Evaluate professional development.

Summary Adult vocational training raises many expectations in terms of securing individual career paths and company competitiveness. But who should be trained first and how? Against a certain number of preconceived ideas, this book shows that the effects of training are not always positive. For example, training does not help people get out of unemployment any faster, nor does it significantly increase the wages of those who receive it. Yet it is possible to significantly improve the effectiveness of the colossal sums of money spent on training by systematically evaluating the latter and taking advantage of international experiences. In France, we are far from this, but however technical it may seem, the question of evaluation is crucial. It would allow us to reform our system so that only those providers who bring real added value to individuals and companies remain.