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Courses in Poland Useful sites: www.cvonline.pl ; www.praca.gov.pl ; www.abcpraca.pl ;
www.kariera.com.pl
The geographical situation of Poland, between Paris and Moscow,
Stockholm and Budapest, as well as its important ports connected to the North Sea Useful sources of information
through the Baltic Sea, give it strategic importance. It is the only European country ÷ Apply to the Careers Offices (BiuroKarier) at the Polish universities.
that has not known a recession since the 2008 crisis. It is a large agricultural ÷ www.psz.praca.gov.pl:Polish Employment Agency (for addresses and advice)
country, and has one of the most dynamic economies of Central and Eastern ÷ Ministry of Employment: www.mpips.gov.pl
Europe, particularly in the petrochemical, telecommunications, computing and
automobile sectors, but also for the manufacture of machinery, the environment, ÷ The Franco-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry: www.ccifp.pl
transport, construction, agri-food and IT. There may also be opportunities in the Services/Bourse à l’emploi
areas of sport and culture. The services sector is also in full expansion (financial Teleadreson: teleadreson.com/poland
services, logistics, hotels, community services, etc).

Name and legal framework Sites offering jobs:
Praktika, Staz o A search engine with a page for students: www.gazeta.pl
The practice of training courses being little known in Poland, the labour code is o Another very useful website with a Labour Law page: praca.wp.pl
generally applied to supervise courses. If it lasts more than 3 months, trainees
must register on the month of his arrival at the Voïvode of his place of residence. Sites offering courses
The search for courses most often requires the mastery of the Polish language, o www.monsterpolska.pl/praca: posts many offers of courses
because it can be difficult to find a person speaking English. Otherwise, it is o Many offers of courses on: www.infopraca.pl
preferable to apply to international companies through an approach in English or o Eurostudent offers courses and useful information: www.eurostudent.pl
German.
Training courses are sometimes paid. The legal duration of the working week is o Courses on the environment: ecojobs.cz/en/tag/traineeships
42 hours. For an example of a course contract in Polish, refer to Key Point 7:
administrative stages, at the beginning of this booklet. Professional organizations
÷ A directory of rubber industries:http://m.caoutchouc-matieres-plastiques.
Practical life europages.fr/

Cost of living: this is very cheap, compared to France. ÷ National Chamber of Furniture Manufacturers: www.oigpm.org.pl
÷ Chamber of Automobile Industries: pim.pl
Accommodation: the cost of renting varies, being higher in the larger cities -
including Warsaw, the capital, Gdańsk, Wroclaw and Krakow. A studio rental in ÷ Chamber of Construction Industries: piphb.org
Warsaw costs between 320 and 500€. ÷ Chamber of Chemical Production Industries: www.pipc.org.pl
÷ Industrial Chamber of Pharmaceutical Products and Medical Devices:
Tips on finding a course and useful sites www.polfarmed.pl
The search for courses is not particularly easy in Poland but French-speaking ÷ National Chamber of Electronics and Telecommunications: www.kigeit.org.
organizations such as the Franco-Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry pl
can help in the process. However, the Polish economic climate is favourable, and ÷ Polish Confederation of Junior Enterprises: jadepl.org
many multinationals have relocated to the country.

CV and covering letter The Polish press
The public service for Polish employment offers advice in the drafting of the CV GazetaWyborcza: wyborcza.pl; Rzeczpospolita: www.rzeczpospolita.pl;
and covering letter: www.psz.praca.gov.pl The Warsaw Voice (English) www.warsawvoice.pl

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