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France: Language requirements
The ability to speak French is essential in most organisations in France.
Use the L'Etudiant guides for help with CV format and for job vacancies.
ANPE is the French equivalent of the UK Employment Service or Jobcentre.
The Jobcentre Plus website allows you to search for vacancies by type of job and location eg France.
French newspapers on the web can be a useful source of vacancy information:
L'Express Le Figaro Le Monde Le Point Check out Kidon Media for links to different French newspapers.
Careers service provision is not uniform within higher education in France.

Public employment services
European Union EU nationals may use its services on the same basis as French nationals.
It publishes a job magazine Courrier Cadre and all the jobs are on its website.

EURES European Employment Services Network website also contains a database with some vacancies in France.
Check the ESTIA Project website for links to various national and regional public employment service websites.
A period of work experience or 'stage' is a well established feature of graduate employment in France. Infostages.com - site dealing with stages French - from the Centre d'Information et de Documentation Jeunesse CIDJ;
You could also use French business directories like Bottin, L'Annuaire des entreprises and Kompass France.
AIESEC, Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales;
ANPE French job centres - search for emploi saisonnier in the jobs section;
Your university careers service - many services get summer jobs from organisations like Eurocamp;
UK based multinationals advertising European placements - check your university careers service vacation placement lists;
General vacation work sources eg Summer Jobs Abroad and the WorldWide Volunteering WWV database.
General information Several schools have devised specific schemes for non-French students.

Annuaire des formations doctorales et des unites de recherche - directory of DEA opportunities and research centres.
Atlas du superieur - vocational courses database French at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
EduFrance - a French government site aimed at international students wanting to study in France.
It includes information on French language courses and summer schools, searchable databases of courses particularly suitable for non-French students and is available in English.
Egide - another study in France site, more geared to vocational courses.
It includes useful background information including a comparison of UK and French education systems.
There are links to French higher education institutions, including the grandes ecoles etc, on the 'Enseignement Superieur' pages of the Education.fr website.
Universities Worldwide provides links to French university websites too.
Combining part-time work and study is very common.
The CNOUS website contains general information on finance for non-French students.

Irish students should consult the French Embassy Ireland website.
EEA nationals working in France have the same rights as French nationals with regard to pay, working conditions, access to housing and trade union membership.
You should contact the French Embassy in your country to see if any restrictions apply. (Permalink)