Jobs in France for fluent english speakers?

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katya

Depending on your age, you could do the language assistantship program offered by the French embassy (in US) and British Council (in UK). check it out at www.frenchculture.org (search assistantship) Here you will work 12 hours per week in a French school. They request a minimum of 2 semesters of university French. With your students you'll be speaking only English.

Otherwise scientific organizations are a good place to check. I work in one and while I am fluent in French, everything is English because it's an European institution. We have people from all over the world working there, and the common language is English. It's noted on job openings 'knowledge of the French language, while useful, is not necessary' I believe my employer even pays for French lessons for certain employees.

Also, anything European Union based will want English for sure (however, may require nationality in an EU country); Check Strasbourg or even Brussels (in Belgium I know...but they speak French there)

heinrich194510

Without being fluent in French there is no chance for getting a Job (exceptions do of course exist). You can only teach English in Private since other diplomas are seldom excepted.
there are government institutions offering French lessons for free or a minimal fee (Clissma and Greta). I guess in the cities you will find lower jobs without being fluent in French.
It is difficult in the country side or in smaller cities. I take classes in French for fun but I see many emigrants from all over Europe struggling to find jobs -any job- because of the lack of French. Good Luck. heinrich

xiberotar

If you're not a UE citizen, it will be very hard to find a job in France, even if you're fluent in English (wich is not very important in France).

Rillifane

Fluency in English is not, by itself, much of a qualification.

In a recent survey 12% of French adults said they were fluent in English and an additional 6% said they understood and spoke it well. A further 48% said they "more or less" understood English but did not speak it fluently. In other words, about 3 out of every 4 French adults speaks English.

Vladimir ILL

In places where fluent english is necessary, fluent french people suffice -

compared to many other countries, such as Eastern Europe, French, when they speak english, speak it perfectly - and they speak french otherwise - which enables them to make "the bridge" -

Moreover many anglophones are not welcome, being considedered their poor level in their own language - and their deep ignorance of french -

tempofinax

International website (select France as the country of choice):

www.monster.com

French sites:

www.anpe.fr www.apec.fr www.cadremploi.fr

There are (few) English and American companies which will recruit native English-speakers, but it will be difficult for you since they will want to interview you before recruitment and are probably not willing to fund your travel.

shan

yes, i want come to france
iam shan, now iam working theatre group(actor) in kerala

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