Our analysis of access to employment is based on mixed data. We first give a general trend with statistics from the INSERCH survey. We refocus on the specificities of the canton of Vaud and we illustrate and detail some mechanisms by interview data. Our quantitative database consists of 2,730 individuals graduating for primary and secondary education between 2005 and 2013,When the sociology of education meets the world of work: School-to-work transition and work in educational institutions in four institutions (HEP BEJUNE, HEP FR, HEP VD and HEP VS). Qualitative data were obtained from 45 graduates who we followed over a two-year period starting in 2013, years of their graduation.