According to the data released on Monday, July 27, 2015, an additional 1,300 people joined this category last month. The number of job seekers in category A (without activity) stands at 3,553,500 in mainland France at the end of June 2015. It has decreased by 0.3% in the Alpes-Maritimes compared to May.
Over the past 12 months, the number of these same job seekers has increased by 6.1% in the Alpes-Maritimes, the worst department in PACA, well above the regional average (+4.9%) and national average (+4.7%).
An increase considered low enough for the number of unemployed to be described as “almost stable” by the Ministry of Labor, which sees this slight increase as an “encouraging sign”: “Since January 1, 2015, its slowdown is an encouraging sign: +8,800 per month on average, which is half of what it was in the second half of 2014.”
Unemployment continues to decline among young people: For those under 25, the number of category A job seekers decreased by 1.1% (-6,200 people) in June.
The government sees these positive figures as the result “of the measures we have implemented to support young people in difficulty towards employment (youth jobs, youth guarantee).”
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