With 4,000 people registered on the Chance platform in 2 months over the months of April and May, attendance doubled compared to the first two months of the year.
Ludovic de Gromard, CEO and co-founder of Chance:
“There are above all two types of populations that have been Lucky since the beginning of the crisis: those who are looking for meaning or social utility; but also, and this is new, people who are afraid of future economic layoffs and are therefore proactive to reorient themselves in other sectors.”
- 80% of users who registered during lockdown are currently in office,
- 50% have framework status,
- 1/3 have been in office for at least 10 years,
- Finally, the number of men using Chance increased by 10 points during the lockdown (30% of men).
The Chance course is 100% online, composed of 3 phases of reflection (introspection, exploration, project validation) combining 24 hours of self-coaching and 6 hours of video coaching to build an aligned professional choice. During the lockdown, we observed an almost doubled time devoted to introspection among our users, in particular with the “What holds you back” activity, aimed at making a first look at the “limiting beliefs” that prevent individuals from moving forward in life, the analysis of the personal and professional feedback that his entourage makes to each user, or the reflection on the ways in which the choices
This is the case of David, 34-year-old administrative and financial director in Lille, who plunged into Chance from the beginning of the lockdown. Associated with partial unemployment, this moment was an opportunity to refocus on himself, on his deep needs:
“Containment, in my opinion, was a huge opportunity. I was partially unemployed, teleworking, so I worked relatively little but I keep a healthy rhythm. So I am awake since I am waiting for work emails, and so in the meantime, I am actively thinking about the meaning I want to give to my life, and I dedicate 2 to 3 hours a week to Chance. When I do Luck, I get to the bottom of myself, I isolate myself and concentrate. This crisis must leave as a legacy the question of the common, the collective, and it is in this new model, with a new breath, that I want to participate.”
This crisis allowed David to rethink the notion of success:
“What has been re-sorted is the notion of success, social status, and even remuneration. I made the choice to be ready to sacrifice part of it if it is to win something else essential next door: to be proud of what I do. I’m not ashamed of my current job, I’m just not proud of it.”
As a result, its objective is to create its activity around transmission and teaching – a project being defined with Chance.
The global crisis, suspending certain jobs and highlighting professions useful to society, has sparked deep reflection among French workers: where to go to make a difference? If my job is at a standstill, how am I really useful? Will my job simply disappear?
Whether they have been teleworking or partially unemployed, now faced with a longer and precious time, the workers have been able to face questions that have been postponed for a long time about the meaning of their lives, and have been able to further correlate their needs for professional and personal development, the intimate sphere having been, because of confinement, that of work.
A Monster study via Yougov conducted from April 29 to May 1 also highlighted this need for meaning among French workers, which we observe every day at Chance: only 13% find meaning in their job, and 55% say they want more.
Chance’s user data shows a strong need for meaning and recognition
- 40.5% of our users have expressed no longer finding meaning in their profession,
- 39.8% do not feel recognized in their workplace,
- 35.1% said they were bored at work.
Balancing work and personal life: an increased need during confinement
During the lockdown, finally, half (49%) of Chance users said they did not have sufficient balance between their professional and personal lives and need more flexibility in this level, compared to a “normal time” average of 33.2% (an already considerable figure).
Ludovic de Gromard:
“The great specificity of Chance is PsyTech, which makes it the only pure player in online professional reconversion, where Psychology and Technology have been designed in a nested way to strengthen each other. At Chance, a job is defined by 4 pillars: Purpose + Profession + Work environment + Personal Imperatives. And so users can analyze all these points through a reflection that is both deep and pragmatic, leading them to a choice that really corresponds to them – whether it materializes through a complete reconversion with a change of profession, by a change of environment and/or purpose, or by the creation of an extra-professional activity that meets the needs of balance and utility.”
Source – Chance
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