Our Professional Support Services are designed to help you find suitable employment in France and/or accomplish the formalities to make your employment possible

The services include, but are not limited to:

• Assessing whether the client's profession is subject to different regulations in France than it is in the US

• Assisting in obtaining the license needed to practice the profession in France, when appropriate

• Obtaining official recognition of the client's educational credentials by the French authorities

• Translating the client's résumé and writing cover letters in a way that is sensitive to French professional and cultural protocol

• Researching whether the scope and expectations of the client's profession are the same in France as they are in the US

• Providing cultural information specific to the person's professional goals

• Helping to identify alternative, non-traditional professional options

• Helping to identify self-employment options, and assisting in getting a business license and writing advertising material

• Helping with the formalities required by the French government, such as getting the proper authorization from the French Ministry of Labor and getting a carte de sejour, including the new carte de sejour compétences et talents

 

Our Children's Schooling Support Services are designed to help find the most satisfactory educational situation for the family's children while in France or the U.S.

The services include, but are not limited to:

• Giving an overview of the school systems in France or in the U.S.

• Reviewing the differences in academic expectations between schools in France and those in the U.S., for each grade level

• Explaining requirements associated with home schooling

• Finding and helping assess specific schools, such as international schools, schools for gifted children, or schools that cater to different learning styles

• Explaining how the French or American school system handles children with disabilities, such as Asperger Syndrome or ADHD, and finding alternative resources as needed

• Being an advocate, as appropriate, for any need that is not met by the school

• Reviewing, with both parents and children, major cultural differences between France and the US as they apply to schooling, particularly in regards to issues such as authority, nurturing of children or communication styles with parents    

 

Our French and American intercultural training/consulting includes, but is not limited to:

• Cultural Awareness Seminars given to groups as part of pre-departure briefing, emphasizing some of the key differences between the French and American cultures in these and other areas:

• Communication
• Formality
• Religion/ethnicity
• Money
• Conversation
• Class awareness
• Body language
• Values

• Custom cultural consulting as needed to help the client resolve difficulties due to cultural differences

 

FEES

Our fees for the services described are $95 per hour.  

 

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Laurence Raybois is the author of Chez Moi: the foreigner's guide to buying a home in France. She founded Americans Move to France when she observed that American families frequently need specialized and essential services after relocation.   Some had problems arranging for their children's education while in France. Frequently, professionals needed assistance having their credentials recognized in France and needed to obtain the necessary work permits.

As a French person who lives and works in both countries, she has consulted and intervened on both sides of the Atlantic and helped numerous individuals and their families become successful residents of France. Laurence works exclusively on American-French integration.

She regularly lectures on, both in the US and in France, on topics relevant to Americans moving to France. She teaches a 7-hour seminar to people wishing to purchase a home in France.

Laurence was born, raised and educated in France.   She moved to the US over 20 years ago, and for the past 10 years has been sharing her time between the two countries.   

In the U.S.A.:

19620 N.E. Redmond Road
Redmond, WA 98053-7408

Phone: 425-246-9649
FAX: 425-836-3587