bonjour à tous!! J'ai l'intention de partir au mois de mai pour la France avec l'organisme PVT et j'aimerais bien savoir si c'est facile de se trouver un emploi là-bas?Moi et mes amis désiront rester dans la région de Paris et ça nous inquiètes un peu de partir sans avoir aucun emploi et de le trouver sur place. Sur le site de l'organisme, ils nous disent que ça prend entre 5-7 jours se trouver un emploi mais ca reste quand même inquiètant!! Si il y a des personnes qui ont déjà fait l'expérience pvt France et bien j'aimerais ça avoir vos impressions et vos commentaires! Merci à l'avance bisou a tous!
Au travers ton message, je découvre ce que c'est que le PVT. Mais est-ce que dans ce cadre tu recevras une aide à la recherche d'emploi ?
Pour le délai qu'ils donnent 5 à 7 jours....je suis perplexe ! Tout dépend de ta formation de base, si tu as déjà un contact dans une entreprise ou pas....
Dans quoi souhaiteriez-vous travailler ?
Connais-tu l'ANPE ? www.anpe.fr (Agence Nationale Pour l'Emploi). Tu pourras trouver quelques offres d'emplois. Après il y a toujours la possibilité d'aller déposer des CV dans les agences d'intérim ou de postuler dans des entreprises directement si tu as un métier précis.
J'ai lue sur le site de PVT que sur place il y avait quelqu'un pour t'aider a te trouver un emploi.. c'est sûr que moi j'aimerais bien travailler dans un bistro ou un petit restaurant ou une petite boutique..Ce que je trouve bien c'est justement qu'on ne sois pas seul à notre arrivé là-bas, on est bien encadré et il nous aide à trouver un emploi un logement etc.. le cout pour un appartement à paris c'est environ combien? Moi aussi je reste assez perplexe face a trouver un emploi en 5jours mais bon.. je vais quand même essayer et merci pour le site c'est très intéressant! -xxx-
Salut
Ma copine est canadienne et arrive aussi le 1 mai depuis l'ile du prince Edouard, Ecoute pour le boulot tout depend de ou tu va t'installer. Paris c l'ideal pour trouver un travail sinon le Sud de la france est netement plus hot surtout l'été tu trouvera aussi. Pour ce qui est du reste a part Lyon et Toulouse c un peu mort quand meme c pas le canada ici.
Ensuite il y a les papiers a remplir, une fois que tu a un boulot il faut que tu t'inscrive a la DDTE pour avoir une autorisation de travail et la je n'y comprend plus rien, pôur lla securité sociale aussi c'est compliqué (bienvenu en france).
En tout cas je te donne mon adresse e mail si tu a des info concernant toutes ces choses je suis plus que preneneur parce que je ne sais pas comment ma copine va faire vu qu'elle est anglophone en plus.
Voila j'espee que je t'ai eclairé et si tu veu d'autre enseignement je pas de prob mon adresse c'est bautiste1@hotmail.com.
Pour repondre a ton message concerants tes inquietudes par rapport a l' etablissement en france dans le cadre du visa vacance travail en france, je vais vous raconter un tout petit peu ce que j'ai experimenté au cours de cette année 2008 a paris.
Ouverture de compte bancaire.
Et bein le premier souci etait l'ouverture d'un compte bancaire pour deposer mon cash, je me souvient que j' ai fait le tour des banque en recevant partout des refus, parceque j'ai un visa vacance travail d'une année et non pas une carte de séjours d'une année, autrement dit a la francaise je me suis fait cassé les dents. Le service a la clientelle dans les banque parisienne en general est pourri, ca n'a rien avoir avec le service a la clientelle a montreal. Heuereusement j'ai ouvert un compte bancaire a la poste, mais seulement apres l'autorisation d'un haut responsable a la poste qui a donnée la permission a la conseillere de m'ouvrir le compte.
ce qui me coute environ 50 euros par année (frais des assurances).
Cout des logement.
Moi personnellement je suis hébergé chez un membre de ma famille, mais j'avoue que les prix d'un appartement ce n'est meme pas la peine d'y penser car c'est trop cher que ce soit a paris ou bien en banlieue, la solution c'est de chercher un studio en banlieue entre 450 et 500 euros/mois
sans compter les charges. Ca serait plus agreable de contacter un ami ou quelqu un de la famille si c'est possible avant de venir a paris pour etre confortable.
Cout des transport en commun.
Et bein tout de dépend de combien de zones on veut avoir, Pour les gens qui habitent sur la ville de paris, la zone 1 et suffisante, et coute moins cher, cependant pour les gens qui habitent en banlieue et bien il faut prendre plus de zone ca va de 1 a 6 je crois, et plus en prend de zone plus c'est cher.
moi personellement j' habite en zone 3, don je prends zone 1 et 2 et 3 pour descendre a paris et ca me coute 70 euros et 80 cents.c'est trop cher par rapport a montreal.
La bouffe.
Et bien moi j' achetetout ce qui est fruits et legumes dans des marches public de gande surface style jean talent a montreal, c'est 10 fois moins chere que de faire ses commisions en magazin, pour ce qui est des autre produit alimentaire il y a des chaines de magazin qui sont moins cher partout en europe c'est lidlE et ED, ils offrents des produits de qualite a des prix raisonable.
Le plus important c'est le travail.
j'avoue que c'est 100 fois plus difficile de trouver un emploi en france avec un visa de meme qu'au canada, car les employeurs sont foutent de cet accord entre le canada et la france, meme ci cet accord et bien respecte au canada malheureusement ce n'est pas le cas en france.
des fois je pense meme que c'est un pays raciste vis a vis des etranger, j' ai depose mon cv sur monster pour un emploi dans mon domaine en informatique, c'est vrai qu'on m'appelle mais on me demande mon age ce qui est dsicriminatoire au canada et aussi si j ai un permis de travail.
Bof jusqu' a la j ai pas encore travailler une minute, pour ce qui est des petit boulots, j ai ete voir plusieurs magazin de grandes surfaces pour demander de l'emploi comme commis au plancher, malheureusement y'en a pas mal qui me demandent ma photo en plus de la lettre de motivation et le cv(carte sur table), j'avoue que j'ete choké la premiere fois car je n'ai pas l'habitude d'entendre ca a montreal.
ce que mes amis m'ont racconte c'est que en france il y a une penurie d'emploi, il y a 5 millions de personne sans emploi sur une population de 65 millions, alors imaginer ce que va etre la reaction d'un employeurs face a un etranger meme si il est en situation reguliere avec un visa travail.
j'ai pas encore perdu espoire de travailler durant les mois qui me restent pour cette année, mais pour ce qui est ma conclusion de la france pays de la discrimination, avec le cliché pays de la liberte egalite fraternite, je suis vraiment desole mais c'est un pays qui est tres en retard en matiere des droits de l'homme et du respect mutuel des autres nations, et l'acces democratique a l'emploi, il a beaucoup de travail a faire dans ce domaine.
si jamais vous avez besoins de d'autres informations ou de l'aide vous pouvez me contacter a mon adresse email: dyoussef10@hotmail.com
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