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European employment services.For whom?Why?

EURES (European Employment Services) is a network o co-operation o public employment services and their partnerson the labor market, supporting the mobility in the feld o employment on the international level, in the European Eco-nomic Area countries, namely in the EU member states and Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, as well as in Switzerland.

EUERES started o cial activities in 1994. The guiding idea was a thoughtabout opening the European labor market. During that time, all memberstates protected own labor markets, there ore the Community marketwas closed or citizens o the Old Continent. There were no ideas, therewas no common recruitment system that would enable an easy access toquali ed employees rom various countries and search or ones dream

employer within the European Union. Only the European System or JobO ers SEDOC was operating. However, the system was not per ect. Col-lection o in ormation under the system was ar rom the ideal. Today,the Europeans may use EURES network, supporting the mobility o em-ployment in international environments o the European Economic Areacountries.

The EURES is ormed by representatives or employment o all EU mem-ber states. Not only domestic markets are supported, the same regardsregional, local markets, trade unions and organizations o employers. Theinternational employment agency has to acilitate fow o in ormationand help in a search or and nding ones eet on the international labormarket The basic principles o the EURES include elimination o barri-ers preventing the mobility o the Europeans and in orming about livingconditions and employment opportunities in a particular country.

The reason why the project E-Bridge to mobility wascreated came mainly rom observing the EU labourmarket and analysis o the needs o Eastern Europeemigrants (especially those rom Bulgaria, Poland,Romania and Slovakia). They are moving rom one EUcountry to another (especially to England, Germany,Spain) or educational, nancial or social reasons.

This project has been unded with support rom theEuropean Commission. This publication refects theviews only o the author, and the Commission cannot bheld responsible or any use which may be made o thin ormation contained therein.

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EURES has its own web portal. Youwill fnd there:i the base o job o ers o employers

interested in recruitment o oreignemployees,

i base o CVs o persons interested inemployment abroad,

i base o in ormation about livingand working conditions in themember states.

The EURES service has a user- riendly In-ternet search engine. Persons searching

or a job choose rom among categoriescountry, region, occupation, type o thecontract. The criteria may be related.Job o ers are normally placed in mothertongue o a given country (name o po-sition and data o the o er). In ormationrelated to the place o work, type o thecontract, as well as requirements andlevel o education, are translated into all

languages. The employer has reedomin selection o a language in which a job o er will be placed. I they are inter-ested in a search or an employee romthe international environment, theymay place the o er in many languages.Search according to key words in one o available languages may not display allo ers available in the database. At eacho er you will nd in ormation regardingthe method o submission o applica-tion, as well as contact to an EURES ad-viser who handles ormalities related tothe application processing. Sometimes,it contacts directly with the employer.For more in ormation, visit the web-site:www.eures.europa.eu

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The E-bridge partners:

LINKSEracareersThe European Researchers Mobility PortalEurodesk Eurodesk Eurodesk Polish websiteEuroguidanceEuroguidance Network EuropassEuropass creates the possibilities o work and learning inEuropeYour EuropeYour Europe In ormation or CitizensYour Europe Citizens Signpost ServiceCitizens Signpost Service

IMPORTANT! Each citizen o the European Union that has lost work in one o member states, obtains automatically theright to any bene ts that are vested in the unem-ployed EU citizens. EURES services are completely

ree o charge!

EURES IN NUMBERS85 thousand o job ofers annually

900 EURES advisors

Thousand EURES occasional events

Guarantee o the most accurate in ormationon li e and work in the EU member states

EURES services are available in every large EU city

Benefits that can be obtained usingthe EURESYou can nd a job in each o the European Union memberstates, as well as in Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Usingsearch engine o job o ers, you have access to job o ers rom31 countries that are updated on a current bases. In the tabMY EURES you have the possibility to create own pro le Bycreating a CV you make your personal details available to a

potential employer. It increases your opportunity to nd a jobin your pro ession. In section: Li e and work you will nd im-portant in ormation related to living and working conditions inother European Economic Area country. It will make it possible

or you to assess possibilities and opportunities o nding youreet on the local labor market. For more in ormation or asking

question, contact one o EURES advisors that will answer to allyour doubts and help in administrative and legal issues.

Not only work The network o employment services has also undertaken ac-tions helping persons seeking scienti c development to ndinstitutions, universities and training during which citizens o the European Economic Area can expand their knowledge inthe international environment. Section dedicated to learningin EURES portal is conducted by PLOTEUS, a portal concerningpossibilities o learning and training in the European Union.Apart rom the possibility to obtain in ormation about themethods o ree movement o the EU citizens, it states alsonecessary in ormation in the scope o national education sys-tems, as well as exchange programs.For more in ormation, visit the website:http://ec.europa.eu/ploteus/home.jsp?language=en

EURES advisers:Not only do advisers guide persons looking or a lob to ap-propriate pro essional paths. They help also in many organiza-tional issues and give hints regarding many practical solutionsthat may seem complicated or oreigners looking or a lob. To nd an advisor, choose on the website http//ec.europa.eua language you use, and then in tab EURES advisers choosecountry, region, transborder partnership EURES, spoken lan-guage and ull name.