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[mtm]

Can you move outside Quebec? I would imagine it will be very difficult to get by without decent french. It would take me quite a while to be fluent enough in french to do customer service in french and my french is not bad.

[Juvysen]

Originally Posted by mtm

Can you move outside Quebec? I would imagine it will be very difficult to get by without decent french. It would take me quite a while to be fluent enough in french to do customer service in french and my french is not bad.

That was my thought as well. Do you live close to another province that you could get a job in? I realize moving is not always so easy if you're low on funds...

[missmich]

Moving isn't really an option for me. I'd have to get out of the lease which is really hard and costly and pay for a mover and then start all over again with furniture and all that. Rent is also much more expensive in most other provinces. I only pay $500 for a 1 bedroom that's big enough to share so I pay just 1/2 that really for the most part. :

I don't drive or have a car so I wouldn't be able to commute to work if I did get a job in Ontario.

They just did a survey about getting jobs and speaking only English in Montreal(not the province of Quebec,just Montreal) and they found that it's harder for a French speaker to find a job then it is for an English (only) speaker.

[hanno]

Originally Posted by missmich

Moving isn't really an option for me. I'd have to get out of the lease which is really hard and costly and pay for a mover and then start all over again with furniture and all that. Rent is also much more expensive in most other provinces. I only pay $500 for a 1 bedroom that's big enough to share so I pay just 1/2 that really for the most part. :

I don't drive or have a car so I wouldn't be able to commute to work if I did get a job in Ontario.

They just did a survey about getting jobs and speaking only English in Montreal(not the province of Quebec,just Montreal) and they found that it's harder for a French speaker to find a job then it is for an English (only) speaker.

lol....that's what I paid for a one bedroom as well! In the big white building on Sherbrooke across from Parc LaFontaine Kinda yucky, but spacious and cheap.

[sanguine_speed]

Originally Posted by missmich

. Rent is also much more expensive in most other provinces. I only pay $500 for a 1 bedroom that's big enough to share so I pay just 1/2 that really for the most part. :

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You could always move to Gatineau and bus to Ottawa (province boundary is there with buses that cross for thsoe who don't know which would be most of MDC, lol). Then you could still look for work in a place where you have to speak french to find a job. :
I have 2 university degrees and am basically barred from getting work for lack of fluent bilingualism (I'm in social work so can't work in community centres of hospitals or most other places).

[mtm]

Originally Posted by missmich

Moving isn't really an option for me. I'd have to get out of the lease which is really hard and costly and pay for a mover and then start all over again with furniture and all that. Rent is also much more expensive in most other provinces. I only pay $500 for a 1 bedroom that's big enough to share so I pay just 1/2 that really for the most part. :.

Cheap rent is great but if you can only get low paying jobs with little chance for advance it may not be a good tradeoff in the long term. Do you know what you want to do with your life? Maybe look at what you want to do longer term and start training for it then when your lease is up.

[the_lissa]

There are lots of places in Ontario where you can get a 1 bedroom for 500 dollars and have plenty in walking/public transit distance.

[missmich]

Ok,but I can't move. I would have a break down I'm sure. Packing it all up and moving away from the small amount of friends and "security" I have is not an option for me. I know you're trying to help by telling me I should move or go back to school. Either of those things would really set me off emotionally and could cause a huge breakdown. I can't afford that no matter how much or how little money I have. Besides I have $90 in the bank and need money/extra hours starting this week. Thinking about moving and starting all over again gets me into a panic really. I've spent 5 years here not speaking French and have done just fine so far,there have been snags but I always came out of them ok.


So for my immediate goal is to ask for more hours at work,go to a "babysitting" interview tomorrow,search for another job and wait for the people I did apply with to call me back.

[the_lissa]

Oh no. I wasn't saying you should move. In fact, I imagine a move right now would make things worse.

[missmich]

I just got some decent hours scheduled for next week at work!!!: Let's just hope they don't cancel any of my shifts!!!