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20 April 2015

Commission report on the benefits of TTIP for Small and Medium Enterprises

Published : Mon, 20 Apr 2015 The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) has significant potential for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), according to a report presented by EU Trade Commissioner Malmström on 20 April. ...
European Commission Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Small and medium enterprises European Commissioner for Trade International trade United States
20 April 2015

Study on the Competitiveness of the EU Primary and Secondary Mineral Raw Materials Sectors

Published : Mon, 20 Apr 2015 The study provides a complete, up-to-date and concise overview of the competitiveness of the European primary and secondary Mineral Raw Materials Sectors (MRMS). It focuses mainly on the non-energy extr...
Competitiveness European Union Raw material Sector Energy Natural resources NEEI Recycling Strategy SWOT analysis
17 April 2015

Get your skills and personality across in long-distance interviews

(From ec.europa.eu ) Skype, Google Hangouts or Netop Live Guide – more and more these online communication channels are becoming a place for job seekers to convince employers that they are the perfect fit for the vacancy. Phone interviews are also growing ever more popular. More powerful computers, better internet connections, and more job hunting abroad make phone and Skype interviews a logical step. They are an inexpensive way to screen candidates in the initial stages of a recruitment campaign. ‘However, while in some sectors it's common way of communicating, sometimes for many jobseekers...
Skype Google Hangouts Internet Job Telephone Interview Computer Job hunting
17 April 2015

Older workers moving abroad – experienced and realistic

(From ec.europa.eu ) Experience can be a selling point on the job market, but it can also put potential employers off. Older workers can be more expensive to hire and in depressed economies, often the semi-trained youngsters present a cheaper option. When the range of jobs you can go for shrinks in your own country, moving abroad with the help of the EURES Network can be a good choice. Roberto Guillermo León Jaramillo, (to the right in the photo), is 46. His wife is also unemployed and they have a 15 year-old son and a daughter of 8. Originally from Ecuador, Jaramillo migrated to Spain in...
Employment Experience Marketing Labor Economic depression Economic Training Social network Goods Utility O-acute Rights
17 April 2015

Travel may broaden the mind, but working abroad makes you smarter!

(From ec.europa.eu ) Working abroad, dealing with new cultures, learning new languages – all that quick thinking gives your brain a good workout. A series of studies show that people working or studying abroad outperform others when it comes to creative thinking and problem solving. Maybe you are looking for work abroad because the opportunities are better; perhaps you want to try out another culture. Whatever reason is behind your job search there seem to be more benefits to moving to another country than you would first think. Associate professor of organisational behaviour at the business...
Mind Culture Language Brain Creativity Problem solving
17 April 2015

CVs – getting the right balance between self-promotion and honesty

(From ec.europa.eu ) Did you hear about the man travelling to a job interview on the tube, who swore at a fellow passenger getting out of the carriage? He got to his interview only to find that the man he had been rude to was sitting opposite him, as his interviewer. He didn't get the job. read the story here. You can read the story here. What not to do before and during an interview can be obvious, and lying on your CV would be at the top of the list. But according to UK fraud prevention group , 63% of all confirmed employment frauds concerned people lying on their CV. BackgroundChecks.org...
Curriculum vitae Job interview
17 April 2015

Meet the team behind European Online Job Days

(From ec.europa.eu ) European (Online) Job Days (EOJDs) have become one of EURES' most powerful tools for connecting jobseekers and employers across the continent. To bring these events to fruition, much complex work goes on behind-the-scenes. Here, we talk to individuals who help make EOJDs a reality . Given the complexities of EOJDs, EURES collaborates with a specialised communications agency to ensure the events run smoothly. Greg Gonciarz and Nebojsa Milenkovic oversee the EOJD management on behalf of the agency, and Greg notes the varied and challenging context of each event: "Some EOJDs...
Educational technology Employment Complexity Reality Division of labor Communication
17 April 2015

EURES Helpdesk’s "human dimension" the key to effective problem-solving

(From ec.europa.eu ) For many jobseekers and employers, EURES is a web tool for exploring the opportunities offered by the European labour market. To keep the EURES Portal operating effectively, intensive behind-the-scenes work is necessary. Here we talk to the EURES Helpdesk coordinator Evi Guinou who, alongside her team in Luxembourg, works to ensure that users' portal-related problems are resolved effectively. The EURES Helpdesk is a hub of activity, with five front-line operators dealing with all types of EURES portal-related queries. Evi's team strives to provide an efficient service and...
Problem solving Employment Labor Luxembourg

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