A career in the horse worlds ? Under the sign of the mismatch between training and employment ; Faire carrière dans les mondes du cheval ? Sous le signe du désajustement entre la formation et l'emploi

Based on the observation that there is a unbalance between training and employment in the equine sector, which is perceived differently by different parties (employers, employees, trainers), the IFCE has started a broader understanding of the social, economic and training logics involved in the production of this situation. This thesis is part of a project to understand the characteristics of the careers of workers in the sector, whose branches are currently undergoing a process of reorganisation and which are experiencing quantitative difficulties (number of job offers greater than the number of candidates) and qualitative difficulties marked by an unbalance between the skills expected by employers and the profiles of the young people trained.From a sociological point of view, the notion of career is broadly understood. The term "refers to the factors on which mobility from one position to another depends, i.e. both the objective facts of the social structure and the changes in the individual's perspectives, motivations and desires" (Becker, 1985, p. 47). This is why we chose to approach it using a dual method consisting, on the one hand, of objectively establishing the characteristics of the workers' career paths through an analysis of 1,117 curricula vitae from a platform specialising in the recruitment of horse professionals (équi-ressources) and, on the other hand, of carrying out twelve interviews with those involved in employment (salaried workers, self-employed workers and employers) and training (trainers, liaison officers) in the horse world (racing, sport and leisure).Horse-related activities offer multiple contexts where animal passion, sports, leisure, breeding and development activities are interlinked. The boundaries between leisure and work are related to individual commitment, family and cultural proximity to the horse world. We thus attempt to account for careers through five questions that aim to identify the forms of careers in the horse world through the types of commitment, access to ...