Are you on the hunt for a job in France? Mister Bilingue is here to tell you about all the best job fairs in Paris in 2020 for finding a job quickly in France!
It's not super easy to find a job in France, right?
Fortunately for you, there are a fair few job fairs that take place in France, especially in Paris! The French capital welcomes lots of recruiters to a number of jobs fairs every year, with thousands of vacancies to be filled all over the country!
If you're actively looking for a job in France, it's probably a good idea to go ahead and give this article a read, lovingly put together by Mister Bilingue to help you find out about the best job fairs in Paris in 2020!
Ready to find the job of your dreams in France for 2020? Press print on your CV and let's go!
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Do you wish you had better insight into economic developments? Looking for help in getting a job or starting a business? Wish you could understand how your field is evolving or how you yourself could evolve into another field?
If the answer to any of those questions is 'yes', we'll see you at the 6th edition of Paris' Work and Professional Mobility Fair! It takes place over two days at the Grande Halle de la Villette, from Thursday the 16th January to Friday the 17th January, 2020.
On the menu at this fair: more than 250 exhibitors/recruiters (including Apple, Monoprix, AXA, SNCF, etc.) and thirty conferences and workshops led by specialists from across various professional spheres.
Whether you're a recent graduate, a job seeker or even a senior manager, you'll be able to find the job you need here thanks to the different "villages" within the fair.
The villages are organized according to job profile and job expectations:
1) The "I'm looking for a job" village
2) The "I'm in training" village
3) The "I'm an entrepreneur" village
4) The "I'm on the move in France" village
5) The "The world is my oyster" village
6) The "The public sector is for me" village
Salon du Travail et la mobilité professionnelle Paris 2019
Good to know: entry to the fair is free, all you need to do is register online first!
Are you young? Are you on the cusp of embarking on new studies or discovering the world of work? Look no further, all the answers to your questions are here at the 2020 Student Fair!
Organized at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center, this fair takes place from Friday 31st January to Sunday 2nd February, 2020 (it takes place at other times during the year, too)!
Here you can swap ideas and gain valuable advice from training and recruitment experts. There are 35 trade fair conferences to attend, taking place in the form of round tables and workshops.
Some of the talks on the menu:
- Comms, advertising, marketing: which degree for which field?
- Building your own personal and professional project: choose your path, choose your university.
- Finding your bearings: the potential in your personality, your motivations and your educational background.
- Science, technology, industry: which degrees? Which fields?
- Which qualifications do I need to work in the IT/digital field?
All in all, there will be more than 600 exhibitors and training experts on hand to advise you on your journey as a student and young professional. You'll have the opportunity to meet officials from specialized universities, including important technology institutes, as well as professionals with a wealth of useful information concerning finding a job in a specific field (choice of degree, finding openings, starting a career, things like that).
What better way to kick off your hunt for the perfect job or study programme to complement your profile!
The 2019 fair saw 200 recruiters show up for more than 11,500 candidates. On the 21st January, 2020, from 10 AM to 6 PM, the Paris Youth Employment Fair 2020 will be back at the Grande Halle de la Villette!
With more than 300 employers turning up for the fair's 8th edition and almost 4,500 job offers on the table, this is a truly unmissable event for anyone aged between 18 and 30 and on the lookout for a job, an apprenticeship or even some advice.
Whatever your skill level, your education or your expectations, here you'll find both permanent and fixed-term contracts, work-study programmes and internship offers.
The recruiters at the fair represent a wide variety of sectors, whether it be banking, non-profit, energy, IT, marketing, communications, fashion, management, administration, or something else.
There will also be dedicated spaces for equal opportunities among those with disabilities, allowing everyone to find a job regardless of their personal situation.
Each year, nearly 2,000 people clinch a job contract at this fair, so don't forget to fill in the online application by the 10th January, and make sure to bring your CV along on D-Day!
Monday, 27th January, 2020: save the date because this is when the 51st edition of the Initialis Job Forum will take place at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris.
From 9 AM to 1 PM, you'll be able to chat and apply to around twenty companies recruiting new employees for a range of commercial and managerial positions. Ordinarily these are opportunities geared towards graduates and postgraduates, or young professionals with some experience in the job market.
You'll be able to find hundreds of positions across various sectors at this forum, from Sales Manager, Customer Advisor and Commercial Advisor to Manager, Consultant, Auditor, Account Manager, Client Manager, and many more!
To attend, all you have to do is register for free on the official page of the Initialis Job Forum to receive an official invitation.
If you won't be around for the 51st edition of the Initialis Job Forum, no fear, because it's a recurring event with several more dates already confirmed for 2020:
52nd edition: Monday, 18th May 2020
53rd edition: Tuesday, 23rd June, 2020
54th edition: Tuesday, 15th September, 2020
55th edition: Monday, 23rd November, 2020
You know what that means: no more excuses for missing out and not landing the job of your dreams!
Pôle Emploi is the main public body for finding a job in France.
Their dedicated website provides a space to register with online job fairs so that you can interview with companies without the need to travel up and down the country.
And it couldn't be simpler! All you need to do is create an account, search for the type of job or skills you're looking for and your desired place of work, and the site will display all the most relevant job fairs in progress or coming up.
Once you've found the right fair for you, then you can look at the participating stands and companies in detail, including their job offers. From there, you'll have the possibility to upload your CV in PDF or Word format for any of the job offers that seem to match your profile and ambitions.
The added plus: if you see a company that catches your eye, but they don't happen to be offering the job of your dreams right now, the platform allows you to submit your CV to them just in case.
If you don't have time to go to job fairs in person, this could be the perfect solution!
That's it! Now you have all the information you need to find and register for the right job fair to land the job of your dreams. Get informed, apply, persevere, and repeat until you get your hands on the holy grail: an interview for a position in a company that you love!
Haven't written the perfect CV yet? In that case, we recommend reading this handy article dedicated to writing the CV of your dreams!
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We hope you find this advice useful and we wish you the best of luck in your job search.
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