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six months before the lease expires. EU nationals, Canadians
and Americans are afforded the same lease protections as
French citizens.
The British firm Jones Lang Lasalle at 58-60 avenue de la
Grande Armée, 75017. Specializes in real estate and corporate
services. (tel: [phone]; fax: [phone]; website:
http://www.joneslanglasalle.fr).
Agents may also be found through the Chambre des
Experts Immobiliers de France (FNAIM) at 129 rue du
Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 (tel: [phone]; website:
http://www.experts-fnaim.org).

Temporary Offices
Fully equipped offices may be rented by the day, week
or month. Most offer secretarial and translation services,
message-taking, mail delivery, copiers and other office
services; some are accessible six days a week. See Location
de bureaux équipés in the Yellow Pages .

Multiburo: http://www.multiburo.com

NCI: http://www.groupenci.com

Boss Buro Express: http://www.bbe.fr

THE JOB HUNT
Foreigners hoping to work in Paris should take into
consideration that salaried jobs are hard to find. The
persistently high unemployment rate of over 10 per cent
has resulted in the tightening of regulations for hiring
non-EU citizens. In addition, the government policy of the
decentralisation of French industries over the past few
decades has reduced jobs in the Paris area by about 200,000
positions. Fluent French is almost always a requirement;
without it, job possibilities are minimal. For non-EU citizens,
with the exception of certain cases as noted below, the
appropriate working papers must be obtained before a
position may be offered. Non-French companies may send
personnel abroad for overseas assignments, but generally,
overseas operations hire locally. Libraries in your home
country should have resource materials on international
companies and recruitment fairs for overseas positions. It