Des adultes en formation : les caractéristiques personnelles comme obstacle
- Social science Information
- 64(2), Jun, 2025: p.179-196
Public policies encourage individuals to enter the labor market, in particular through vocational training. This article looks in particular at the barriers to entry and retention in training for unemployed adults who receive unemployment or integration benefits, or who have no income. The life story technique was used to gather the experiences of forty adults who had been through pre-qualification vocational training in order to understand their training pathways, their living conditions, the obstacles they encountered and the levers they used. The analysis shows that the barriers differ depending on whether you are faced with them before or during the training, and that certain profiles are more exposed to barriers, while others find it easier to mobilize resources to compensate for the obstacles. Subjective perceptions of living conditions and obstacles influence the way in which individuals act and react, particularly in terms of mobilizing personal resources, their environment and public action.- Reproduced