38 In-Demand Jobs in France That Foreigners Can Get a Work Visa For

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Despite having a job vacancy rate of 2.4 per cent in 2023, as reported by Statista, a German online platform that specialises in data gathering and visualisation, France is facing labour shortages across various sectors.

The highest number of shortages reported by the European Labour Authority (EURES) were related to construction and building trades, healthcare, IT, engineering, agriculture and manufacturing, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.

More specifically, based on the 2022 EURES report on shortages and surpluses, the following occupations were reported as the most in-demand jobs in France:

  1. Accounting and bookkeeping clerks
  2. Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers
  3. Applications programmers
  4. Bricklayers and related workers
  5. Building frame and related trade workers not elsewhere classified
  6. Business services and administration managers not elsewhere classified
  7. Cabinet makers and related workers
  8. Cartographers and surveyors
  9. Civil engineering technicians
  10. Concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers
  11. Cooks
  12. Domestic cleaners and helpers
  13. Earthmoving and related plant operators
  14. Electrical engineering technicians
  15. Electronic mechanics and servicers
  16. Financial and insurance brand managers
  17. Forestry and related workers
  18. Healthcare assistants
  19. Human resource managers
  20. Information and communication technology operations technicians
  21. Manufacturing managers
  22. Mechanical engineering technicians
  23. Metal processing plant operators
  24. Mobile farm and forestry plant operators
  25. Nursing associate professionals
  26. Pharmaceutical technicians and assistants
  27. Physiotherapists
  28. Power production and plant operators
  29. Printers
  30. Real estate agents and property managers
  31. Sewing machine operators
  32. Developers and analysts not elsewhere classified
  33. Plant machine operators not elsewhere classified
  34. Structural metal preparers and erectors
  35. Tailors, dressmakers, furriers and hatters
  36. Telecommunications engineers
  37. Vocational education teachers
  38. Welders and flame cutters

This implies that foreign workers who belong to any of the above-mentioned professions may have a higher chance of getting employment and a work visa in France.

According to a September report of the French newspaper Le Monde, the French economy relies heavily on immigrant workers, many of whom work in irregular situations without a work permit. At the time, these types of workers had been deemed essential by some members of President Emmanuel Macron’s parliamentary majority.

Types of Workers France Does Not Need

On the other hand, occupations that have surpluses in France, according to the mentioned report, are: authors, building caretakers, cashiers, ticket clerks, gallery, museum and library technicians, general office clerks, graphic and multimedia designers, journalists, artistic and cultural associate professionals, music teachers, PR professionals, shop supervisors, social work associate professionals, transport conductors, travel consultants and clerks, and visual artists.

Do I Need a Visa to Work in France?

Nationals of the European Union, European Economic Area and Switzerland don’t need a visa in order to work in France.

The other countries’ citizens are required to obtain a French Work Visa in order to work in this country. However, before applying for a work visa, among other criteria, they should have a job offer from an employer in France.

 

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