Signpost to Europe event
People in Birmingham and the West Midlands will have a unique opportunity to find out more about working elsewhere in Europe when Jobcentre Plus hosts a European Jobs Day in Birmingham later this year.
Events will be taking place in every European country this year as part of the annual European Job Week. Britain’s event is being held on 28 October 2009 between 10am and 3pm at the Town Hall, Birmingham and will also mark the 15th Anniversary of EURES.
Jobcentre Plus is a member of the European Employment Services (EURES) network of public employment services, whose aim is to promote mobility in Europe, help employers to recruit from other countries and to provide information, advice, and guidance to jobseekers who wish to consider living and working abroad. It has over 700 specially trained advisers across 30 European countries to carry out this service.
Entry to the European Jobs Day is free. EURES advisers will be attending from France, Germany, Norway, Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Sweden, Great Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and will be on hand to speak to jobseekers and students who are interested in working abroad. Visitors will find lots of interesting information about opportunities in Europe and each adviser will be on hand to advise and answer questions about their own country. Jobseekers will also have the opportunity to visit our internet suite on the day to carry out job searches with the help of trained staff.
Also present will be representatives from Careers Europe, British Council, Jobcentre Plus, local training providers and voluntary organisations. In addition, there will be several overseas employers interested in recruiting from the UK and who will be interviewing potential new employees on the day.
Peter Sydserff, the EURES Manager for the UK, said:
“The European Job Day will widen jobseekers’ appreciation of opportunities throughout a variety of European countries. The need to consider mobility is becoming increasingly more important when jobs are harder to find in the UK.”
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