Tag Archives: EU careers

October 19, 2010

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 →

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July 9, 2010

Coming week to 18 July

A round-up of UK-relevant issues on the Commission’s calendar for next week. Usual caveats apply. 12 July: Commissioner Vassiliou in London, meets David Willetts and Nick Gibb, Department for Education 12 July: European Commission to propose package to boost consumer … Continue reading →

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June 15, 2010

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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March 24, 2010

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 →

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