how hard are jobs to get in france without speaking the
language.what type af jobs can one hope for?paticulary
interested in avignon.also
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I would not like to disturb your plans, but finding a job in
FRance whithout speaking french sounds like trying to swim
across the channel if you can't swim.
Jobs in France are pretty hazrd too find.
However, you can always count on your lucky star, and find
something interesting...Impossible n'est pas
FranĪais....
Good luck.
Actually it is not as impossible as it sounds. I have just
got back from five months in the Alps working for a british
holiday compny, working earlyish morning and in the evenings
and skiing all day. It is more difficult to get a similar
job without a British passport, though not impossible.
There were lots of Kiwis, South Africans and Aussies in the
resort I was in. Any british based holiday company is
likely to have at least some jobs in France, in the winter
or summer. Having said all this, you really end up in a
'little Britain', everyone being there for the chance to
spend all day on the mountain and get paid (very minimally)
for it, rather than to see France. Nevertheless, it was a
really fantastic way to spend a few months - hard work but
lots of fun, and a brilliant lifestyle
Specifics might be different in France, but I was an aupair
for 8 months in Germany (with an ENGLISH Speaking family!)
and I had AMPLE time to travel. It's easier for women than
men to find these jobs, but evidently there are some
families that prefer men. I don't know which you are.
Just make sure you find the right family for you. Talk to
them a LOT before you go.
A good FREE jobmatch service (where I found a family way
back in 1995) can be accessed at http://www.aupairs.co.uk
Yeah, but I'll bet it isn't so easy if you not only don't
speak French but don't have a EU passport. Questioner
doesn't say what his/her nationality is, but I find it odd
that someone would even want to live in a country that they
had not exhibited enough interest in to learn the language.
What's the point. The only fairly easy/legal way to do
this is to be educated and have a profession and work for a
company that has an office there, although even then they
usually want French speakers, even if not fluency.
Andersen Consulting, for example, has a huge office on the
Champs-Elysees. So do some large software companies (ie,
have offices in France, like SAS in Chapel Hill). Not much
going on in Avignon, it's largely centered on tourism, I
think, although they do have a university there that's good
in theater/film, I think, and they have an important
festival in July for that stuff.
not to try loud english, France is it. they are (rightly)
totally intolerant of anyone who will not try to speak
their language. they will put up with all sorts of
grammimmatical and accent boobs you make if you try. once
you try they will respect you immeasurably. some of the
rubbish i hear myself say is met by smiles, gentle
corrections and polite comments about what a good accent i
have.