EU resources for guidance - WORK IN EUROPE

The EURES network provides information needed to work and move abroad, before, during, and after the job search. EUROPASS helps you to identify and present skills and competences, to apply for jobs or find suitable learning opportunities throughout Europe including career guidance and support with your CV. ESCO supports job mobility across Europe by offering a “common language” on occupations and skills. CEDEFOP provides quantitative projections to those are interested in future labour market and employment trends in Europe. “YOUR EUROPE” section of the EU website helps to understand rights and working conditions while working abroad in the EU.

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JOB VACANCIES

The EURES network provides the information to work and move abroad, before, during, and after the job search. A comprehensive range of services is available to address every aspect of living and working abroad. Most of these services are free of charge.

On EURES, you can get all the information about the European labour market, along with legal and social security advice.

EU resource: | EURES | Jobseekers |

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CREATE A CV AND COVER LETTER

The Europass CV is one of the best-known CV formats in Europe. It is easy-to-use and familiar to employers and education institutions. You can create, store and share CVs in more than 30 languages.

EU resource: | EUROPASS | Create your Europass CV |

Europass will guide the user step by step through the process to help him create a good cover letter with all the essential information.

EU resource: | EUROPASS | Create your Europass Cover Letter |

| More about EUROPASS on the index page |

LABOUR MARKET TRENDS

The Jobs and skill trends tool will support the client in finding helpful information about the demand of specific occupations and skills across EU countries. You can look for the top occupations in a specific country and for a specific occupation and its most relevant skills.

EU resource: | EUROPASS | Job and skill trends |

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OCCUPATIONAL DESCRIPTIONS

ESCO (European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations) is the European multilingual classification of Skills, Competences and Occupations.

ESCO works as a dictionary, describing, identifying and classifying professional occupations and skills relevant for the EU labour market and education and training.

ESCO provides descriptions of more than 3,000 occupations and 13,000 skills linked to these occupations, translated into 28 languages (all official EU languages plus Icelandic, Norwegian, Ukrainian, and Arabic).

EU resource: | EUROPEAN COMMISSION | ESCO > Occupations |
EU resource: | EUROPEAN COMMISSION | ESCO |

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LONG TERM SKILLS FORECAST

Cedefop’s Skills Forecast provides quantitative projections of how employment is expected to evolve across different sectors of economic activity and occupational groups.

It offers cross-country comparisons about employment trends as well as future trends on level of education and labour force.

The latest round of the forecast covers the period up to 2035.

EU resource: | CEDEFOP | Skills Forecast |

| More about CEDEFOP on the index page |

WORKERS' RIGHTS

As an EU national, you're entitled to work – for an employer or as a self-employed person – in any EU country without needing a work permit.

Your Europe can help you understand your rights, including your benefits (sickness, maternity/paternity, pensions, occupational accidents and diseases, death grants, unemployment, early retirement, family, etc.), where you have to pay tax and your insurance.

EU resource: | YOUR EUROPE > Working abroad |

As an EU citizen you are entitled to equal treatment in recruitment, working conditions, promotion, pay, access to vocational training, occupational pensions and dismissal.

Your Europe can help you understand your working rights, social benefits and access to public employment services.

EU resource: | YOUR EUROPE > Equal treatment at work |

The EURES portal provides information tools which aim to give help and support when considering moving to or recruiting from another country.

The 'Living and working conditions' database contains details on several important issues such as finding accommodation, finding a school, taxes, cost of living, health, social legislation, comparability of qualifications, etc.

EU resource: | EURES > Living and working conditions in Europe |

| More about YOUR EUROPE on the index page |