Youth, employment and basketball. This is the program for this Friday, April 1 in Caen. From 4 pm, a round table is organized at the School of Management (EM) followed by a debate in the presence of several professionals from the region. “The aim is to offer training and present the major companies in the basin”, explains Thierry Godfroy, general manager at Caen Basket Calvados (CBC), partner of Bpifrance, the public investment bank, organizer of the debate.
“The event, dedicated to youth employment, is open to all,” he warns. The round table will be an opportunity to reflect on the challenges of tomorrow, but also to take an interest in the vision that young people have of business leaders and vice versa. This is what a new study by Bpifrance Le Lab, entitled “aspiration of young people and managers of SMEs-ETIs” and carried out with 1,096 leaders and 502 young people. It will be presented in preview and we can already give some elements.
The company as a tool for changing society
In the company as well as outside, it emerges that managers are more confident in the future than young people. Only 25% of students are optimistic, compared to 35% of leaders. But the two populations agree in the desire to accentuate actions in favor of the environment, even if it means reviewing their habits and their comfort of life. Thus, 78% of managers believe that technology should primarily focus on climate and biodiversity issues. 63% of young people believe that companies should favor social and environmental commitments over strict economic development. Half of executives (50%) agree, believing that companies have a role to play in building a better society, and nearly three-quarters even say they use their company’s resources to influence the world around them. surrounded.
If they agree on the substance, it is more complicated on the form. Indeed, the study reveals that misunderstanding remains between these two categories of people. 39% of business leaders think that 18-25 year olds run from job to job, while only 13% of young people agree. The vast majority of them therefore aspire to long-term employment. Another interesting fact highlighted by the study: the principals. For 38% of leaders, decisions must come from politicians, and for 28% of experts. Whereas among the young people surveyed, decision-making must rely on civil society (73%). If their vision of the world diverges, all will meet for an evening around a common passion: basketball. Indeed, following the round table, they will encourage the CBC once morest the Rueil Athletic Club at the Palais des sports in Caen.