A fun and original job-dating event to recruit talent

On March 3, 2025, the agency Partnaire de Pontivy organized an unusual job-dating event for the company Altho, which specializes in the production of Brets crisps. Unlike traditional interviews, this time, no CV is required, but board games are used to evaluate candidates. An innovative and friendly approach that emphasizes soft skills rather than professional background.

Recruiting differently: people before the CV

The goal of this job-dating event is to recruit around twenty temporary workers for the potato chip production season, which runs from March to October-November. The positions to be filled include production operators, machine operators, and forklift drivers. By opting for a recruitment approach based on board games, Partnaire and Altho seek to discover talent from a different perspective. This method allows recruiters to assess behavioral and interpersonal skills, which are often more difficult to identify during a traditional interview.

A collaboration between Partnaire and Altho to support local employment

The event, organized in the premises of the France Travail agency in Pontivy, demonstrates the effective collaboration between Partnaire and France Travail to boost local employment. This partnership aims to connect a company seeking labor for its production season with motivated candidates, while offering a more human and less formal approach to recruitment.

Promoting human skills to recruit better

By focusing on interactions and how candidates perform in a playful setting, this method helps identify talent who possess the qualities needed to succeed in the workplace, such as cooperation, adaptability and stress management.

This recruitment process is becoming more widespread across the Group's agencies, both locally and nationally. Increasingly adopted, it helps standardize practices and ensure efficient candidate selection throughout France.