"I wish someone had told me about the bureaucratic difficulties, and that nothing can be solved on the phone, everything seems to need a visit :)
That said, I loved my time in France and will still visit as often as I can.
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Shaun Gisbourne replied to Emily Montès's discussion What do you wish someone had told you about France before you moved here?
Shaun Gisbourne commented on John Hilton's blog post Surviving France?.. Doesn't bl*@dy feel like it!"Understand your frustrations totally and it does sometimes feel like you throw good money and effort after bad sometimes with the administrative bodies and large corporate (mainly ex-state) systems. That said, it was no better in Belgium when I…"
Shaun Gisbourne commented on James Higginson's blog post Bob's Beer"Terrific story and a big hats off to Bob for digging in when the going got tough.
I've shared Bob's details outside of this place, as up here in the North some friends are trying to organise beer fest with CAMRA on board but met with…"
Shaun Gisbourne replied to Lesley Wisson's discussion Looking for Work! in the group Job Centre"Thank you James. The RSI (covering auto-entrepreneurs) is the body concerned and they are in Strasbourg, a full day's round trip away. If you mean we could get action by going to Arras, our préfecture, then that is feasible. We live near…"
Shaun Gisbourne replied to Lesley Wisson's discussion Looking for Work! in the group Job Centre"We've been waiting for carte vitale to arrive for18months. Is this normal? Whilst we have attestations from the sécurité social covering the relevant régime, our calls and emails have fallen on deaf ears and no-one has been…"
Shaun Gisbourne replied to Catharine Higginson's discussion Jobs Wanted in the group Job Centre"What do you need someone else to do that involves using the phone a lot?
What have I got? Over 10 years of getting results by phone and training others to do the same.
Always Asking, Business Building, Conviction Calling, Dutch Dealing, English…"
Shaun Gisbourne joined Catharine Higginson's group
Job Centre
A place to look for work, advertise vacancies and discuss employment and job hunting in France.
Shaun Gisbourne commented on Catharine Higginson's group Listen In"Thank you for pointing out a critical oversight. J-J Goldman also wrote songs like "S'il suffissait d'aimer" as well as for many others and his own solo material.
Have to give Gérald de Palmas a shout too - like him"
Shaun Gisbourne commented on Catharine Higginson's group Listen In"Ah, Edith Piaf... absolutely must see the film La Môme, (or La Vie en Rose to the rest of the world). Marion Cotillard really is un monde apart in it"
Shaun Gisbourne commented on Catharine Higginson's group Listen In"Much French music pales by comparison with other non-English language music. Italian and Spanish tend to fare better to my ears despite speaking neither language to any level of fluency. The best French music in the last 15 years has come from the…"
Shaun Gisbourne replied to Stuart Wilson's discussion Most Memorable Concerts in the group Listen In"Without a doubt, the single most breath-taking concert experience was watching Jeff Healey (RIP) at De Montfort Hall in Leicester. Speechless covers it. Buy his music, especially anything live you can find.
Others include The Who, Aerosmith, Black…"
Shaun Gisbourne joined Catharine Higginson's group
Listen In
Whatever your taste in music from opera to drum and bass, come and join Listen In to talk about anything and everything musical!
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- shaungisbourne
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- http://www.facebook.com/#!/shaun.gisbourne
- Length of time in France?
- Less than 5 years
- Searchable Personal Info (Hobbies, interests etc...)
- Francophile (to a point), Dad, children, girls, two left hands, languages, Dutch, French, telephones, singing, impersonation, guitar, piano, waterslides and thrill-rides, surrounded by bloody cats, Midlands, London, Belgium, Netherlands, rock, blues and soul, football (goal), poetry, obsessions, golf, music DVD, beer, full bodied red (+ brunette ;))
- Searchable Business Info (Products, services etc...)
- Working primarily in the telemarketing area since 1997-98, developing leads, setting appointments, carrying out research. I've also trained multilingual pan European teams in a call centre.
More recently, I've been creating customer satisfaction questionnaires and translating between French, Dutch and English.
Now in March 2011 I'm looking for more work.
- Nationality
- British
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 14:03 on June 26, 2010,
AdminCatharine Higginson said… - You're welcome!
- At 9:02 on June 25, 2010,
AdminCatharine Higginson said… - Hi Shaun
Welcome to the network - we hope you find it useful. If you haven't already done so, don't forget to upload a photograph of yourself to your profile (use the setting button on the right hand side of your page) and pinpoint your location on the 'Members Map'. Feel free to join any groups that look interesting or start your own. Events and items for sale can be listed FOC in the SMALL ADS category and don't forget to introduce yourself in the Discussion forum - we're a friendly lot and will look forward to hearing from you!
Best wishes
Catharine and James
ps like your personal info - James would concur - he too is surrounded by bloody cats!
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