Starting a New Life in France as Americans | Moving to Greater Paris, New Jobs, Apartment Hunt

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  • Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
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    🤭 We’re back, and we have exciting news! You’ve probably been wondering what we’ve been up to for the past few weeks as Americans living in France, and in today’s video, all will be revealed! After we graduated from our master’s degrees at the Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne last fall, we upgraded our student residence permits to job seeker/new business creator residence permits and began looking for full-time jobs in France. We are so excited to say that we have both found work in France and are officially young professionals beginning our careers abroad! For this reason, we have also said goodbye to our beloved Reims and moved to a mid-size city in the southern suburbs of Paris called Palaiseau. Follow along as we pack up our things, move from Reims to Palaiseau, hang out in Paris, apartment hunt in Île-de-France, and more. Would you ever consider working abroad? Have questions about how we got jobs as Americans in France? Let us know in a comment, and as always, don’t forget to like the video and subscribe to our channel!
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  • @StephanieHughesDesign
    @StephanieHughesDesign Рік тому +2

    Je te souhaite tout le meilleur expérience à Paris. Amour pour Stéphanie.

  • @keamogetswetabile3333
    @keamogetswetabile3333 Рік тому +2

    Hi! I am so glad that you guys have had such progress in France. I remember watching your content when I was prepping to work as an assistant de langue, your videos were a saving grace. Glad to see you are thriving🌷

    • @the_francofile
      @the_francofile  Рік тому

      This is so kind, thank you so much! Sometimes our TAPIF days feel like yesterday, and sometimes they feel like ages ago! Glad to have you here. 🫶🏻🫶🏾

  • @sacroyalty
    @sacroyalty 11 місяців тому +1

    Congrats on the new adventure, and completing a master's in another country!
    Thanks for sharing.

  •  Рік тому +2

    Félicitations !! I’m glad you were both able to find jobs that suit you and able to stay in France ^^

  • @bonjourwinnipeg
    @bonjourwinnipeg Рік тому

    I really enjoyed this video! It has the perfect mix of nostalgia and excitement. Congrats for the new jobs!

  • @jean-philippeplanas9682
    @jean-philippeplanas9682 Рік тому +3

    Congratulations to both of you for having found jobs that suit you. I believe you'll miss the provincial atmosphere and relaxed life of Reims. Life in the Paris area is more stressful and demanding. In addition the prices for everything are also quite higher. Hope you soon find a convenient home to settle for some time in Palaiseau. Beware it is forecast a lot of strikes, specially in trains, RER, Metro and Buses as of next week, due to negociations in progress (or in lack of progress!) about changes to come in retirement plans.

    • @the_francofile
      @the_francofile  Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much! Funnily enough, since Palaiseau is quite a bit smaller than Reims, it feels like we moved farther away from Paris when, in reality, we moved closer! Reims will always hold a special place in our hearts. Thanks for the heads up about the strikes and for watching our video! 😁

  • @designerboy420
    @designerboy420 Рік тому

    Congratulations!!! 🎊🍾 I wish y’all the best in your new city and that you start this new chapter with ease. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

    • @the_francofile
      @the_francofile  Рік тому +1

      Thank you for the well wishes! 🫶🏾🫶🏻

  • @QVPTV
    @QVPTV Рік тому

    So my wife is native of Paris, we are moving back to Paris in mid July or so it was dope to see a recent 2023 video of a couple living in France. We are also bringing my car and a whole house lol

    • @the_francofile
      @the_francofile  Рік тому

      Wow, sounds like an adventure! Wishing you the best of luck for your Parisian move. 😎🇫🇷

  • @ramelep
    @ramelep Рік тому +2

    You guys are such a beautiful couple

    • @the_francofile
      @the_francofile  Рік тому

      How nice of you, thanks a lot! 🤗👩🏻‍🤝‍👨🏾

  • @НастяХин
    @НастяХин Рік тому

    Could you share more about finding / transitioning business careers of seasoned American professionals to the French market? The language is going to be a challenge. But what’s the experience of those not speaking French. Congrats on getting jobs!!!!

    • @the_francofile
      @the_francofile  Рік тому +2

      Hello. Thank you! Since we more or less started our careers on the French market, we don't have much insight on what transitioning to it is like. We would say that not speaking the language would be a detriment to anyone's chances of successfully undertaking any professional venture in this country. From what we have seen online, people who successfully transition to working in France after being further along in a career that they started in the States typically have highly in-demand, industry-specific skills, start their own business, or get transferred to the French office of their American company for a specific project/assignment. We hope that helps a little bit. Good luck!

    • @НастяХин
      @НастяХин Рік тому +1

      @@the_francofile this is very helpful. Thank you for replying ;)

  • @dmiller2055
    @dmiller2055 7 місяців тому

    Just found you guys love your channel!!!

    • @the_francofile
      @the_francofile  7 місяців тому

      Thanks for watching! 🫶🏻🫶🏾

  • @TreenaBeena
    @TreenaBeena Рік тому

    This is awesome. Congratulations! I am extraordinarily proud and inspired by you both. May la vie francilienne and your new jobs treat you both well! ❤

  • @susankimmel
    @susankimmel Рік тому

    Congrats sweet friends!! Shep and i kept looking for the tower in the paris bits haha So exciting to watch y'all walk through all this! Best of luck on securing an apartment! Much love from TX!!

    • @the_francofile
      @the_francofile  Рік тому

      Thank you! Rest assured that there will be more Paris content in the future, especially since we live so much closer now! 💓

  • @willglasco
    @willglasco Рік тому

    Many congrats on your new jobs! It’s been so cool to see how life progresses for you in France. Jalen- you should find the local skate park in your new city and do another skate video!

    • @the_francofile
      @the_francofile  Рік тому +1

      Thanks for watching and following along, Will! I’ll definitely be a little rusty, but I do plan on skating again. I just have to get some new skate shoes now!

  • @nadia.lewis.
    @nadia.lewis. Рік тому

    Congratulations! :D

  • @ogechukwuegwuatu4214
    @ogechukwuegwuatu4214 Рік тому

    Congratulations.🎊 I'm really glad to see you're living your dream. Your content have been really helpful.

  • @solomerebeccanabaggala9271
    @solomerebeccanabaggala9271 Рік тому

    Felicitations. C'est incroyable. You are such an inspiration. I recently started following you on youtube and website. I wish you all the best.

    • @the_francofile
      @the_francofile  Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much! We hope you enjoy keeping up with us here and on the blog. 🙌🏻🙌🏾

  • @hudaneymer2254
    @hudaneymer2254 Рік тому

    Congratulations, I met you in university a couple of months ago, good luck with your life new there

  • @EiaWea
    @EiaWea Рік тому

    I loved this video!! Keep them coming! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @simonwong2346
    @simonwong2346 Рік тому

    Congratulations! 🎊

  • @TheTeachingCouple
    @TheTeachingCouple Рік тому

    Congratulations to both of you 🎊☺

  • @dominiquesusini4634
    @dominiquesusini4634 Рік тому

    Bravo à tous les deux et bonne chance dans cette nouvelle aventure.

  • @Pazu84Vaucluse
    @Pazu84Vaucluse 5 місяців тому

    ton français à l'air excellent avec le bon ton et accent

  • @erykahhoney588
    @erykahhoney588 Рік тому

    Congratulations. Please share how you found jobs. I am looking to move abroad.
    Thank you

    • @the_francofile
      @the_francofile  Рік тому +1

      It looks like you already found our related video, but we’ll link it here in case it can help someone else reading the comments: ua-cam.com/video/qs62cpcauMQ/v-deo.html
      We also have many useful blog posts about the process. You can start with this one: thefrancofile.net/how-to-get-a-full-time-job-in-france-after-your-studies-as-an-american/
      Good luck! 🙂

    • @erykahhoney588
      @erykahhoney588 Рік тому

      @@the_francofile thank you again 💚

  • @Pazu84Vaucluse
    @Pazu84Vaucluse 5 місяців тому

    yay mexican finally! lol