Young people are less and less likely to take up training in a company. This means that there is a shortage of skilled workers and that the succession of at risk. This study aims to provide indications as to whether in-company training is still in the focus of young people at all. young people. To this end, historical situations of in-company training situations of young people's lives with a focus on socialisation in the socialisation in relation to the world of work. What social task does in-company training fulfil today? what task did it fulfil in the past? How do young people assess this task for their How do young people assess this task for their life today and what significance did it have in the past?