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02-01-2008, 12:53 PM
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Engineering and programming are probably the best fields to be in to get a company to sponser you. My understanding is that you might have better luck with a subcontractor that specifically sponsors foreign workers and then hires you out to companies like the ones lisak64 mentioned. That ends up being kind of a ripoff for you, because the subcontractor is taking a cut of your pay, and especially at the beginning it's a large cut.
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02-01-2008, 02:53 PM
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Bonjour. Enchanté de faire votre connaissance. (thought I would practice my french)
 I have worked with French immigrants in the following Chicago companies: - Siemens (engineering) - Motorola (engineering) - Accor Intl./ Hotel Sofitel (Hospitality) There are lots of great French Restaurants in the city and burbs (La Francais and Le Titi de Paris in the burbs are great). Here are some links to Chicago francophone associations. Bon Chance! Alliance Française de Chicago Jack McCord, Director 810 N. Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60610 Tel. 312-337-1070 - Fax. 312-337-3019 rrodriguez@af-chicago.org http://www.af-chicago.org Alliance Française du North Shore Dorothy Sauer, President Tel. 847-482-1844 http://evkhome.northstarnet.org/afnorth (broken link) Federation of Alliances Françaises, U.S.A., Inc. One North LaSalle Street, Suite 1350 Chicago, IL 60602 USA Tel : 1.800.6.FRANCE - Fax: 1.800.491.6980 federation@afusa.org www.afusa.org French Institute of the North Shore Maria Kurt, Director 562 Green Bay Road Winnetka, IL 60093 Tel. 847-501-5800 - Fax. 847-501-5855 info@FrenchInstituteNS.com http://www.FrenchInstituteNS.com/home.htm (broken link) Union des Français de l’Etranger de Chicago et UFEC-Accueil P.O. Box 11492 Chicago, IL 60611 info@ufechicago.org http://www.ufechicago.org Association Démocratique des Français à l’étranger - Français du Monde (ADFE - Fdm) Section de Chicago Marc Billon, Président 2027 W. Pierce Avenue. Unit# 4E Chicago, IL 60622 Tél. 773-235-7782 adfe@adfechicago.org http://adfechicago.org Les Camarades de Combat Pierre Jentel, President 2619 Eastwood Evanston, IL 60201 Tel. 847-475-2144 Le Groupe Professionnel Francophone Laura Veeneman, President P.O. Box 148521 Chicago, IL 60614 info@gpfchicago.org http://www.gpfchicago.org/ L’Institut Francophone Illinois Chicago (IFIC) Tamsir Gueye, Director 3648 W. Belle Plaine Chicago, IL 60618 Tel. 773-588-1550 institutfrancophone@ameritech.net
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02-02-2008, 02:40 AM
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Bonjour, vous semblez avoir un très bon français !
(It is "bonne" chance by the way  )Thanks a lot for all of those links. Can I call these associations if I need help for the visa or things like that ?
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02-02-2008, 02:47 AM
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Guessing by the names of these places (and there's a lot of guessing since my French is pretty limited), a lot of them seem more like social clubs than assistance centers. I'd check into the places with "Alliance" in their name first; "Alliance" often implies groups promoting international business exchange between the two nations. Along those same lines, "Le Groupe Professionnel Francophone" also sounds promising. "Professionnel" also seems to imply Francophones in the business community.
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02-02-2008, 04:31 AM
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Yes, that is what I figured...Well we will see, I will try to call them later today. It is like 4 am in Chicago right ? It would be most innapropriate to call now
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02-02-2008, 04:48 AM
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Yeah, subtract 7 hours for Chicago time. Not only is it 4am, but it's also Saturday...
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02-02-2008, 05:03 AM
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Good thing ! I mean you americans do not work on saturdays for the most part, do you ?
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02-02-2008, 05:10 AM
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It typically depends on what type of work you do. People in the trades (construction, plumbing, etc.) and "white-collar" professions (insurance, legal, accounting, architectural firms, consulting firms, etc.) generally do not work on Saturdays. Government workers don't either, except emergency personnel (police, fire, etc.) and mass-transit staff. However, people in retail positions (grocery stores and other consumer goods), hospitality (restaurants, hotels) and travel-related industries (gas stations, car rental places, etc.) often do work on Saturdays. Banks are typically open on Saturdays since they're generally considered retail storefronts, though the banking offices (such as Chase Manhattan headquarters) are usually closed Saturdays.
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02-02-2008, 05:40 AM
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Okay, so it sounds it is the exact same thing in both our countries, except for the banks. Over here they are open on saturdays, but only in the morning and their hours during the week are big fat jokes...For instance, where I come from (southern France), the banks opening hours are like 9 am till noon, then 2 pm till 5 pm. Pretty tight time frames.
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02-02-2008, 05:52 AM
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Banks here will often have abbreviated hours on Saturdays as well; it's not uncommon for them to close a 2 or 3pm on Saturdays, and even earlier in rural areas.
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