Hiring aid for professionalization contracts
Verified 09 July 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Hiring on a professional contract is subject to aid, the amount and nature of which depend on the employee recruited. This aid is subject to certain conditions for obtaining it. We explain the process to obtain them.
Warning
The hiring aid scheme under contract of professionalization of a young person of under 30 is deleted for contracts signed after April 30, 2024.
Companies concerned
Any employer who contributes to continuing vocational training.
Conditions
Any hiring of a jobseeker aged 26 and over on a professional contract, FIXED-TERM CONTRACT: titleContent or DTA: titleContent, is affected by that aid.
The person hired must not have been part of the company during the 6 months before the signing of the contract.
The position occupied must not have been the subject of an economic dismissal within the 6 months preceding the hiring.
Amount
The aid amounts to €2,000.
It is paid in 2 installments, provided that the contract is still in progress on the second date of payment.
Steps to get it
The request must be made on the site France Work Pro, in the 3 months which follow the start of the contract.
The following documents must be attached to the application:
- Copy of the professionalization contract (cerfa n° 12434) signed by the employer and the employee
- Proof of bank details.
Companies concerned
Any employer who contributes to continuing vocational training.
Conditions
Any hiring of a job seeker aged 45 and over on a professional contract, FIXED-TERM CONTRACT: titleContent or DTA: titleContent, is affected by that aid.
The person hired must not have been part of the company during the 6 months before the signing of the contract.
The position occupied must not have been the subject of an economic dismissal within the 6 months preceding the hiring.
Amount
The aid amounts to €2,000.
It is paid in 2 installments, provided that the contract is still in progress on the second date of payment.
Aid can reach €4,000 because it can be combined with the aid granted to jobseekers aged 26 and over.
Steps to get it
The request must be made on the site France Work Pro, in the 3 months which follow the start of the contract.
The following documents must be attached to the application:
- Copy of the professionalization contract (cerfa n° 12434) signed by the employer and the employee
- Proof of bank details.
An employer wishing to recruit a person with a disability on a professional contract may receive assistance if the contract is of a duration ofat least 6 months and of 24 hours per week minimum.
The aid may also be granted for a contract with a minimum duration of 10 hours per week, due to statutory or treaty waiver.
Its amount maximum is of €3,000.
The aid is proportional to the duration of the employment contract, but it starts from 6e month worked.
The request for assistance may be made in one of the following ways:
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Online
The application for financial assistance can be made online on the Agefiph website:
By mail
The request for assistance is made by filling out an intervention request form to be sent to theAgefiph: titleContent :
This aid may be cumulated with other aid.
It can be extended for one year if the employee repeats a class.
She is renewable in case of continuation of studies at higher level.
The Group of Employers for Integration and Qualification (GEIQ) who hires employees with integration difficulties on a professional contract can benefit from assistance.
To be able to benefit from it, the group can contact the Dreets: titleContent of the place of exercise:
The amount of this aid is €814 per accompanied employee and per full year.
The aid shall be paid as follows:
- 75% at the time of conclusion of the agreement signed with the Dreets: titleContent.
- 25% at the end of the agreement.
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