France : Contacts and resources

Jobs and work

• Aidemploi - links to websites with job vacancies, including stages and seasonal work.
• AIESEC (Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) - provides an international exchange programme for students and recent graduates.
• APCE (Agence pour la Création d'Entreprises) - information on self-employment.
• Association Bernard Gregory - helps PhD holders find employment in France.
• Association pour l'Emploi des Cadres (APEC) (Managerial Staff Employment Association) - vacancies and job seeking advice for executives and young graduates.
• Association pour Faciliter l'Insertion Professionnelle des Jeunes Diplômés (AFIJ) - vacancies for young graduates.
• British Council - Language Assistants  - opportunity to work as a language assistant in France.
• Cadremploi
• CadresOnline  
• Capcampus - aimed at students and recent graduates and includes stage vacancies and student jobs.
• Centre d'Information et de Documentation Jeunesse (CIDJ) - provides information and advice to young people on issues such as job hunting and studying. Includes stage vacancies.
• Centre de Formalités des Entreprises - includes information on self-employment.
• Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris (CCIP)  
• Cyber Emploi Centre - includes links to a range of French job websites, including general vacancy and career-specific recruitment sites.
• Emploi.biz  
• L'Etudiant - includes job vacancies and placements for students and young graduates as well as job hunting advice and advice on career sectors.
• EURES - European Job Mobility Portal - includes job vacancies and a CV-posting service for jobseekers. Also includes information on living and working conditions and labour markets in France.
• Eurocamp - summer job vacancies.
• France Benevolat - searchable database of volunteering opportunities in France.
• Franco British Chamber of Commerce and Industry - includes a list of members by sector.
• French Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain  
• Le Guide des Entreprises qui Recrutent - includes stages and graduate job vacancies.
• Guide Presse - links to national and regional newspapers, magazines and the specialist press in France, many of which have either general or career-specific vacancies.
• IAESTE (International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience) - summer placements for science and engineering students.
• iAGORA - internships and temporary jobs.
• Infostages.com - work placement vacancies.
• International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (CIETT)  
• Kap'stages - search for an internship and post your CV (registration required).
• Kidon Media-Link - includes links to a range of French newspapers, including L'Express, Le Figaro, Le Monde. 
• Kompass France - search for French companies for speculative applications.
• Leonardo da Vinci Programme - organises vocational training exchanges and work placements.
• Les guides pour agir (Pole Emploi) - action guides produced by the Pôle Emploi on topics such as writing a good CV and covering letter and how to succeed at interview.
• Live and Work in France 
• Living and Working in France: Chez Vous en France 
• Monster (France)
• Pages Jaunes   - search for French companies for speculative applications.
• Pole Emploi (French national employment agency) - job vacancies and job-seeking advice.
• Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) - search the REC consultancy finder for lists of approved UK agencies and then contact the agency to see if they have jobs abroad.
• Rough Guides
• Le Rucher - includes vacancies and useful background information and general advice on finding a summer job.
• Societe.com  
• StepStone France  
• Summer Jobs Worldwide 
• Teaching English Abroad 
• UK National Europass Centre (UK NEC)   - information on how to make your skills and qualifications easily understood in other European countries, including France.
• Volunteer Abroad - lists organisations recruiting volunteers to work on projects across France.
• Wikipedia - List of Companies in France  
• WorldWide Volunteering (WWV) - searchable database of volunteering opportunities in a range of countries, including France.
• Your Gap Year 
• Youth in Action - programme that includes the European Voluntary Service (voluntary work for young people in social, cultural and environmental fields).

Study

• Campus France - information on studying in France, including courses.
• CNOUS - information on student life, including information such as budgeting for overseas students.
• ENIC-NARIC - a network of national centres that aims to improve academic recognition of diplomas and periods of study in European Union (EU) member states.
• ENIC-NARIC France - information on how to obtain a certificate of recognition of your level of study.
• Erasmus - study abroad in range of countries, including France, during your degree.
• Eurotalk Interactive - French language self-study and distance learning courses.
• Key Languages - French language self-study and distance learning courses.
• Learndirect - search their online database of courses for French language courses.
• Open University (OU) - French language self-study and distance learning courses.
• Top Universities - search for the top French universities.

Embassies

• British Embassy France  
• French Embassy  
• French Embassy Ireland  

Government websites

• For the Promotion of Economic Migration  
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)  
• French Ministry of Education  
• HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
• Ministère des Affaires Etrangères (French Foreign Ministry)  
• Ministère de l’Immigration, de l’Intégration, de l’Identité Nationale et du Développement Solidaire  
• Office Français de l’Immigration et de l’Intégration (OFII)  
• Service-Public - official gateway to the French civil service

Reference

• BBC Country Profile - France
• BBC Timeline: France  
• BBC Weather Country Guides: France  
• Eurostat - includes information on current unemployment rates in France.
• France Accountants - includes information on tax rates in France.
• SOS help  
• The World Factbook  
• XE Universal Currency Converter