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Monday 26 September 2011

The Boss Has Escaped!: How a French Labor Protest Ritual Went South

When is the last time you heard the word "jailbreak" outside the context of hacking an iPhone, anyway?

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Saturday 5 February 2011

Less Paid Holidays in 2011?!? ACK!!!

vacation4.jpgIn an alarming calendrical conspiracy uncovered by Le Monde earlier this year, five of the 11 French national holidays will fall on a weekend in 2011...

...but the real question is this: How is that the world capital of institutionalized vacation hasn't stumbled onto the the idea of the observed holiday?

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Friday 5 March 2010

Working in France

Working in France can be complicated, even for French people. As foreigners, we are presented with an additional set of challenges; however, we also have certain advantages that we can use to level the playing field, or even tilt it a bit in our favor. In this post I will go over some basic attributes of the French workplace that may differ from what you are used to, and then mention a few ideas for finding gainful employment, even in a tight job market.

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