Transcript Working in Europe - Durham University

EURES: The European
Employment Service
Joe Bennett,
EURES N.E.England
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
Working abroad
• An opportunity to:
- meet new people
- improve language and other skills
- experience new cultures and a different
working environment
• Can be a useful addition to your CV
Some examples of jobs abroad
• Graduates level jobs
• Temporary work
• Teaching English
….remember language skills will be important
for the vast majority of jobs
Europe
• You have the freedom to live and work in
the countries of the EEA European
Economic Area (EEA) if you are an EEA
national*
• The EEA is made of the 25 countries that
from the EU (European Union)
- plus Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein
*Some restrictions apply for citizens of the new Member States that joined the EU on 1 May 2004
EEA (European Economic Area)
member countries
Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Italy
United Kingdom
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Switzerland has a bilateral agreement with the EU on the free movement of persons
A map of the EEA
EURES
European
Employment
Services
What is EURES?
• A network linking public employment
services across Europe to provide an
international jobcentre service
• Jobcentre Plus as the British public
employment service is part of the EURES
network
• Funded by the European Commission
• Launched in November 1994
EURES offers
• An easy way to find information on jobs and
learning opportunities throughout the EEA
• Advice about living and working in EEA
countries
• A human network of more than 700 EURES
advisers across Europe
• The EURES job mobility portal
The EURES job mobility portal
www.eures-jobs.com
The EURES job mobility portal
www.eures-jobs.com
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Search for a job
Living and working information
EURES CV search
Learning
My EURES
Links to public employment sites
Contact details for EURES advisers
Search for a job
• Search through the European vacancy
database of over 900,000 vacancies
• Search by country/region, occupation and
keywords
• The vacancies cover a wide range of
occupations and include permanent and
seasonal job opportunities. Each vacancy
has information on how to apply and whom
to contact.
www.eures-jobs.com
Living and Working
• The database contains contains information
on a number of important issues such as
finding accommodation, finding a school,
taxes, the cost of living, health, social
legislation, and comparability of
qualifications.
• You can also view Labour Market
Information. This provides details on current
trends on the European labour market by
country, region and sector of activity.
www.eures-jobs.com
EURES CV search
• An internet-based meeting place for employers and
jobseekers
• Gives you the opportunity to post your CV and
make it visible to EURES advisers and registered
employers
• Takes about 30 minutes to register your CV details
• Currently has 309,488 CVs on line, and 16,575
employers
www.eures-jobs.com
Learning
• This information comes from PLOTEUS, the Portal
on Learning Opportunities Throughout Europe
• In addition to the Learning Opportunities that are
available here in EURES, the PLOTEUS website
http://europa.eu.int/ploteus/portal/home.jsp
contains information on national education and
training systems, European exchange programmes
and relevant contacts for further information.
www.eures-jobs.com
My EURES
• My EURES provides a number of ways to
personalise the services of the EURES Job
Mobility Portal according to your personal
needs
• You can create and store search profiles
and receive e-mail alerts when jobs
matching the profile become available.
• Provides access to EURES CV On Line,
www.eures-jobs.com
Comparability of qualifications
• NARIC (National Recognition Information
Centre) can provide comparability details
for qualifications
• You should contact the NARIC in your
destination country
• List of NARICs can be obtained from:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/
socrates/adnaric_en.html
Europass
• “To make skills and qualifications clearly
and easily understood in Europe”
• www.europass.cedefop.europa.int
• In the UK, it is supported by
www.uknec.org.uk
• There are five parts to it
EURES graduates page
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Go to www.eures-jobs.com
Click on “JOBSEEKERS”
Click on “ARE YOU A GRADUATE?”
Note: you will see a link to careers
opportunities for graduates.
• On the right there is a link to
“INFORMATION SERVICES FOR
GRADUATES” and “JOB OPPORTUNITIES
FOR GRADUATES”
A couple of questions….
• Voulez vous travailler en France?
• Os gustaria trabajar en Espana?
EURES N.E and the Universities
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Attendance at October Graduates fairs
Vacancies sent to Job Shops.
Recruitment for Disney Paris.
Possible summer job vacancies from Spain
and France.
Summer jobs in France and Spain
• EURES France and Spain to bring summer
jobs.
• Stands to be set up in the Students Union.
• Application forms can be completed and
returned on the day.
• EURES advisers to be on hand to give
advice.
• Will need the support of the Unions, and
Language faculties.
• The service will be free.
Any questions?
• Website: www.eures-jobs.com
• E-mail:
[email protected]
v.uk
• Tel: 0191 2114263