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Eternal Traineeship of the Eurojobless Mind

('Aatish Pattni',) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:30:00 -0000

The road towards the ideal job is long, and Brussels is merciless on those who don’t have the nerves or patience - especially between the disappointment regarding job offers and evenings spent by young, wanna-be Eurocrats networking to get noticed

Startups, ethics and the crisis: focus on young people in Turin

('Elaine Jordan',) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:33:30 -0000

After the crisis months of unemployment, training and scholarship schemes, some Italian youngsters decide to swap 'instability' for life as an entrepreneur. Examples from the industrial city of Turin

Why Scandinavians do life better

('Sarah Pybus',) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:45:00 -0000

Public spirit, political life, way of life, welfare state...short analysis on why people from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland might be happier with life than the rest of us Europeans

Film review Germany: interns feature in 'Résiste - Aufstand der Praktikanten'

('Annie Rutherford',) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0000

'A Quantum Revolution' has been screening in German cinemas since 12 November

Young graduates job-hunt in Italy, Portugal and Greece

('Anna Borrelli',) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:14:24 -0000

Three graduates in European studies, language and literature and nursing voice their experiences in the Mediterranean. Part two in a job testimony series of young Europeans based at home

2009's graduate flavour comes in crisis: part one, England and Ireland

('Eimear Blee',) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:05:04 -0000

Two language and literature graduates compare their experiences of entering the work world in 2009. Part one in a job testimony series of young Europeans based at home

London's so 2008: Quebec is the new Eldorado for the French

('Sarah Truesdale',) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:00:00 -0000

Follow six ex-pat stories of hopes, dreams and disappointments in the hunt for a job and an adventure, direct from their mountain cabins in Canada

Is your gran a 'silver surfer'?

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:57:36 -0000

French grandmas in stinging nettles, German grandpas at the European parliament and Polish grannies working in communist toilets - there's a visually colourful variety of 'ageing' expressions across the European continent

Berlin to Champagne: anecdote of harvesting wine

('Annie Rutherford',) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:00:00 -0000

For many people picking grapes off the vine and throwing them into a bucket is farmwork like cutting asparagus or picking strawberries. In one way they are right: the intellectual requirements of each of these activities is at most low. For me though other criteria counted

Young Spaniards escape crisis by moving around in Europe

('Astrid vW',) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:40:22 -0000

Three out of ten Spaniards under 25 are unemployed. This group is the hardest hit by the crisis and has the highest unemployment rate in the EU (35.4%). Unfair dismissals, businesses closing, poor wages and working conditions... Young Europeans and specifically the Spaniards, don’t have it easy, but they are facing up to it. Those that can, leave their country in search of a more promising future in Europe, seeing this adventure as a long-term investment

Spain, crisis and the difference between equality and parity

('Lydia Bigos',) — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:51:50 -0000

For the first time in the economic crisis, men are proportionally losing jobs faster than women are. Is it a victory for the latter? It’s a long road to equality – or should we say, to parity?

'The Wonderous World of Laundry': forgiving free market in Berlin and Warsaw

('Lydia Bigos',) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:37:44 -0000

The global credit crunch has quickly established it self to be a test of European solidarity. The government in Berlin faces a particularly difficult challenge as 2009 brings them the presidential elections and the elections for European parliament. This is also the time to fulfil the promise of opening up the German labour market to the ten new EU states, including Poland. Will pre-election fever deal with the ever-increasing unemployment on both sides of the Odra River – without compromising the strong relationship between Berlin and Warsaw?

Suicide and stress in the workplace

('John Smith',) — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:45:00 -0000

Enslaved into the rhythm of work, are employees mere instruments of their jobs? Stress clogs up the cogs of any enterprise. What are the causes of this troubling phenomenon?