Youth of France look to Republic for work.
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Clement Vignault found his job at a toll station in France very dull, so he sent his C.V. to a recruitment company in Dublin in the hope of finding better work. Two month ago, Clement joined the ranks of young French workers leaving high unemployment rates behind to meet surging demand for labour in Ireland.
“I work in the customer service department at Maxtor in Bray and I’m very satisfied,” Clement says. “I have a good job, and many French colleagues in Dublin.
France’s brightest and best increasingly leave their homes in favour of greater employment opportunities in Ireland, Europe’s fastest growing economy.
While the debate (re. an open market economy) in France rages on, many of it’s educated youths have decided there is only one viable solution – to leave. Between 1991 and 2002, the number of French workers living in other parts of western Europe rose 47%, to 563,977 from 382,708, according to Insee, France’s national statistics agency. About 20,000 came to he Republic. Some are moving here with very little English but many of the positions available don’t require fluency, such as working in the multilingual department of a software firm. Most of the job seekers go to the IT sector, followed by accounting, customer service and sales.
However, most of the French people working here don’t plan to stay for good. Most good candidates manage to get transferred back to France.
Gabrielle Monaghan – Irish Times 05/05/2006 (Extract)
“I work in the customer service department at Maxtor in Bray and I’m very satisfied,” Clement says. “I have a good job, and many French colleagues in Dublin.
France’s brightest and best increasingly leave their homes in favour of greater employment opportunities in Ireland, Europe’s fastest growing economy.
While the debate (re. an open market economy) in France rages on, many of it’s educated youths have decided there is only one viable solution – to leave. Between 1991 and 2002, the number of French workers living in other parts of western Europe rose 47%, to 563,977 from 382,708, according to Insee, France’s national statistics agency. About 20,000 came to he Republic. Some are moving here with very little English but many of the positions available don’t require fluency, such as working in the multilingual department of a software firm. Most of the job seekers go to the IT sector, followed by accounting, customer service and sales.
However, most of the French people working here don’t plan to stay for good. Most good candidates manage to get transferred back to France.
Gabrielle Monaghan – Irish Times 05/05/2006 (Extract)
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