Friday, 22 August 2014

The job search

Reflecting on my studies and career,
i realised being a counsellor / social worker is so country, language and culture restricted
added that i cant speak french
it seems impossible to go back to my profession for a long 
when i am in paris

however, im bored to be a full time housewife
especially when im not a rich tai tai and i have no friends here
so i was really stressed out to find any job to keep me occupied
and earn some si fang qian

with no knowledge of french, is really hard to find a job
even i have to speak french if i work in mcdonalds..
i started to google and realised most english speakers start with babysitting job
babysitters seems to be in great demand in paris
as schools end at about 4pm and parents end work at 6pm
english speaking babysitters are appreciated 
since parents want their kids to be exposed to english at a young age

however, i am not confident about being employed as a babysitter
especially when im asian, where people assume english is not out native language
for the past few months, i sent many cv and emails to babysitter employment agency 
and hope for the best

maybe because it was the coming of summer holidays
and kids are in vacation 
i did not receive any replies / positive reply
but i received an interview appointment with 1 agency
and was "hired" in the sense that their customers can access my profile
to hired me etcs
so i was really happy

Sadly, summer came and i have no updates about interested parents
and i grew desparate again
Thinking maybe i can work as a cleaner or dishwasher
okay, im that bored at home...

As my sister was looking for babysitter for her geneva trip,
she asked me about craiglist
i never had a good idea of craiglist
because i thought is some weird forum to sell stuff or social escort service
but i decide to try my luck at craiglist.
I was surprise with the amount of families looking for babysitters
so i just email all that seems do-able for me (with my classes starting..)

i did received some replies
and surprisingly, i have 2 families who want to interview me!
1 family is staying 10 minutes walk from my home
while the other was 15mins metro away
Yes, i see the light at the end of the tunnel!

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