On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Matthew Kerle <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyway, I'm going to France on an extended holiday shortly, over > July-August, just a tourist visa nothing amazing. What I was wondering is if > there are any developers working in France who might have some pointers for > me on starting negotiations with recruitment agencies or employers while I'm > over there? > > Getting a working visa (for an Australian) in the EU without heritage is a > bit of a chicken-and-egg problem, so I'm looking at throwing my resume > around while I'm over there in hopes of starting a dialogue with an employer > who would be willing to sponsor me to come over. I'd cover relocation costs > and getting there, I'm just looking for the opportunity to be able to live > in France writing Java! > > I'm not fussed about location, but obviously the main hubs are the major > cities, Paris, Lyon, Touloise, Marseille etc, anywhere really is fine. > Obviously in the middle of global economic freefall is not a good time for > this but can't really be helped... :-) > > Anyone have any ideas?
Hi Matthew, This sounds like a job for the Java User Groups International Map! =) http://tr.im/jugmap Drill down into France using map navigation on the left and you will find the location of known JUGs in France. For Paris, I would recommend contacting Antonio Goncalves. The placemark on the map for his Paris JUG has a link to his web site. If you would like to contact Antonio and you can't easily make that happen from his web site, contact me off list and I can put you in touch with Antonio. I'll make a general plug for the JUG's Map here as a resource when you are traveling. If you want to find out about local JUGs in the areas you will be visiting, this map is a great resource. There is a link to the JUGs web site and the names of JUG Leaders are listed with either a mailto link or a link to their personal web sites in most cases. This map by no means captures every JUG in existence, but, it is the most comprehensive resource for JUGs worldwide that I am aware of. Even Sun uses this map and encourages JUGs to add themselves to this map. Cheers, Van -- | Michael "Van" Riper | JUG-USA Interim President | http://www.meetup.com/jug-usa/ ---- | Silicon Valley Web JUG | mailto:[email protected] | http://www.meetup.com/sv-web-jug/ ---- | Silicon Valley Google Technology User Group | mailto:[email protected] | http://www.meetup.com/sv-gtug/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
