The French American Chamber of Commerce
would like to thank
its volunteers and interns
for their great help and support!!
Why volunteering at the FACCSF?
Volunteering is an opportunity to share your talents and stretch your
abilities as an important member of our team. By joining our volunteer
staff you can learn new skills and expand your network. And, you'll enjoy a
flexible schedule tailored to meet your needs and goals. As a FACCSF
volunteer, you will:
- Learn new skills and gain valuable job and life experience to apply for a
job.
- Improve your French or English by volunteering in a bilingual
environment.
- Personal satisfaction by achieving new goals and have something useful to
do.
- Be part of the French-American community and enjoy its particularities.
- Do something you would not have done otherwise or anywhere else.
- Be part of a great team and get new acquaintances and friends.
- Meet our members and event attendees, a great plus for your address book.
- Have fun! As the FACCSF atmosphere is friendly.
If you want to be part of our team, do not hesitate to contact us at:
jobs@faccsf.com
Testimonials
Volunteers:
A volunteer is a "benevole", a local person
(meaning living in the Bay Area) who wants to stay in touch with business,
practice his or her French or English skills and comes at his or her
convenience.
If you want to join us as a volunteer at the French
American chamber of commerce san Francisco, please contact us at
jobs@faccsf.com and send us your
resume.
| Anne |
I started volunteering at the FACCSF in September
2003. That was my first job's experience, here, in United States. What
I needed, at that time, was the opportunity to start again in a
professional environment.
I worked 2 months, 4 days a week, helping in the organization of the
event "The Beaujolais & Beyond Festival" (which took place on November
22) by raising funds, searching for food, wine and silent auction's
sponsors.
I've found a job now, but I don't forget my experience at the FACCSF,
as it was rewarding in different ways:
- The event on which I worked was a success, and I felt the importance
of what had been accomplished;
- The FACCSF is the best way to get into contact with many enterprises,
and I interacted a lot with the French and American communities;
- I was able to add another great reference on my resume.
I am really glad I worked there with these nice people, and I encourage
everyone who has some spare time to volunteer at the FACCSF! |
| Francine |
Je suis volontaire a la Chambre
depuis de nombreux mois, j'ai ainsi pu apprendre le pourquoi d'une
Chambre de Commerce et son fonctionnement. De plus, j'ai apprecie
l'accueil qui m'a
ete fait.
- Sur un plan personnel : j'ai ameliore mes connaissances en
informatique, j'ai pu apprendre comment la Chambre organise ses
differents evenements ; aussi bien les
evenements "Networking" que les
grands evenements annuels comme : "Bastille Day" et "le Beaujolais
Nouveau". Ayant participe a la realisation de ce dernier, je peux dire
que cela a represente beaucoup de travail, mais nous
etions une tres
bonne equipe et le resultat fut a la hauteur.
- Sur un plan professionnel, ayant rencontre differentes personnes aux
cours de ces evenements, j'ai pu trouver un travail a plein temps, mais
temporaire pour faire de la vente dans une boutique. Ceci a ete une
nouvelle et enrichissante experience qui pourra surement encore me
servir.
Faire du volontariat ne peut qu'etre positif, aussi j'encourage toutes
les personnes en hesitantes a venir nous rejoindre. |
| Yetunde |
Volunteering for the Chamber has been a very rewarding
experience for me. It has enabled me to participate in many different
networking events that have in turn helped me to develop business
contacts for future jobs. The Chamber entrusted me with numerous
responsibilities such as organizing this year'Ss fashion show for the
Beaujolais Nouveau and Beyond festival. I would not trade my
experience at the Chamber for anything in the world. Furthermore, at
the Chamber we work as hard as we play, in other words, there is a "super ambiance". |
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Interns:
Interns in the
FACCSF are usually a French citizens coming here under a J1 visa program.
The duration of the internship is typically 6 months working 5 days
a week, in a very intense environment.
At the moment
we are already
fully
staffed
until September.
What we are looking for:
- Business School (Bac + 5) or IEP...
- Fluent in English
- Professional Experience in for profit or non profit organizations
- Ability to work under pressure in a small environment
- Strong computer skills and the ability to multitask
- Flexible, enthusiastic and independent students
Please make a note that:
- The internship at the FACCSF is not paid
- San Francisco is a very expensive city: ($ 700 - 800 for a rent...)
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A few tools you should use
for your search:
- Check our job postings
on our website.
- Purchase our ERL
(Employment Referral List): we sell a list of 250 companies potentially
interested in bilingual candidates, jointly with helpful tips. ($40 U.S.
postage and $45 elsewhere).
http://www.faccsf.com/Services/erl.html
- Explore our volunteer
opportunities. Many job-seekers who found a job, started out as volunteers
in non-profit organizations. It's a great way to get to stay on track with
the business world and to be in direct contact with business executives
from the Bay Area. If you are interested and available to volunteer, please
contact
info@faccsf.com.
- Come to our events and
network, network, network. This is the best way to find a job:
http://www.faccsf.com/Events/events_06.html
- Looking for networking
events? Don’t search anymore: 2007 Events. Look at our website for
information about the Bay Area, visas, important links...
You can also look at the
Web site of reference in matter of employment and housing here in the Bay
Area:
www.craigslist.org or,
more specialized in the recruiting industry,
www.monster.com.
Thanks again for your interest in the French American Chamber of Commerce.
| Edouard |
As a trainee at the French-American Chamber of San
Francisco, I helped with the preparation of many networking events and
in particular in famous "the Beaujolais wine & Beyond Festival". I was
in charge of the logistics for this event, and I have learned
much on the organization and the investment required for such a
project.
Thanks to this internship among the French- American community, I was
not lost when I arrived from France, I have had a progressive approach
of the American culture and learned the language without difficulties. |
| Antoine |
As an intern at the French American chamber of Commerce
North California Chapter, you learn to multitask. My major mission
is to make sure that the website runs perfectly, but I have to deal
with many other aspects: event planning and organization, dealing with
requests, mailings...
This internship is particularly interesting as there are plenty of
tasks to achieve and it is not a daily routine!!!! |
we are already fully
staffed
until September
After carefully
reviewing our requirements as describe above and only if you
fit this profile please send us your resume and include as much
detailed information as possible: visa status and goal, long term
search or immediate need, experience, references...
jobs@faccsf.com
Because of our numerous internships applications we may not respond to
all applicants.
Thanks for your interest in the FACCSF.
French American Chamber of Commerce San Francisco
703 Market Street, Suite 450, San Francisco 94103,
Tel: (415) 442 - 4717
Fax: (415) 442 - 4621
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