Synopsis
An international career requires more than just the obvious CV translation. You are looking for work abroad? This pocket format guide tells you about CV writing, recruitment practice and management differences in France. An international team of researchers compiled all relevant information with regard to work permit, visa regulations, labour market insights and beyond. This guide also includes a few in-depth interviews with expatriates who are currently living in France. These interviews provide you with a more personal insight about working and living in France. Additionally, the guide contains a few self-assessment tests to help you check whether you are ready to work in a foreign country.Start your international career today with the help of expert advice built on experience of local professionals, expats and international human resources specialists.Looking for work in France is published as part of a series of Country Guides, featuring more than 40 countries
About the Author
Nannette Ripmeester is managing director of Expertise in Labour Mobility (ELM; www.labourmobility.com). ELM is specialised in customising solutions for international labour mobility. Since 1992, HR professionals build on ELM's strategic and in-depth knowledge when doing business in new markets. Nannette Ripmeester is a regular, invited speaker at a number of international conferences. She has written extensively on international job-hunting practices and living and working conditions abroad. With ELM she has published a series of 32 guides on "Looking for work in ..." focusing on cultural management issues and job hunting differences in over 40 countries. Ripmeester is an acknowledged trainer, who has developed training courses to enhance global corporate success. ELM assists companies and individuals (expats) working across borders and between cultures. The research into recruitment practices, labour migration, globalisation, cultural management differences, and living and working conditions abroad has improved the efficiency of a large number of organisations and helped to make international mobility work. ELM has a list of diverse clients including multinational companies (Philips, TNT, Royal Bank of Scotland), non-profit organisations (CSU, VSNU), and universities (Bocconi, Trinity College, Oxford Business School, TU Delft) and governmental organisations (CWI, European Patent Office, Family Office-Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Commission). The major strength of ELM is helping businesses and individuals to become an integral part of the global workplace. Furthermore, Nannette is a board member of the Amsterdam chapter of Executive Women International (EWI) foundation. She read "European Studies" at the University of Amsterdam, where she has written a thesis on the labour market demand for higher education in Europe.
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