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Is working life better in London or Paris?

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:00:39 +0200

A new survey has pitted the working lives of Londoners and Parisians against each other.

French labour reforms not going deep enough, says IMF

Tue, 24 May 2016 17:51:58 +0200

France's economy is recovering too slowly to attack high unemployment, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday, urging the country to go beyond its already hotly contested job market reforms.

Six quick tips for finding a job in France in 2016

Fri, 22 Aug 2014 19:40:00 +0200

A new year... and a new job? We take a look back at some quick and easy tips from a French recruitment expert for how Anglos can land that dream job in 2016.

Religious conflict on rise in French workplaces

Fri, 24 Apr 2015 09:43:36 +0200

France may officially be a secular country but the question of religion in the workplace is becoming more and more significant and it is increasingly the source of conflicts in offices, a new survey has found.

It's another new record for France's jobless total

Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:35:21 +0100

There was more bad news on the job front for France on Tuesday as the latest official statistics showed that the jobless total continues to creep ever higher, setting new records in the process.

Seeking a permanent job in France? Think again

Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:39:00 +0100

We all knew that finding a permanent job in France was like winning the lottery, and new figures suggest that it's getting harder and harder with companies overwhelmingly preferring to hand out temporary contacts.

Working a ski season in France: Highs and lows

Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:50:00 +0100

Every winter tons of Anglos head to the French Alps to work the season at a ski resort and some veterans told The Local why you should -- and shouldn't -- spend a winter working on France's slopes.

French government's charm offensive hits US

Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:00:00 +0200

As part of an apparent charm offensive by the French government to convince the world it’s open for business, the country’s new economy minister told The New York Times that France needs to "shift its social model" but not become like the UK or the US.

France vows to get tough on job seekers

Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:28:00 +0200

The French labour minister has ordered a crackdown to root out those abusing unemployment benefits, after it emerged that hundreds of thousands of available jobs remain unfilled in France.

France told to enforce anonymous CVs law

Wed, 09 Jul 2014 20:00:00 +0200

France must begin enforcing its eight-year-old law that requires job applicants to use anonymous CVs after a decision on Wednesday by the country’s top administrative court. The law was intended to fight discrimination but had never been enforced.

Will France finally bring in anonymous CVs?

Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:05:00 +0200

A French law that would oblige job applicants to submit CVs anonymously to big firms seemed like an enlightened idea at the time. But eight years on it has still never been enforced, but it could be finally set to see the light of day.

Frenchman pins job hopes on crisp packet

Thu, 22 May 2014 18:56:00 +0200

An enterprising Frenchman seeking a job at British crisp-maker Tyrrells has come up with a novel way to ensure that his application doesn’t end up on the scrap heap (although it might end up in the waste bin) – by printing his CV on a crisp packet.

'49 CVs and cover letters, but still no job'

Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:26:00 +0100

As recent French grads hit the labour market they are finding out the hard way that it's tough out there. Some grads have to send out 50 CVs and cover letters before they land their first job, a new study showed.

'Eiffel Tower' nose surgery booms in China

Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:30:00 +0100

In a strange tribute to France's iconic monument, scores of Chinese graduates are paying for plastic surgery to make their noses resemble the Eiffel Tower. The move may sound like a wind-up but is the latest tactic to help jobseekers get their noses in front.

French deemed 'too lazy' for Swiss recruiters

Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:14:00 +0200

Swiss recruitment firms are shunning French candidates because they are deemed "too lazy" and "arrogant" and have a penchant for ringing in sick on Mondays and Fridays, according to reports in a Swiss newspaper this week.

French drug company to cut 900 jobs

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:37:00 +0200

French pharmaceutical group Sanofi said on Tuesday that it intends to shed 900 jobs in France by the end of 2015.

One in six French people lives in poverty

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:37:24 +0200

Over 11 million people in France - or more than one in six of the population, live in poverty and social exclusion, a report published on Friday claims. Poverty has increased sharply since 2004 and even some people in work earn so little that they are classed as poor.

'Burned out' man chains himself to job centre

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:31:00 +0100

A job centre worker chained himself up to protest against his working conditions on Thursday. The man is partially deaf and says his employers are not taking his handicap into account.

French job centre staff go on strike

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:51:00 +0100

Job centre employees are staging a walkout on Monday to protest working conditions and staff shortages as growing numbers of French people join queues in front of job centres.