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We would like to thank David Nicholson, the disgraced former chairman of Nicholson International Ltd (NI), a large international search & selection consultancy, for his refusal to see the Internet as something more than a passing fad.
When in 1993 it was suggested to NI to invest in an Internet site it was shrugged off as just another piece of hype and that NI would not be interested in it. Convinced that there was more to it I left my job as a recruiter to test eurojobs on Demon, the only Internet service available at the time. The site rapidly became successful and eurojobs.com was properly registered as a dotcom. The site as we now know it was officially born in 1995.
The site was revamped based on the prevalent standards of the day, cgi scipts were added and it started to lead it's own life. It started attracting recruitment campaigns from illustrious companies such as Amazon.com, Microsoft, KPMG, Andersen, Hilti and many others.
As I had become involved with a leading London based corporate communications and internet consultancy Eurojobs.com was put on the backburner and basically left to its own devices.
Over the following years Eurojobs.com attracted more and more traffic and advertisers. It slowly grew into a fairly large player in pan-European recruitment. The old site received around half a million page impressions a month. Once this fact had set in the decision was made to transform it into a proper pan-European recruitment site. In 2002 the site was completely redesigned and driven by a new engine developed by Pump IT. In 2005 the architect of the site joined us at Eurojobs.com in order to develop a site that could cope with the ever increasing user base. Our development team is now based in sunny Trieste in Italy.
The current site is a reflection of the ideas behind Eurojobs.com. The European recruitment industry needs more transparency, openness, clarity and standards. This was the case in 1995 and still is the case today.
I hope you enjoy using our service. Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions, suggestions or comments.
Harmen Rijks
Managing Director
harmen.rijks@eurojobs.com
When in 1993 it was suggested to NI to invest in an Internet site it was shrugged off as just another piece of hype and that NI would not be interested in it. Convinced that there was more to it I left my job as a recruiter to test eurojobs on Demon, the only Internet service available at the time. The site rapidly became successful and eurojobs.com was properly registered as a dotcom. The site as we now know it was officially born in 1995.
The site was revamped based on the prevalent standards of the day, cgi scipts were added and it started to lead it's own life. It started attracting recruitment campaigns from illustrious companies such as Amazon.com, Microsoft, KPMG, Andersen, Hilti and many others.
As I had become involved with a leading London based corporate communications and internet consultancy Eurojobs.com was put on the backburner and basically left to its own devices.
Over the following years Eurojobs.com attracted more and more traffic and advertisers. It slowly grew into a fairly large player in pan-European recruitment. The old site received around half a million page impressions a month. Once this fact had set in the decision was made to transform it into a proper pan-European recruitment site. In 2002 the site was completely redesigned and driven by a new engine developed by Pump IT. In 2005 the architect of the site joined us at Eurojobs.com in order to develop a site that could cope with the ever increasing user base. Our development team is now based in sunny Trieste in Italy.
The current site is a reflection of the ideas behind Eurojobs.com. The European recruitment industry needs more transparency, openness, clarity and standards. This was the case in 1995 and still is the case today.
I hope you enjoy using our service. Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions, suggestions or comments.
Harmen Rijks
Managing Director
harmen.rijks@eurojobs.com
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Job vacancies in 31 European countries, CVs from interested candidates, what you need to know about living and working abroad and much more brought to you by the EURES network
24-year-old Stephan is an Austrian engineering graduate with a life-long passion for photography. When earlier this year, Stephan was offered a five-month internship in a Hamburg-based photography studio, he figured it was time to put his passion and creativity into practice. His previous work experience within the architecture business had given him very little opportunity to develop his artistic skills, and Stephan was eager for the chance to use them, while gaining experience abroad. Germany therefore sounded like the perfect place, as it allowed him to fully concentrate on gaining new professional skills without having to worry about learning a new language at the same time.
As is often the case, however, the internship was offered on an unpaid basis, and living in Hamburg can be quite expensive. Things took a troubling turn when, shortly before his departure, the financial assistance he had counted on for his stay in Hamburg fell through. ‘I felt like my hopes were breaking into pieces when I first heard this!’, says Stephan, ‘Months of planning were in jeopardy ’. Stephan quickly had to start searching for new funding opportunities under severe time pressure, while not being sure where to look. The Austrian public employment service directed him to the IWE (International Workers’ Exchange), a network for workers interested in international and European mobility, where he happened to come across the contact details of EURES Adviser Günther Wilfinger.
EURES provided Stephan with concrete guidance on where best to look for funding opportunities. Stephan explains that at first he felt daunted by the amount of information and organisations he could potentially turn to in order to apply for maintenance grants. The problem for him was identifying those that were best to target and that were more likely to fund his internship. The expertise of the EURES Adviser eased the burden on Stephan and Günther gave him directions on the most suitable options. ‘For me, EURES acted as a helpful filter to find the right means of funding. Although at the beginning everything seemed difficult, turning to EURES was very helpful. After receiving Günther’s advice, I didn’t have to ask for help anywhere else,’ reveals Stephan. Finally, after about three to four weeks of phone calls and e-mail exchanges with various organisations, Stephan finally found enough funding to cover his stay in Hamburg.
Stephan is now in his last three weeks of training and is soon to return to Austria. Living in Hamburg has given him the chance to get in contact with many professional photographers from all over the world, and he is happy to have chosen this city as his destination. Had it not been for the financing EURES helped him to find, Stephen doesn’t know how things would have worked out. In the future, Stephan would like to return to study but is also interested in gaining more experience abroad – and will keep EURES in mind should he choose to do so!
‘My nature is to always find a way to do what I want to do, but it is hard to say what I would have done if I had not managed to secure funding. It has been a great help and I am very grateful that I came across EURES when I did!’ .
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Well the answers to all those questions and much, much more are in these pages. We will give you advice on EU work permits and visas, resumes, and job searches that apply specifically to the various countries and job sectors in Europe.
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Jobseekers – turn to EURES for information and advice!
24-year-old Stephan is an Austrian engineering graduate with a life-long passion for photography. When earlier this year, Stephan was offered a five-month internship in a Hamburg-based photography studio, he figured it was time to put his passion and creativity into practice. His previous work experience within the architecture business had given him very little opportunity to develop his artistic skills, and Stephan was eager for the chance to use them, while gaining experience abroad. Germany therefore sounded like the perfect place, as it allowed him to fully concentrate on gaining new professional skills without having to worry about learning a new language at the same time. As is often the case, however, the internship was offered on an unpaid basis, and living in Hamburg can be quite expensive. Things took a troubling turn when, shortly before his departure, the financial assistance he had counted on for his stay in Hamburg fell through. ‘I felt like my hopes were breaking into pieces when I first heard this!’, says Stephan, ‘Months of planning were in jeopardy ’. Stephan quickly had to start searching for new funding opportunities under severe time pressure, while not being sure where to look. The Austrian public employment service directed him to the IWE (International Workers’ Exchange), a network for workers interested in international and European mobility, where he happened to come across the contact details of EURES Adviser Günther Wilfinger.
EURES provided Stephan with concrete guidance on where best to look for funding opportunities. Stephan explains that at first he felt daunted by the amount of information and organisations he could potentially turn to in order to apply for maintenance grants. The problem for him was identifying those that were best to target and that were more likely to fund his internship. The expertise of the EURES Adviser eased the burden on Stephan and Günther gave him directions on the most suitable options. ‘For me, EURES acted as a helpful filter to find the right means of funding. Although at the beginning everything seemed difficult, turning to EURES was very helpful. After receiving Günther’s advice, I didn’t have to ask for help anywhere else,’ reveals Stephan. Finally, after about three to four weeks of phone calls and e-mail exchanges with various organisations, Stephan finally found enough funding to cover his stay in Hamburg.
Stephan is now in his last three weeks of training and is soon to return to Austria. Living in Hamburg has given him the chance to get in contact with many professional photographers from all over the world, and he is happy to have chosen this city as his destination. Had it not been for the financing EURES helped him to find, Stephen doesn’t know how things would have worked out. In the future, Stephan would like to return to study but is also interested in gaining more experience abroad – and will keep EURES in mind should he choose to do so!
‘My nature is to always find a way to do what I want to do, but it is hard to say what I would have done if I had not managed to secure funding. It has been a great help and I am very grateful that I came across EURES when I did!’ .
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Europe Jobs
Whether it is for the summer or for a lifetime, to go over to Europe to work is a daunting task. How easy is it to find work there? What kind of visa do you need? What things are different when looking for work in Europe as opposed to finding those same jobs in North America? And what kinds of jobs are available in Europe anyway?Well the answers to all those questions and much, much more are in these pages. We will give you advice on EU work permits and visas, resumes, and job searches that apply specifically to the various countries and job sectors in Europe.
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