English speaking jobs in Montreal for American college grad? (employment, universities)

[txaggie14]

I'm currently a political science major at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Living in Canada, specifically Montreal has always been a dream of mine. However, I do not speak a lick of french!
Would any of you here have any advice for me, in terms of finding a job that would allow me to only speak English in Montreal, or the metro Montreal area?

[BIMBAM]

Something in your field? Well, of course all municipal and provincial politics are French and you need to be bilingual if you work in the federal government. Your only hope would be a gig in the political science departments of the two big English language Montreal universities, Concordia University and McGill University.

[jambo101]

Move to Ottawa or Kingston and visit Montreal on the weekends as without speaking French you will be at best relegated to the most menial of jobs in Montreal.Then theres all the immigration hoops you'll have to jump through to even be allowed to apply for jobs.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by BIMBAM

Something in your field? Well, of course all municipal and provincial politics are French and you need to be bilingual if you work in the federal government. Your only hope would be a gig in the political science departments of the two big English language Montreal universities, Concordia University and McGill University.

I assume that it would have to be teaching American politics. Other options might be English-language colleges (CEGEPs) like Vanier and Dawson, who might have political science courses as well.

[BIMBAM]

Originally Posted by Acajack

I assume that it would have to be teaching American politics. Other options might be English-language colleges (CEGEPs) like Vanier and Dawson, who might have political science courses as well.

A stretch, he'd have to create the course himself as an option if hired, I don't believe they have dedicated political science departments.

[Mhundred]

Originally Posted by jambo101

Move to Ottawa or Kingston and visit Montreal on the weekends as without speaking French you will be at best relegated to the most menial of jobs in Montreal.Then theres all the immigration hoops you'll have to jump through to even be allowed to apply for jobs.

I don't think someone who's dreamed of living in montreal since childhood will want to settle for kingston. Even in ottawa though they expect a lot of workers to be billinugual.

[jambo101]

If he lives in Kingston or Ottawa at least he'll get to experience Montreal on a regular basis if he wants to make the drive on his days off,if he comes to Montreal as a unilingual anglophone he'll have virtually no chance of employment unless he knows some one who will hire him or his job skills are in such demand that the language wont be an issue,Any job he applies for he'll be passed over for a French or Bilingual candidate, unfortunate but thats the way it goes in Quebec

[BIMBAM]

Well, OP, I'm not all that knowledgeable about what kinds of jobs a political science major does besides academia and working in government. Is there any other jobs people in your field often do? Maybe there's something I hadn't thought of. There's also the sneaky business of immigration issues, do you have a plan for getting accepted to immigrate here? Unless you've got some skill, you're not one of the professions that qualifies for a NAFTA visa. There's another thread here on immigration you can post in if you want more info on that topic later on.

[cazelais]

Move to Plattsburgh. Use to take an hour but border stop will take up some time.

[mtta]

Who wants to live in Montreal while not speaking French? Why would this be fun? If you can't talk to the people, doesn't this make things uncomfortable?