Zar'Ac: when Zara reintegration
March 19, 2010
Here are the Zar'AC! The famous chain of ready-to-wear has launched its own academy, two years ago exactly. But its residents do not claim to glory. Just a job. A sales especially desired that all candidates are skinned life. "We take only the most distressed and more motivated," says the director of Zara France, Jean-Jacques Salaun. Young people in check, school staff, in emergencies. Those that nobody picks up. At each session, they are fifteen: Afghan deportees from Calais, children beleaguered city, young women in the street. "We even took a Zairian arrived barefoot in France," recalls Jean-Jacques Salaun. All sent by the local mission. From the day they are chosen, they are paid the minimum wage. The Zar'Ac begins.
"We share together a fortnight in a hotel in Seine et Marne, away from friends, all in an undisclosed location," Sophie tells Timothy, who is organizing this training outside standard. The 10 young people are taught theater. "It makes us aware of our emotions. We understand better, "said Aminata, 24, previously mute. "It prohibits swearing, verbal aggression," says the organizer. The language slowly subsides. The "talk suburbs" also disappears in a professional situation. "They are taught to obey the rules." To meet schedules and decisions, even those considered arbitrary, as the absence of coca-cola for breakfast which was more of a rebel! It explains that "everything is not negotiable," says Sophie Bouland.
Initially, shows Frederick Casset, France champion pastry and frequent speaker, "we attended the fights. It was lively.Since the sessions are over lapped. If discipline is important, especially this course claims to teach them that success is possible "through hard work, passion," says the baker, the conviction of one who has traveled this path there. Raymond Domenech has also carry the good word, that "a man who was hung, retain young cheap payday advance . While Colonel Bruno Louissert them about the command. What establishes the authority of a chief and such "attention to his troops." In each session, he returned "moved", happy to "save perhaps one."
In terms of integration, it is rare to get such a success
For these young people return from far. This morning appointment is made with vendors formed during the last session this winter. "I was desperate when I went to the interview.I could not believe it, "begins Fatoumata, slender and elegant. At 21, his life has more thorns than roses. Mother of a baby, a refugee in a slum hotel which costs 1,400 euros per month, it is just the head. "I dream of stability: find out where I work, where I live." Sania, she has regained confidence after months of experiencing home. As for the Afghan Khaled, he now speaks French, has a residence permit and advance the smiles to her new life.
When these recruits a new kind arrived in stores Zara, some sellers were offended by the special way they had arranged. As if they were privileged in a world where wages are low. But this mistrust is gone. While over 40% eventually drop out, sometimes brutally, as the young who would go head radius, caught stealing."After everything the way it did, I had to dismiss" laments still the CEO, which has increased the social monitoring of these young people. "Overall, this experience is quite blufi" concedes it to FP, which was associated with this transaction. "Because in terms of integration, it is rare to get such a success." Zara has spent 200 000 once the state aid deducted for the hiring of 34 youth. "This remains a working craftsman, recognizes the Director General Jean-Jacques Salaun, but this shows it's possible."
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