2023-10-22 16:33:05
“Forward, backwards… We put everything in, the arms, the legs, the smile.” Whether they are employers or job seekers, they moved and sweated together, for this dance workshop organized by Pôle emploi to facilitate recruitment.
The objective of this job dating day is to offer a different meeting space to candidates and recruiters from the local cultural sphere.
The first workshop took place this week in a rehearsal room in Bron, in the suburbs of Lyon (Rhône) with a series of musical exercises bringing together around sixty participants of all ages and physical conditions, barefoot, in socks or sports shoes.
“The bodily approach makes it possible to detect skills”
“Normally an interview is: sending CV, receiving, very formal face-to-face interviews. What is interesting here is the aspect of getting things moving, dancing, anonymity… which allows you to de-stress,” underlines choreographer Abdou N’Gom, who came to look for the right profile to replace the administrator of his company.
This 50-year-old professional would never have thought of dancing with the candidates for a position of this type. But he says he is ready to “repeat the experience” because he has noted that “the bodily approach makes it possible to detect aptitudes” and “brings a different sensitivity”, with, according to him, a mirror effect between bodily engagement and commitment to work.
????@pole_emploi @Scenesetimages creates an unprecedented employment event: “from Dance to employment”
✅ In the morning, candidates and recruiters dance together in the anonymity of their status.
✅ In the afternoon, job dating where everyone discovers themselves during recruitment interviews. pic.twitter.com/Mpj3V488u2— Joseph SANFILIPPO (@J_Sanfilippo) October 19, 2023
The aim of the organizers was precisely to “offer something other than traditional recruitment interviews”, with a strong prism on interpersonal skills, “highly regarded” in the hiring process, explains Sabine Danquigny, director of the regional agency Pôle job “Scene and image”.
“Today, employers tell us. Ultimately, for me, technical skills can be acquired, what is important is the way in which the person will behave.”
This dance workshop aimed to facilitate recruitment. AFP/Jeff Pachoud AFP or licensors
The rules of the game are the same as those of the “From the stadium to employment” meetings: participants are identified by their first name only during the dance workshop, until the moment of the face-to-face meeting, in a box classically equipped with a desk and two chairs.
“For the candidate, it is a way to promote their profile, their talent. For the company, it’s a way to identify people who could perfectly fit into a position,” explains Sabine Danquigny.
???????? To detect “soft skills” beyond just skills, Pôle Emploi offers in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes the opportunity to dance with your future employer. Report in Bron, near Lyon #AFP #AFPTV ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/wTn7S27qNE
— Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) October 21, 2023
Some employers were “a little cautious” and we had to convince them, demonstrate to them that the workshop offers typical aptitude indices “communication, leadership, decision-making, responsiveness, adaptability”, explains this 54-year-old former dancer, in office since the creation in 2010 of the specialized culture branch.
The dance sequence, composed of very simple movements, with guided figures and free expression in groups, teams or pairs, was designed by Mourad Merzouki’s company, very geared towards new audiences and “non-dancers”. “. “The idea is really to involve each participant, to invite them to move, to have fun,” explains the fifty-year-old choreographer who came to contemporary dance through hip hop.
In an interview, we are always a little stressed
The company’s partnership with Pôle emploi allows us “to get out of our comfort zone and reinvent ourselves with projects other than dance programming or welcoming artists…. And I believe that we are in a society where we have to invent somewhat new meetings,” he says.
Looking for a job, Kaïs Gherbi, 23, came to Bron “on the advice of his advisor” and says he managed to “free himself” during the dance workshop whereas “in an interview, we are always a a little stressed, with a pit in my stomach facing the employer.”
“There was a great energy in the room,” says the man who doesn’t really intend to find his dream job here – assistant director – but is happy to be “networking”. The day allowed him to introduce himself to a casting director who came to look for new silhouettes for a TV film project.
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