Category Archives: EU Careers
Getting in the swing of the EU
I was quite busy on Friday and didn’t get the chance to blog about the Thursday event we organised with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and British Council. 58 (well 57 because 1 went astray) sixth formers came to Lancaster … Continue reading
Filed under EC in UK, EU Careers
The intern experience
We sometimes have work experience interns working in the office here. I know there is a lot of talk about interns, but I think that the European Commission manages it quite well. Outside the graduate intern scheme, which is open … Continue reading
Filed under EC in UK, EU Careers, Europe House, The General Public
More EU Careers stuff
I said I would blog about the event last week that launched the FCO’s EU Careers month, but time sort of got away with me and with the meeting of all Representation Press Officers in Brussels last week, I didn’t … Continue reading
Filed under EU Careers, European Year of Volunteering
The David and Maros show
One of the things we do a lot of in this office, and more so since the new government came into power, is talking to people about what they could expect from a career working for an EU organisation. I’ve … Continue reading
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What about working for the EU?
I was part of an event at the Foreign Office yesterday which brought University Vice-Chancellors, department heads and career advisers together to talk to them about the EU as a potential career for their students. It was heartening, if surreal, … Continue reading
Filed under EC in UK, EU Careers, Languages
Working in languages
One of the things that attracts most of us to working for the EU is the possibility of using the languages we have studied hard to acquire. In this office we do a lot of work to make people aware of … Continue reading
Filed under Digital/social media, EC in UK, EU Careers, Languages
Talking my language
We hosted an event here today on language careers in the EU. In the first instance it was an opportunity to show the new clip done by the translation department showing what working as an EU translator is about. Three … Continue reading
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Working for a living
This week is clearly careers week. I don’t think I’ve done a single careers talk since I arrived, and I’m doing two this week. On Monday we had someone from EPSO, our recruitment service, in the Rep holding open sessions … Continue reading
Filed under Coming Week, EC in UK, EU Careers, Languages, Personal, Youth
