon, it was at the Societe Generale that the young people met for a visit to the traders' platforms and a teambuilding workshop with Société Générale employees. The young people divided into groups to build a tower, in a limited time, including each team member. Finally, they pitched their project in front of all the groups.
Historic partner of organization, Decathlonalso opened its doors to the group of young people. Welcomed for a morning, the young people visited the store and took advantage of group interview training: an opportunity for them to get valuable advice from recruitment specialists in England, as well as concrete tips for applying to Deacthlon.
The young people also had the chance to discover the Blackfriars Novotel of the group AccorHotels. On the program: discovery of the hotel and catering professions, discussions with the human resources manager and the hotel director, visit of the rooms. Some young people were also able to submit a CV to apply this summer!
organization partner of Sport dans la Ville in London, Street League helps young people to integrate into society and the workplace. In order to create links between French and English young people, a joint meeting was organized to enable them to meet and exchange ideas.
Thanks to the mobilization of Street League employees, the young people at Sport dans la Ville were able to take part in a half-day of workshops and games based on team building. Made up of young French and English people, the morning allowed each of them to reveal their talents: building a tower, agility, strength, speed, spirit, creating a choreography,... all these workshops allowed everyone to live an extraordinary collective experience!