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Can foreign students have paid part time work in France?

Students often find part-time jobs to help cover cost of living

French vegetable gardens offer fresh job prospects

The Restos du Cœur charity is known for distributing food to people in need in France, it also runs a network of community gardens

The jobs that French employers have the hardest time filling

Some posts are so difficult to fill that employers have been lowering their recruitment standards

European Space Agency launches search for next Thomas Pesquet

Applications open for the next generation of astronauts as well as people with disabilities to be 'parastronaut' pioneers

Thousands of ‘posted worker’ ski jobs in France lost

Job cuts of almost a third (30%) linked to Brexit are shown in a survey of independent UK travel businesses which send Britons to seasonal postings in EU countries, such as France.

Making sense of post-baccalauréat options in France

July 7 is the date when final-year lycée students will know whether they have passed their baccalauréat – and for many this will finalise a place for further study.

France Covid recovery: Summer jobs paying well, but are rare

Companies in France are starting to recruit for summer jobs as the country continues to reopen - with some positions reportedly paying as much as €3,500 gross per month - but offers are still few and far between.

Health workers: "Don’t give us medals, just better pay!"

Health workers took to the streets at the end of lockdown to remind the government of its promises of better pay and conditions after months of work on the front line against Covid-19.

All post offices open in France this summer

France’s 7,700 post offices will stay open this summer, with an additional 200 seasonal service points, creating 2,000 seasonal jobs.

Post-Covid-19: the future of health services in France

An ‘urgent’ two-month consultation into the future of health services in France in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic has been launched.

Public letter writers for hire still have a role

Letter-writing is a job that no longer exists in the UK but there are more than 1,000 écrivains publics in the Pages Jaunes directory.

‘2,000 jobs at risk’ at private beaches

Strict interpretation of 2006 decree forcing private beaches to reduce in size

More jobs created in France in first months of 2019

Job creation accelerated in the first quarter of 2019 with 93,800 new jobs, mostly in industry and construction, state statistics agency Insee reports.

160,000 jobs need filling in France

The property sector is struggling to recruit – with around 160,000 jobs on offer.

New job offers in France 'highest in 10 years'

Employers expect to create more than 2.5million new jobs in 2019, many on long-term contracts

French President defends ‘cross the street’ job quip

French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his comments about how people can “just cross the street to get a job”, when questioned by a father whose son has been looking for work for nine months.

Accidental off-gridders enjoying life in France

Losing their jobs in France turned out to have a happy ending for Dutch couple Fred and Marijke Andriessen, who have since lived off-grid for nearly two decades.

43,000 extra claim dole due to Gilets Jaunes' protests

Employees forced to claim additional benefits after working hours slashed due to protests

Many jobs in France unfilled due to lack of skills

Many sectors are struggling to recruit even though 3.4million are unemployed in France.

French ex-surfer turns hemp farmer

Retired professional surfer Vincent Lartizien has relaunched professional hemp growing in France. He now has 40 bio-farmers producing the crop while he develops factories to process it.

EasyJet and Ryanair expand in France

Ryanair and EasyJet are opening new French bases and routes, including to Dublin and Manchester, creating hundreds of jobs.

‘Each window is a creation’

Jane Hanks meets a window dresser whose job is to tempt you into shops this festive season

French job agency panned for TV-type interview contest

French employment agency Pôle Emploi has been criticised after footage emerged of it asking job-seekers to take part in a reality TV-style contest instead of traditional job interviews.

Many jobs vacant in France despite high unemployment

Over 150,000 jobs in France remain vacant, despite an unemployment rate of 8.7% nationally, the employment minister has said.

SNCF signs ‘biggest ever TGV order in France’ for €3bn

Train company SNCF has ordered 100 new and modern TGV trains from French manufacturer Alstom, to the value of three billion euros, in what has been called the “biggest order of TGVs ever in France”.

Carpenters needed for 10,000 vacancies

Jobless fall costs jobs

‘Work together’ motto helps town reduce jobless

A rural town of just 15,000 residents is defying the odds by having almost full employment – with signs all along its streets offering work

Unemployment drops in France, yet issues remain

The number of unemployed people in France dipped dramatically in September this year, in its biggest drop since 2001, yet unemployment statistics remain problematic.

Marks & Spencer to close last French store

Favourite British brand Marks & Spencer is to close its very last store in Paris, six years after the company’s hailed return to the capital.

Occasional work has its own form of CDD

I had thought there were only two main types of work contracts, CDD (temporary) and CDI (permanent) in France but I have now heard of a CDD d’usage which could be useful for me as an event coordinator in need of occasional help. Can you tell me more? F.G.

Pay what you can afford at the garage for jobless

Staff are unemployed or homeless and they get a chance of training for a new life

Feng Shui: the home is like a jigsaw puzzle

In our occasional series looking at different jobs, Vanessa Boren , in Paris, tells Gillian Harvey about interior design and running her own Feng Shui school.