Transcript Foreign-born Survey

“Working”
What has been achieved since Paris?
EUFASA 25th Conference
Prag, April 26-29, 2009
EUFASA: Why “WORKING”?
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EUFASA: Why “WORKING”?
• “The majority of women of working age (55.7%) now
have a paid job (..). In Denmark and Sweden, the
employment rate for women is over 70%.”
• “The dual earner household is now the norm. The
relative position of the family in terms of income and
status no more depends on the earnings of the “male
breadwinner”, but on the earning power of both
partners and the long term stability of their
relationship.”
In “Europe's social reality”, by Roger Liddle and Frederic Lerais, A consultation paper from the bureau of European
policy advisers, Feb. 26, 2007
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EUFASA: Why “WORKING”?
• Spouses/partners of transferable employees want
to keep on working despite transfer policy
• Career of the spouse/partner becomes a major
concern for MFAs in Europe*
– Recruitment/Retention tool for diplomats
• After a break dedicated to representative tasks and
family, spouses/partners may wish to resume their
career
* Third International HR-Directors’ Conference, September 2008 in Thun/Switzerland
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EUFASA: Why “WORKING”?
• Spouses/partners especially want to work when back
home*
• As a consequence, at the EUFASA Conference 2008 in
Paris, it has been decided to broaden the activities of this
working group beyond the job data base project and
rename it « Working » :
– To identify the main topics & issues faced by spouses &
partners of transferable employees
– To find appropriate solutions
* “home” is meant here = country of origin of the transferable employee
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“WORKING”: who’s who
Chair:
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Monitoring of Goinglobal
Partnership with Adecco
EUFASA Directory
Switzerland
Health insurance
Training
France
Czech Rep.
Poland
Greece
Netherlands
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Good
preparation
for local market
Finland
Czech Rep.
Italy
Working
How to remain
employable
(continuous
education)
Austria
Greece
EUFASA
Certificate
Czech Rep.
Switzerland
Italy
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“WORKING 2009” main files
• Health insurance (France):
– How not to loose health insurance when working abroad
– How to get the earning limit raised
• Training (Greece):
– To put together a self training programme
– To provide help to first posters and to those returning
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“WORKING 2009” main files
• Good preparation for local job market (Finland):
– How to write CVs
– How to market ourselves in the job market
– How to have successful interviews
• How to remain employable (Austria):
– Continuous education at home and abroad
• EUFASA Certificate (Switzerland)
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EUFASA Certificate
• A Certificate aiming to describe and qualify what a EUFASA
delegate achieves during her/his mandate
• A Certificate duly signed by the EUFASA President and the
President of the national association
Drafting a Certificate to qualify and describe
what a spouse/partner achieves during her/his
representation tasks when posted abroad (signed by the
Ambassador/Head of HR department)
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“WORKING”: files from 2008
• EUFASA Directory of European job search web sites
• Monitoring of Goinglobal trial period
• Partnership between EUFASA and Adecco?
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EUFASA Directory
of European job search web sites
• 19 EUFASA members selected in their country web
based job search tools
EUFASA Directory of European job search
web sites, providing spouses/partners
with useful links
• The Directory is meant to be nothing else but a first
step in a job inquiry
• The Directory is available on EUFASA website.
Make the Directory accessible to your members by
uploading it onto your national web site !
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• Web site provider of country specific employment &
career information
• Trial period free of charge for the EUFASA members,
from April 24th to December 31st 2008
• seized the opportunity offered during the trial:
Germany, Portugal and Switzerland
• Mary Ann Thompson, President of Goinglobal: “Usage
by the three groups that did provide the database to
their members was almost zero. I do not think that the
system was ever advertised within the groups.”
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• Why Adecco?
– Swiss company, present world-wide
– Offering job vacancies in (almost) all economic sectors
• In 2008, a partnership between Adecco and ACF/VEEDA
(Switzerland) has been established:
– Members have a privileged access to Adecco’s country
representative in charge of ACF/VEEDA members in 46
countries.
– This contact person is better receptive to the applications
of accompanying persons looking for a job, i.e. aware of
the rather unusual CV of accompanying persons
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Conclusions
• Spouses/partners of transferable employees want to
combine their own professional career and postings
abroad
• EUFASA and national associations must take into
consideration this issue and
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help our members within our means
assist them in their job search
favor solutions free of charge for spouses/partners
keep on informing MFAs about this issue
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Next steps
• Establish the agenda for 2010
• Define the roles within “Working”
• Appoint a Chairperson
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Thank you very much for your attention !
ACF/VEEDA, Switzerland
EUFASA Conference
Prag, April 26-28, 2009