Got a European passport? Get paid to learn! French, Cooking, and many more!

Why spend your time and resources looking through expensive French schools when you can actually get paid to learn the language in France!
 This service is offered for young job seekers under 25.
If you are above 25 you are still be entitled for free French lessons.
  
When I went into the CIERES (website) center in Marseilles hoping to subscribe to their French lessons the last thing I expected was to be offered to get paid training.

After going to their center in Rue Montlieu they redirected me to the Mission Locale (website) and told me to ask for the Inscription ETAPS.

In the Mission Locale I found out that they offer a variety of training such as Plumbing, Cooking (and tourism), Math, PC orientation classes and much more!
And the best thing about it is they actually pay you to learn these professions!
The training are offered as aid for young job seekers. You will be paid anywhere between 300-650 Euro a month for training of 35/hrs a week. Depending if you have work experience.

Now it is not much but along with the CAF (rent assistance) it should be enough to live on while you learn the language and find a job.
For now I am still studying there and although the learning process is rather slow compared to professional institutes it is still a great deal!




Above 25?
Dont despair! you can still get free french lessons, If you are in Marseilles go check out the CIERES center in 15, Rue de Terrass.
If you want more information about free french lessons or training contact your local mairie (town hall) or Mission Locale.


This is information about the paid training in Marseilles but similar programs are offered all over France, I would appreciate any information about paid training anywhere else in France.

Rule 1: Be PREPARED! Always bring some papers to feed the ever hungry French system

Before you come to France!

French bureaucracy loves papers, any size color and detail.
So before moving to France (and afterwords) make sure you keep any (and I DO mean any) official paper you received since you were born.
These papers often depending on quantity rather then quality, and they will serve you for many reasons including but not limited for your: National Insurance, Unemployment benefits, paid training*, CAF (government aid for paying rent) or even getting the land-lord to rent you the flat.

I do mean every paper but I can give you some examples:
Birth certificate.
Payslips (all of them).
Work contracts.
Renting contracts.
Any kind of proof for unemployment benefits.
Your ID, Driving license, Passport. (Preferably at least two forms of Identification).
and your bank statement.

Trust me you will use most if not all of them.
For my social security number they even asked me to write the current date in the side of my birth certificate and send them a copy of it.

If your papers are in your native language note that you might need an official translation service. If you have a friend who is a lawyer it would be wise to consult with him for free.
Although in France there is assistance for translating papers from most languages and it should cost around 50 euros, I will post more details in the near future.

*Yes you can actually get paid to study French if you are under 26! I will post more details about it in the near future.
If you are above 26 you can still get free French lessons and certificates.
Paid training are not limited to French they also include a variety of practical professions such as cooking, plumbing, car mechanics courses, computer orientation classes and many more.

So here I am on my first blog post!

Ok... First of all welcome to my blog! You can complement yourself, you are the first and might even be last to look in my blog!

I am Mr. Chomage (that's misspelled french for unemployed) I am currently living in Marseille France, getting paid to learn french for some strange reason.

I was born in Israel. Almost two years ago I decided to move to London where I was squatting just a bit less then one year.
Then I went through a brief period of unemployement and slavery in Barcelona, Spain, and now here I am in Marseille, France. Dont ask me how I got here! The answer is sad and usual, I fell in love with some crazy French girl!

So I think in this blog I will post all sorts of stuff such as some vegiterian recipes funny stories. How I manage to survive in this country which eats on average 101KG of meat per capita (I will give you a hint: Cheese).
And just share all sorts of strange things this world has in-stranged upon me and sudden bursts of my personal twisted philosophy!
 

So... Boom!