Loved this! I went on chômage when I lost my job during the pandemic and I was staggered by the difference between France and the UK. Not just the money, which was insane, but the way I was treated. In France my adviser was telling me not to settle for anything less than XYZ and telling me my CV wasn’t giving me enough credit. In the UK I was asked if I was “good at things like counting and noticing things” (right after I’d told them about my Masters degree) and told I’d have to take whatever they found me so my job history wasn’t all that important.
Thank you for this. I appreciate your sense of humor when dealing with the admin of life in France! I had my first OFII appointment recently, so I’m new to it. And describing my B2 level as meager sounds pretty appropriate 😂
Loved this! I went on chômage when I lost my job during the pandemic and I was staggered by the difference between France and the UK. Not just the money, which was insane, but the way I was treated. In France my adviser was telling me not to settle for anything less than XYZ and telling me my CV wasn’t giving me enough credit. In the UK I was asked if I was “good at things like counting and noticing things” (right after I’d told them about my Masters degree) and told I’d have to take whatever they found me so my job history wasn’t all that important.
Thank you for this. I appreciate your sense of humor when dealing with the admin of life in France! I had my first OFII appointment recently, so I’m new to it. And describing my B2 level as meager sounds pretty appropriate 😂