Live & Work in France - Couverture souple

Hempshell, M.

 
9781854582843: Live & Work in France

Synopsis

This guide is designed for anyone interested in living or working, starting a business, retiring, or just buying a holiday home in France. It contains major sections devoted to permanent employment and careers in France. These include the types of job available, job hunting techniques, making applications, attending interviews, salary details, as well as a guide to major employers and French industry. It also features case histories and background information on the French way of life, including facts about entrance regulations, residence permits, buying a home, city and regional guides, and health and education systems.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Live & Work in France is the definitive book to living and working in France and is full of personal case histories from people who have made the move there. Giving essential information on French customs, laws and regulations and way of life, Live & Work in France offers expert advice on:

  • securing a residence permit
  • getting the best health care
  • making friends with the locals
  • opening the right bank account
  • finding your ideal home
  • obtaining a competitive mortgage
  • dealing with surveys and conveyancing
  • making the most of French culture


  • Set out to be easily accessible, each chapter of Live & Work in France guides you through the practicalities of a move to France, from setting up home to finding a job. In particular, Live & Work in France offers tips on renting accommodation in the major cities, especially Paris, with a city map showing its main residential areas and describing which areas are best for families, single people and students. The employment section of Live & Work in France also includes useful information on the skills and trades most in demand, permanent, seasonal and temporary work, salaries, French working hours and holidays, trade unions and contracts and how to start or buy your own business. Special features for the job-seeker include an indispensable regional employment guide and directories of major employers in France.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jack Sims is a translator and writer who spent the first six years of the noughties living and working in France, mostly in Paris but also in Montpellier and Bourges.

Victoria Pybus has lived and worked in Europe and has written over a dozen books on various subjects including living and working and retiring in various European countries, working in European and US ski resorts and adventure holidays. She has also written articles on living and working abroad for various magazines and travel articles for The Independent.

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