Medef-Réunion marked its 50th anniversary at the 2022 Job Fair through several events, including the delivery, October 27, of the first Apprenticeship Trophies in collaboration with the Réunion academy.
General assembly, CSR Trophies, Learning Trophies : under the presidency of Didier Fauchard, newly re-elected for three years at the head of Medef-Réunion, the local employers’ organization highlights the social as well as economic role of 
the company, source of jobs and career paths. Medef-Réunion has taken a further step in this direction by promoting learning by awarding Trophies to active and deserving companies in this area.. A first in Reunion outside the world of crafts, the traditional apprenticeship sector in France. Everything changed with the law of September 5, 2018 “for the freedom to choose one’s professional future” which considerably expanded the scope of work-study education for young people recruited under apprenticeship contracts. : the market of 
apprenticeship has been extended to all training organizations wishing to provide apprenticeship training actions, the maximum age for apprenticeship has been pushed back to 29, the salary of apprentices has been increased, and financial assistance to companies recruiting apprentices with him. This is how it was 11 before, the number of apprentice training centers (CFA) rose to 147 in Reunion alone ! At national scale, the number of apprentices has almost doubled in four years to exceed 700,000 in 2021. With 12,000 apprentices on the island in 2021, apprenticeship is on the rise in Reunion Island. This is what recalled, October 27, Chantal Manès Bonnisseau, rector of the academy of La Réunion. “Apprenticeship is the path best suited to the employability of young people”, affirmed for his part Didier Fauchard, estimating that, in the current period, apprenticeship is the answer to recruitment difficulties in many sectors of activity.
A complete change of outlook
“Learning is an investment”, Didier Fauchard once again considered the place, in today's business, young people who “accelerate digitalization”. Referring to the “skills shortage”, the president of Medef-Réunion judged that the young people trained, in the current period, more choice and room to maneuver when looking for a job. He went so far as to declare : “The job offer has changed sides”. Hence the interest for companies to use apprenticeships to retain young employees.. The time seems far away when, In France, apprenticeship was a depreciated career path, and Damienne Verguin, Director of Economy, of Employment, of Labor and Solidarity at the prefecture of Reunion, welcomed the general change in outlook on learning.
THE 2022 WINNERS
- The Apprenticeship Trophies will now be awarded every two years.
- Business favorite : Ali-Ka Coiffure, La Possession hairdressing and beauty salon.
- Favorite Association : GEIQ BTP Réunion, group of employers for the integration and qualification of the construction industry Réunion.
- Category Association : GET 974, associative company providing assistance services to travelers in public transport.
- Business category with fewer than 11 employees : Réunibox, company specializing in warehousing and non-refrigerated storage.
- Business category of 11 to 49 employees : GTDR-piecesenstock.re, online sale of new auto spare parts.
- Category Company with 50 to 249 employees : SAS Scoop AGCR, Réunion Management and Accounting Association, accounting expertise.
- Business category of 250 employees or more : Runéo, water distribution service.
