{"id":24801,"date":"2016-10-05T17:25:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T15:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=24801"},"modified":"2016-10-06T10:45:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T08:45:06","slug":"setting-the-stage-internships-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/setting-the-stage-internships-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting The Stage &#8211; Internships In France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During <strong>mon dernier semestre<\/strong> (my last semester) at school I had to split my time between <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/whats-the-problem-writing-a-thesis-in-french\/\">mon m\u00e9moire<\/a> et <\/strong><strong>mon stage<\/strong> (my thesis and my internship), but at least in France you&#8217;re guaranteed to earn some money during <strong>le stage<\/strong>. There&#8217;s a law requiring <strong>un salaire minimum<\/strong> (a minimum wage) for <strong>les stagiaires<\/strong> (interns)!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24802\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24802\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24802\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/10\/3344142642_c4d3bfa042_z.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;New Office&quot; by Phil Whitehouse on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/10\/3344142642_c4d3bfa042_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/10\/3344142642_c4d3bfa042_z-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/19451080@N00\/3344142642\">New Office<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/philliecasablanca\/\">Phil Whitehouse<\/a> on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Faire un stage<\/strong> (doing an internship) is an essential part of many degrees. It&#8217;s a way to apply your studies in the real world, while still having time to learn. While there is <strong>un st\u00e9r\u00e9otype<\/strong> of <strong>les stagiaires<\/strong> doing nothing but cleaning and preparing <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/a-cup-of-coffee-un-cafe-sil-vous-plait\/\"><strong>du caf\u00e9<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>les stages<\/strong> are often very useful for getting practical experience in a field.<\/p>\n<p>In France, you can sometimes choose between <strong>un dipl\u00f4me professionnel<\/strong> (a professional degree) and <strong>un dipl\u00f4me recherche<\/strong> (a research degree). One of the differences being <strong>un dipl\u00f4me professionnel<\/strong> includes <strong>un stage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I chose <strong>un dipl\u00f4me professionnel<\/strong>, so I needed to find <strong>un stage <\/strong>in order to finish <strong>mon dipl\u00f4me<\/strong>. Unfortunately, finding <strong>un stage <\/strong>can be just as hard as <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/finding-a-job-in-french\/\">finding a job<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After looking over <strong>des offres de stage<\/strong> (some internship opportunities), I chose one with <strong>une entreprise am\u00e9ricaine<\/strong> (an American company). It was an interesting opportunity, but <strong>mon patron<\/strong> (my boss) was not very familiar with France or and could not speak French.<\/p>\n<p>I explained everything that <strong>mon universit\u00e9 fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> (my French university) needed, but between figuring out <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/finding-my-proof-of-memorization-in-french\/\"><strong>l\u2019assurance<\/strong><\/a> and making sure I had all the right documents for <strong>la convention de stage<\/strong> (internship contract), the amount of paperwork needed to <strong>faire un stage <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/prepositions-countriescities\/\">en<\/a> France<\/strong> can be intimidating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>En fin de compte<\/strong> (in the end), everything worked out and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/defending-my-thesis-in-french\/\">I passed<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>I also ended up learning a bit more about how <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/22614-2\/\"><strong>le syst\u00e8me d&#8217;\u00e9ducation fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/a> can be confusing for <strong>une entreprise am\u00e9ricaine!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/10\/3344142642_c4d3bfa042_z-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/10\/3344142642_c4d3bfa042_z-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/10\/3344142642_c4d3bfa042_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>During mon dernier semestre (my last semester) at school I had to split my time between mon m\u00e9moire et mon stage (my thesis and my internship), but at least in France you&#8217;re guaranteed to earn some money during le stage. There&#8217;s a law requiring un salaire minimum (a minimum wage) for les stagiaires (interns)! 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