SKEMA Publika’s EYES report on the thoughts of international youths highlighted a distrust of the corporate world and a series of concerns shared around the world. In light of this, we wanted to go further in our exploration of young people’s relationship to work. This multi-faceted analysis stems from the reflections of a working group, combined with expert interviews and a literature review. The study highlights the fundamental aspirations shared by youths around the world. Its results suggest that young people’s demands are the expression of latent social dissatisfactions shared with the rest of the population, which public and private decision-makers have failed to address. In short, the “social contract of work” is widely perceived as deteriorated. Thankfully, solutions seem to be within reach: greater participation in decision-making processes, decent working conditions, exemplarity, etc. In spite of the ongoing radical societal changes, the main risk for young people aged 15-29 remains job insecurity. Far from reducing the degree of uncertainty faced by younger generations, the emergence of the green economy and the digitalisation and automation of employments may be fostering greater insecurity. What can we do? Anticipate and think long-term.
Claude Revel
Director of development, SKEMA PUBLIKA
Claude Revel is an expert in international strategic intelligence and influence. She was one of the French pioneers in these fields. She began her career in 1980 as a high civil servant, then spent several years in the private sector before creating her own consulting firm in 2003. She was then appointed Interministerial Delegate for Economic Intelligence to the French Prime Minister, from May 2013 to June 2015. She then joined the French Court of Auditors for four years. She finally left public administration to create another consulting firm in January 2020. She holds now different poisitions. She is notably in charge of the development of SKEMA Business School's think tank. She taught for many years and wrote several articles and books, the latest ones in 2012 (“La France, un pays sous influences?”) and in 2017 (”Interêt général et marché, la nouvelle donne”). Claude spent her childhood in Africa, then studied in her family home town in Nice. She is a former student of the Ecole national administration (ENA), and graduated from Sciences Po and from Paris II University, in (Business Law.) Claude is Officer of the French Légion d’Honneur since 2014.