MANY young people look to spend a working summer in France, so if you are one of them then now is the time to get on with your job search.
The official job centre website, Pôle Emploi, provides listings of positions available, and lets you create an account to track your applications.
Via the page linked to above you can begin your search by choosing a département, or a region, and as you scroll down the page you’ll see the keyword ‘jobsete’ or summer jobs has been pre-populated.
IT is not often you get to see a yoga teacher in the same room as a carpet fitter, or staff members from a national bank rubbing shoulders with the chef of an Indian restaurant.
THE chance to leave behind the daily commute and being able to work from your desk looking out over rolling French fields appeals to many.
With regular flights, high-speed internet access and a change of attitude amongst some companies towards working from home, many people are able to take up the opportunity to work from France, with occasional visits back to the UK.
Here journalist, Nick Clayton, who wrote The Guardian Guide to Working Abroad, offers some advice and tips should you want to work from a desk in the sun.
A STUDY of the economic impact of Bergerac Airport found that 95 per cent of people passing through the facilities were from the UK.
The research by the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de la Dordogne (CCID), who have responsibility for the airport, also found that one in five passengers lived in the region, covering the Dordogne, Lot et Garonne, Charente and the Lot.
IN many ways, Mohammed Diallo is the face of Caucriauville, writes Zach Spittler.
As a member of staff at a municipal pool in Le Havre, he greets all soon-to-be swimmers with a calm smile and a pleasant charm.
And as an African immigrant living in a particularly notorious French banlieue, his story turns out to be strikingly similar to those living around him.
Mohammed Diallo has only been in Caucriauville since 2005, when he followed his wife back to her home town of Le Havre.
ARE you tempted to tell the boss to keep his job, hand back the commuter season ticket, chuck all your suits in a bag for the charity shop and do something a little less stressful in France?
All well and good, but what’s the reality of taking such drastic action?
If you long to downshift abroad, it’s a good idea to look at the broader implications of this radical change and try to ensure you are not one of many who head back to the UK, with their tail between their legs, because it all went horribly wrong.
UNFORTUNATELY one of the reasons people struggle in France is because finding work can prove very difficult, even if you have strong language skills and experience.
A real problem is that the jobs that are available are usually scattered around between different government institutions so there is no central spot where you can discover more.
A NEW website has been launched in France to aid disabled people in finding employment.
Handicap-Job.com has been launched by Fabien Maurice, assisted by Céline Maurice, as an initiative to bring together employers and future employees. Businesses with 20 or more employees are expected to have at least six per cent of disabled people amongst their labour force.
THERE was a survey a few years ago that found many young French people wanted a job within the civil service because of the job security it offered.
This, alongside the work hours, generous holiday entitlement and assured pension upon retirement shows why working for l’Etat is so popular.
RELYING on just the income from a gîte can be a risky proposition, so people will often look at other options to ensure the money keeps flowing.
Here Tony Scott outlines the steps he took to register to sell fishing tackle at markets in the Haute-Vienne region.
