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| Does the future for Europe's young unemployed lie online? | Does the future for Europe's young unemployed lie online? |
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| Souheil Hajem, 20, always had a taste for IT. However, he doesn't define himself as a "geek", and didn't realise his skills were sought after. For him, it was just a hobby. At the Web@cadémie he learned programming and it did not seem like work. "It feels like I'm at home behind my computer," he said. Today, he feels like he had a second chance, after having failed his baccalaureat in marketing and working at a series of minor jobs for three years. | Souheil Hajem, 20, always had a taste for IT. However, he doesn't define himself as a "geek", and didn't realise his skills were sought after. For him, it was just a hobby. At the Web@cadémie he learned programming and it did not seem like work. "It feels like I'm at home behind my computer," he said. Today, he feels like he had a second chance, after having failed his baccalaureat in marketing and working at a series of minor jobs for three years. |
| Founded in 2010 in Paris, the Web@cadémie trains young people, aged 18-25, to become web developers. This free, two-year curriculum is designed for "dropouts", young people who left education without qualifications. Those young people are particularly vulnerable to unemployment, according to the National Institute of Statistics: in the last quarter of 2011, more than one in five was unemployed, against 8.6% for people aged 25-49. | Founded in 2010 in Paris, the Web@cadémie trains young people, aged 18-25, to become web developers. This free, two-year curriculum is designed for "dropouts", young people who left education without qualifications. Those young people are particularly vulnerable to unemployment, according to the National Institute of Statistics: in the last quarter of 2011, more than one in five was unemployed, against 8.6% for people aged 25-49. |
| The idea sprang from the observation that in the digital sector, 70,000 jobs are unfilled. It was after becoming aware of these numbers that François-Afif Benthanane, founder of the association Zup de Co, wanted to create the Web@cadémie. The market needs 30,000 web developers, but the engineers trained within Epitech (one of the schools on campus) feel the job is less prestigious than being a computer engineer. Hence the idea of training young people who are already passionate about new technologies. "Those who graduated earn at least €30,000 [£24,000] a year, whereas before they were earning €300 euros a month," noted Benthanane. | The idea sprang from the observation that in the digital sector, 70,000 jobs are unfilled. It was after becoming aware of these numbers that François-Afif Benthanane, founder of the association Zup de Co, wanted to create the Web@cadémie. The market needs 30,000 web developers, but the engineers trained within Epitech (one of the schools on campus) feel the job is less prestigious than being a computer engineer. Hence the idea of training young people who are already passionate about new technologies. "Those who graduated earn at least €30,000 [£24,000] a year, whereas before they were earning €300 euros a month," noted Benthanane. |
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