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Advice, stories and news to succeed in your apprenticeship, from choosing a programme to settling into the company.

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NewsFinding a company

5% work-study quota: why large companies are hiring in 2026

Below 5% work-study staff, companies with 250+ employees pay the CSA, and this threshold governs the 2026 hiring incentive. What it means for your search.

8 min read

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NewsIncentives

Alternance 2026: Minister Roubache answers worried candidates

Reduced incentives, CFA deregistering students: Sabrina Roubache defends a refocusing of support. What is changing and the tools to find a contract.

9 min read

Empty classroom with desks and a green chalkboard, illustrating the threat facing CFA
NewsCFA

Apprenticeship funding: CFA call for a moratorium before the 2026 back-to-school season

Budget cuts, revised NPEC, 750 € co-payment: the sector is calling for a moratorium on funding cuts two months before the start of the school year.

8 min read

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NewsCFA

CFA in difficulty: the government mobilises regional cells for the 2026 back-to-school season

Interministerial instruction of 19 June 2026: regional cells monitor failing CFAs and secure apprentice pathways before the September start.

7 min read

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NewsTraining

New BTP vocational qualifications 2026: what changes for your apprenticeship

Revised bricklayer and formwork setter titles, a new building electrical design draughtsman title, 2026 hiring grants: what changes for BTP apprentices.

8 min read

Young female engineer in workwear with a hard hat in an industrial workshop, illustrating a successful apprenticeship path after 30
NewsApprenticeship contract

Apprenticeship after 30: the exemptions that open the contract in 2026

RQTH, high-level athlete, business creation, new contract up to 35: the exemptions that allow you to sign an apprenticeship contract after 30. Conditions and steps.

7 min read