Living and Working in France

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Living and Working in France

• Facts about France• Economy and job market• Working conditions• Looking for a job• Living in France• Before leaving your country

Living and working in France

Facts about France

France

Population: 64 million27 regions including the overseas departmentsFrance shares its borders with 6 countries : Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and Italy).Capital: Paris

Eu member: since the beginning(1957)Currency:EURO

Economy and job market

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Economy and job market

• The French labour market is mostly composed of over

2 million small and medium sized companies (PME-PMI)

• Most of our trade is done within EUROPE (66%)

• Germany is our first commercial partner

• With most of 80 million of tourists France is the most

visited country in the world.

900 000 people work in the tourism field

(4% of total employment)

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Economy and job market

Key sectors of French economy• IT• Tourism• Bank, Insurance• Retail• Aeronautics • Agri-Food Industry• Chemistry • Car Industry• Mechanical construction• Clothing Industry • Telecommunication

Agriculture 4 %

Industry20 %

Services 76 %

Economy and job market

Key figures in 2013:

• The unemployment rate is 10.5% but 24.5% for young people

• 1.6 million recruiting projects • 64% of labour needs are within the services sector• 36% of hiring forecast are the object of seasonal needs • 40% of recruiting projects considered difficult

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Labour market, recruiting sectors

Construction• Civil engineers, engineers, designers, manual workers (bricklayers, carpenters), some 30 000 positions are not filled.

Healthcare• - Public sector : doctors, nurses. Carers.

Tourism • Hotel and catering: cooks, waiting staff (waiters, chamber

Maids, receptionnists)(mostly seasonal needs, 400. 000 needs)

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Labour market, recruiting sectors

Hypermarkets• Sales persons, managers, directors and administrative staff.

IT • Analysts, developers, project leaders.

- Few opportunities if no IT qualifications.

Agriculture • Vineyard workers, fruit and vegetable pickers

(seasonal needs)

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Working Conditions

Working Conditions: types of contracts

CDI / Unfixed-term contract

Permanent contract with a probation period (1-3 months).

CDD / Fixed-term contract

Fixed-term contract (frequently used as a probation period). Normally it is renewable only once – maximum 18 months.

Part-time contracts (less common)

Temporary jobs (temping) – interim…

Freelance contract : not on a salary basis

Working Conditions

• The taxes (impôts) you will have to pay:

Income tax (impôt sur le revenu):Based on your netto salary amount, around 23% of it.It is not deducted from your salary (do not forget that point when you negociate your salary). You have to fill in a tax return every year

(déclaration de revenus).

Visit www.travail.gouv.fr

Working in France

Looking for a job

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Working conditions• Minimum Wage (SMIC) 2012: 9. 43 € gross/hour

1430.22 € gross/month • Legal working week: 35 H/week (151.67 H/month)

Average Wage in France : 2068 EUROS

Your employer must give you a written employment contract (contrat de travail)

and every month you will receive your pay slip (gross and netto salary appears)

(feuille/fiche/bulletin de paye)

Finding job adverts

• BY APPROACHING THE FOLLOWING BODIES :

– PÔLE EMPLOI (The French national employment agency)go to the website: www.pole-emploi.fr

– EURES (European Employment Services)The Eures consultants, attached to Pôle emploi in a network

dedicated to the international market, will direct you in your search on your arrival in France.

Go to the website: www.eures.europa.eu

– TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES (Adecco, Manpower, Hays…)

– RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

Finding job adverts

• BY CONSULTING:

– COMPANY WEBSITESCompanies often have a “Recruitment” area.

A search engine or a professional directory will enable you to find their internet address. You could also start your search from the following website: www.pagesjaunes.fr.

– THE PRINT MEDIAThe specialist press enables companies to recruit staff by publishing

their vacancies. You will find all the titles and their link on:www.press-directory.com.

Finding job adverts

• BY SEARCHING THE HIDDEN JOB MARKET

→ These are unpublished vacancies: employers will first

search among speculative applications that they have

received before advertising a job on the open market.

(it represents 60% of needs)

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Finding job adverts

National Public employment Service

It deals with placement, careers advice and allowance

www.pole-emploi.fr

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Finding job adverts

www.pole-emploi.fr

Finding job adverts• Services you can find through www.pole-emploi.fr

website:

- Look for job adverts (offres d’emploi) and apply online

(vacancies located in France and out of France)

- Set up an account and subscribe job adverts, that you

will receive automaticaly on your mobile phone or e-mail

address

Pole Emploi

Your registration in Pôle Emploi is possible if:

- Your are able to work

- You are available to work

- You are actively looking for work

- You live in France

For being registrered call 3949 (from France) or

333949177863949 (from your country)

Or you can do it through pole-emploi.fr

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Eures ServicesEURES (EURopean Employment Services) réseau des Services Publics de l‘emploi

des membres de l‘Espace Economique Européen

http:eures.europa.eu

Working in France

Applying for a job

Working in France: employers’ expectations

Your level in French is VERY important to get a job.

Close link between the Education/Diploma and the job.

Employers have little knowledge of foreign educational s

(Have a look on the website www.ciep.fr/enic-naricfr/ to find out if your diploma has an equivalence)

Graduated have a work experience called « stage » (= internship) which is frequently required by employers)

Working in France: some tips

• If the name of the employer is given in the job offer or if you send a speculative application:

→ Search for information on the employer in order to adapt your CV and your letter of application and to prepare for your interview.

→ Information to search for: sector of activity, total staff numbers, turnover, the

name of a specific contact (speculative application), market share, etc.

Where can you search for this information?

– On the internet by consulting the employers’ website and by using search engines.

– In the job applications directory: www.pagesjaunes.fr. 

– At the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in your country:www.uccife.org..

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Working in France

CV

One page , max 2 (it depends on yourExperience)5 rubrics:• Personal details• Personal profile• Work experience• Education• Additional information

• NO references

Mle Paule EMPLOI 13 rue Malherbe 76100 ROUEN Tel : 02 35 07 54 90 mail : melynda.barbier@hotmail.fr permis B, véhicule personnel

DOMAINES DE COMPETENCES

EXPERIENCE PROFESSIONNELLE

2008 Conseillère à l’emploi : POLE EMPLOI CADRES à Rouen 2007 (3 mois) Assistante gestion du personnel : MANPOWER à Eu 2006-2007 Assistante recrutement : SAMSIC INTERIM à Rouen 2006 (3 mois) Assistante gestion du personnel : SECURIFRANCE à Rouen 2004-2005 Assistante recrutement : RH FACILITIES à Mont Saint Aignan 2003-2004 (3 mois) Secrétaire : Auto-école «FORUM » à Rouen 2001-2003 Gestionnaire de santé : MUTUELLE GENERALE à Levallois FORMATION 2001 : DUT GEA (Gestion des Entreprises et des Administrations) 1999 : Baccalauréat STT ACC (Actions et Communications Commerciales) Connaissances informatiques : ANAEL, LEA, Connect, Outlook, Word, Excel, Internet. INFORMATIONS COMLEMENTAIRES

Titulaire de l’attestation de formation aux premiers secours Randonnée, voyages, décoration intérieure et jardinage

ASSISTANTE RESSOURCES HUMAINES

GESTION DU PERSONNEL

Diffusion d’offres (Pole Emploi, site internet agence, presse, écoles)

Sélection de CV Entretiens

Validation des connaissances et compétences (tests) Gestion des formations

Saisie et suivi des contrats de travail, saisie des paies Saisie et suivi des offres d’emploi

Saisie de DUE, attestation Assedic, solde de tout compte

GESTION COMMERCIALE

Visites clients Prospection téléphonique

Prise de commande des clients Propositions actives de candidatures

Conseils juridiques Facturation et relance Gestion de plannings

Gestion de tableaux de bord Accueil, standard, secrétariat courant

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Working in France

Cover LetterIn french1 pageWhy you write, what you can bring to the company (skills, ...)without repeating what is on the CVWhat you know about the company or at least in its sectorPropose to meet with the recruiter (interview)Handwritten letter not mandatory(But that may be required)Recipient identified

Working in France

• Your recruitment interview

A recruitment interview is often very formal.

Pay great attention to your look. It should be classic

and match the type of job you apply for.

The recruitment process can comprise

several interviews.

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Living in France

Living in France: the cost of living

= 1.10 euro= 1euro = 1.40 euros

= 10 euros

= 3.5 euros (at a café) = 1.50/liter

Living in France

• The cost of living will depend very much on the region in which you live.

Rooms/area Paris Paris suburbs Lille

35 m2 900 600 500

60 m2 1400 850 700

80m2 1700 1200 850

Living in France

The National Health Insurance is called CPAM

(Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie)

You must register to it if you work in France.

It covers sickness, maternity, accident, invalidity, death,

family benefit and retirement.

Having a private mutual insurance may be helpful: some employers pay a part of it

(deducted from your salary)

www.ameli.fr

Living and working in France

Before leaving

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Before leaving

• Check all that before leaving:

• ID, Driving license, Diplomas

• Form U2 : possibility to transfer your rights to France for a limited period of 3 or 6 months.

• An european Welfare Protection

• A French CV

• Refresh Your french

• Do you have an adress in France?

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Eures Network

Paris (tête de réseau)

Lyon

Chambéry

Strasbourg

Lille

Toulouse

Marseille

Nice

Nantes

Caen

Limoges

Metz

MontpellierPerpignan

Bordeaux

Rouen

Orléans

Dijon

Rennes

Clermont- Ferrand

92 eures advisors

Bayonne

Meythet

Guadeloupe

Martinique

Réunion

Ajaccio

Grenoble

Valence

Saint - Etienne

Saint-Genis Pouilly

Pontarlier

Hayange, St Avold, Longvy, Forbach, Verdun

Eures Network

Living and working in France

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