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The initial training and entry of young French people into the job market have a spatial dimension. Training and employment spatial systems can be defined as recruitment and placement areas, underpinned by the spatial trajectories of young people and a specific interplay between agents (the State, local government, students, families and employers). This interplay is itself related to space. The educational levels of the secondary matriculation certificate (baccalauréat) and the four-year university degree are used here to distinguish three types of training and employment spatial systems in France. Research by geographers and economists sheds light on the way these systems operate.