Individual operational preparation for employment enables a jobseeker or an employee recruited under a fixed-term or open-ended contract concluded in application of article L. 5134-19-1, or under a fixed-term contract concluded in application of article L. 1242-3 with an employer covered by article L. 5132-4 to benefit from the training needed to acquire the skills required to take up a job corresponding to an offer made by a company to Pôle emploi. The job offer is located in the preferred geographical area defined by the jobseeker’s personalised project for access to employment. At the end of the training, which is provided before the job seeker joins the company, the employment contract that may be signed by the employer and the job seeker is an open-ended contract, a professionalisation contract of at least twelve months’ duration, an apprenticeship contract or a fixed-term contract of at least twelve months’ duration.