The Relais Emploi is an employment intermediary located in Strasbourg, France that provides services to help job seekers, especially young people and recipients of government assistance, find employment. Services include job training programs, career counseling, resume and interview preparation workshops, job placement assistance, and social support. In 2009, the Relais Emploi helped over 6,000 young people and 4,000 adults, placing over 1,200 young people and 1,000 adults in jobs. The organization aims to help those with low skills or long-term unemployment find stable employment.

1. EMPLOYMENT INTERMEDIARY « RELAIS EMPLOI » STRASBOURG 2009 (France)

2. In France / the Region of Alsace Strasbourg

3. This is Alsace:

6.  Initiating contact with businesses for those who expressly ask for it (by telephone and/or in person).  A place of knowledge and a meeting place for employers and jobseekers.  Social support (financial help, as well as housing and health) and the possibility of intermediating with social services.  Reorientation of people towards our organisational partners, depending on individual needs.  Helping you to stay mobile: e.g. the public transport subsidy “chèque transport”…

11. SERVICES AND TRACK RECORD OF THE RELAIS EMPLOI:

21. Projects of the Relais Emploi (Young people and adults) Mission By intermediating instances of insertion, to raise the rate of access to employment by jobseekers in difficulty (youngsters without qualifications, recipients of government aid “RSA”, long-term jobseekers etc.) Targeted population Jobseekers in difficulty, from the Strasbourg employment pool. Objectives The objective is to make 200 placements per year.

24. RELAIS EMPLOI wishes to develop transnational exchanges along the following themes:  Orientation, access to employment (working with jobseekers and employers), and monitoring  Tools for and practice of monitoring  Evaluating the social impact (using indicators) If this is of interest to you, please feel free to contact Christiane Arbogast or Sandrine RATH by e-mail [email_address] [email_address]

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