When it comes to recruiting his seasonal staff, the company's director, Emmanuel Romary, is full of praise for the collaboration he has managed to establish with the deodatian agency Pôle emploi. In particular Anthony Creusot and Thierry Schweitzer.

One technique was used, the SRM, or "simulation recruitment method". "We don't look at people's experiences, we don't exploit people's professional past. This is a non-discriminatory approach," says Emmanuel Romary. These are interviews without a CV. The company is not looking for references but for skills, compatibility with the job, a suitability.

Recruitment is therefore carried out on the basis of a series of tests designed to assess the applicant's ability to adapt to their future tasks: checking their work, respecting the rules, so many transposable instructions.

To this end, the services of Pôle Emploi first carried out a benchmarking exercise last April. "We had to create exercises," says Anthony Creusot. "Our objective is not to move towards quantity but quality. We also want to get back to the human factor," emphasises Emmanuel Romary. Internally, the company manager has managed to convince his team of the validity of this method. In particular, by involving his staff, sixteen company employees and line operators, who were involved in the test phase of the exercises. Team leaders were also involved in the recruitment process.

Last July, 267 Vosges jobseekers were invited to a meeting in Saint-Dié. 152 came to the "collective news", where Emmanuel Romary presented his company and tried to demystify a few preconceived ideas: fish smells, which are almost non-existent, in particular. "It's important for us to get out of an old-fashioned process," insisted the director, who every year tries to improve the welcome of new employees, even if they only come for one day.

A debriefing of the experience will take place next January. But it is already planned that this year's seasonal workers will speak at the next "collective info" to discuss with the applicants the realities of the tasks requested.

"The involvement of Pôle Emploi has been exemplary, just perfect", rejoices Emmanuel Romary who praises the "skills, the quality of listening, the availability, the willingness to make things happen. »

In any case, this is a long way from the jobseeker who made the trip to the Alsatian company, in Charentaises and by taxi from the Rabodeau valley. Just to get the company stamp guaranteeing the job search!