Once there I met with a couple of young, perky fonctionnaires and left the office with my all important registration number and yet another dossier crammed full of information to translate.
Almost every morning I dutifully log in to their website to see what jobs are available within a 50 kilometer radius of our village. You'll never guess what employment opportunity popped up on my search the other day...
a job as a shepherd.
For a second it looked intriguing.
Then I read the job requirements and they only wanted a shepherd with at least three years experience.
Guess that leaves me out of the running. Pin It
14 comments:
Hey, at least it's all the brebis you can eat...
Very funny. I was thinking the same thing that David said.
Mary had a little lamb... could be cute. I really think that you should consider becoming a fonctionnaire, I mean didn't you see on the news that there are more fonctionnaire employed in France than non-f's? Jobs galore! I'll bet that shepherd is one. Great benefits, no work required and a million vacation days a year! And you can never be fired!
You are one brave soul job-hunting in France!
Strange. Not the type of job I would have expected ever to surface at the ANPE.
Little Bo Peep! How adorable. Maybe you have other transferable skills/experience that could help you at least land an interview? :)
Loulou had a little lamb...
Srsly, are you sure you didn't also need a CAP or BEP or whatever the hell diploma to apply for the job?
Lol!
David and georgiegirl
Don't think that didn't cross my mind too!
Jamie
The whole thing is a bit daunting, especially since I've had so many kinds of jobs in different fields over the years and that isn't looked kindly upon here.
I would love to work in a Fromagerie! :)
spacedlaw
Me neither. And the job that followed it was for a tractor driver. lol
Polly
I think it was a live-in situation (as in, live in a stone hut in the mountains). I would miss my family too much. And my shower.
JChevais
There are currently 3 shepherd jobs offered in France. One of them does ask for NIV. 3 (BAC+2) Ecologie. :)
OH my goodness, you know I feel your pain! Of course I wasn't obliged to log into the site every day because I wasn't signed up with the ANPE, but I did anyway in order to get the jump on getting my CV in the right hands ASAP. The funniest one I saw on my search was a coach for American football. Too bad I don't know the rules perfectly... Good luck!!
Wow. Shepard, huh? In the positive column you'd get plenty of exercise!
bummer....the outfit look tres joli.
I don't envy your job search! Good luck and bon courage.
Vivi
A coach for football? How funny!
Thanks for the good wishes. Fingers crossed I'll find something soon.
Kathleen
I would need the exercise to work off all of the cheese calories I would ingest!
maria
Cute, isn't it?
Dedene
Merci!
lol wow! I am so intrigued by your blog... I love France but not Vogue's version... more like YOUR version! Real like stuff!
Blessings-
Amanda
Amanda
My life? Vogue? lol
The real France is not anything like the Vogue version. It is so much better!
Love your 2010 petit fours. Hope you have a Happy New Year!
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