Searching for a job via EURES

The main objectives of EURES are:

• to inform, guide and provide advice to potentially mobile workers on job opportunities as well as living and working conditions in the European Economic Area; 
• to assist employers wishing to recruit workers from other countries;and
• to provide advice and guidance to workers and employers in cross-border regions.

EURES is much more than the Job Mobility Portal. EURES has a human network of more than 850 EURES Advisers that are in daily contact with jobseeker and employers across Europe.

In European cross-border regions, EURES has an important role to play in providing information about and helping to solve all sorts of problems related to cross-border commuting that workers and employers may experience.

Set up in 1993, EURES is a co-operation network between the European Commission and the Public Employment Services of the EEA Member States (The EU countries plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) and other partner organisations. Switzerland also takes part in EURES co-operation. The joint resources of the EURES member and partner organisations provide a solid basis for the EURES network to offer high quality services for both workers and employers.

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6 Steps to Starting a Professional Career Abroad

Moving from student life to professional life abroad can be daunting. Moreover, applying for a job is often a challenging and time-consuming adventure! In order to make the transition smoother, 6 steps are listed below with useful ’hints & tips’ that you may want to consider before moving to another country. Please click on each item and consult the relevant page.

Hints & tips ...

• I. FINDING INFORMATION ON JOBS ABROAD
• II. PRACTICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF MOBILITY
• III. APPLYING FOR A JOB ABROAD
• IV. THE SELECTION TESTS AND THE INTERVIEW
• V. MOVING ABROAD
• VI. SETTLING IN A NEW COUNTRY

For further information and opportunities to help you manage the transition from student life to professional life abroad, please consult other websites by clicking on "Information and jobs for graduates" in "Related Links".

Last but not least: more than 800 EURES advisers are ready to advise and assist you on all matters related to the European job market. Start by contacting a EURES Adviser in your country of residence. You can find contact details of EURES Advisers by clicking on "Contact a EURES Adviser".

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Working and Living in EU

This is a very useful site for finding information concerning Working and Living in EU.

Moving across Europe for work... Do I need a work permit?

Unfortunately, not all EU citizens have the same labor rights when working in another EU country. Citizens of new member states of European Union do not have the same labor rights as citizens from older member states. In order to check which rules apply in your case you can use this website. 

Select the country you want to work at and then the country you are from.

The website will give you the information you need in order to prepare your paperwork

Setting the Monster to search a job for you!

Monster.com is a very powerful, well known job search engine and widely used in Europe and US. The activity of monster can be seen here.

Any candidate can make a profile, look for a job on the posted vacancies and apply for FREE while the employers or recruiters have to pay a fee in order to access a candidate’s CV.

When visiting the site for the first time, the candidate is able to choose from a number of monster sites around the globe, but I would suggest using the standard one at http://www.monster.com/

Before starting make sure you have finished your CV and that you have it in a format in which you can easily copy-paste text, so you don’t have to type it again.

Tip: if you CV is written in MSWord, copy the whole document (Ctrl-A & Ctrl-C) and paste it (Ctrl-V) at new Notepad document. Then use the text from Notepad.

Do not get disappointed by the amount of time you might need for completing your profile. It might take up to a hour, but believe me it worth’s it.

Once you’re done with filling in all information, upload your CV in MSWord format.

Tip: Make sure that your document can be accessed by MSWord of PDF reader. A less used document format, like OpenOffice document, will require extra effort from the one who wants to read it and as people are usually lazy, they won’t put this extra effort...

Select the countries you want your CV to be visible and indicate whether you need a working permit for the indicated countries (for the 15 EU countries, EU15 citizen’s do not need a working permit). Also indicate that the CV should be visible to all (Public).

Benefits of using Monster.com:

• Once you have a completed profile, you can just sit back and wait until someone contacts you for extra information or for an interview
• You can set up and configure to 5 agents (automated searches) to report to you daily, weekly, biweekly and so on, via email
• You can Create (or upload), store and edit up to 10 resumes/CVs and 5 cover letters
• You can see how many people have accessed your CV so far (when the visibility is set to Private and then back to Public or when a new CV is uploaded, the counter resets)
• You can search based on Location (continent, country, state, county, city, postcode, etc.) occupations (up to 20), type of employment (full time, part time, temporary, work from home, etc.), keywords, industries (up to 20)
• It offers free monthly newsletters, tutorials, a site demo, a help center and much more

Getting a job in English...

Globalization! Isn’t it great? That’s one of the reasons that people do not have to learn the local language before getting a job abroad. In the past, it was a must to know the local language, today it is an asset at your CV.

Most of the international companies are using English as the official communication language within the company. Doing so, there is no miscommunication among there branches located in other countries and easier to approach the international market.

Learning the local language is needed if you want to survive and to get a social life in the local community. Keep in mind that even though a company’s policy is to speak English in meetings and other cases, this is not valid during launch or coffee breaks.

Bottom line is:

-         include in your immediate plans (after getting a job) to learn the local language

-         during the job interview mention that you are going to start language lessons as soon as possible

-         ask your future employer if he is going to support you for having a language course, by paying for the lessons and/or being flexible with your working hours