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Diary: Vilnius and I, reluctant bedfellows

('Daiva Repe\xc4\x8dkait\xc4\x97',) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:24:52 -0000

The passion evaporated years ago, after the capital became expensive and inconvenient to live in, or maybe since I stopped being a student. However, jobs for a social science graduate with a Lithuanian passport are here. Anecdote from cafebabel.com expat blogger 'Wonderland

Fancy a degree from the university of Disney?

('Tim Mac an Airchinnigh',) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:44:19 -0000

How about a stroll down Disney Boulevard, shopping in Disney outlet malls and finishing off with a cappuccino on Disney Square? Hell, you can even get your tonsils out in Disney hospital. The Magic Kingdom is building an empire of kitsch just 30 minutes from Paris, and for thousands of jobless Europeans it smells like opportunity

What crisis? Scouring for entrepreneurs in Bulgaria

('Hanna Sankowska',) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:19:13 -0000

Bulgaria’s GDP growth slowed, but nowhere close to the levels noted west of Sofia. The new coalition government has inherited nearly empty treasury coffers from the previous 'corrupt' administration. In the European Year of Innovation 2009, funding for start-ups was cut. Yet stories of determination prevail. Part three in a five part 'EU crisis on the ground' city series

European social funds and the case of start-ups in France

('Sarah Truesdale',) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:45:00 -0000

Setting up in business without any advice can be a little like doing sports without any training. There’s professional help available in the form of an entrepreneurial incubator; the ESF’s purpose is to finance these intermediary structures. In the 2007 French film ‘The Grocer’s Son’, a youth takes over his father’s rural travelling store - like Caroline

European expats in New York job illegally

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0000

For those seeking adventure in Manhattan and co, the restaurant business offers an easily-found job and good money thanks to the tipping culture - a stack of advantages, that is, for those who want to live beneath the law

67% in Ireland say 'yes' to the Lisbon treaty

("Daniel O'Leary",) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:15:44 -0000

On 2 October, the Irish public allowed changes to the constitution to ratify the Lisbon treaty. The 'resounding' and 'convincing' vote dispels fears that the referendum would pass by a slim margin and demonstrate a lack of Irish faith in the democratic process, and in the EU

Acts of Random Kindness Ltd: Irish clothing startup to ‘change your world’

('walshno',) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:11:48 -0000

'It’s like putting on a superhero costume - except your superpower might be the willingness to give up your seat on the bus,' said the Irish Times about a group of young people who hold business meetings up trees. With a new website and T-shirt range due for launch, one of the four members describes the nature of the startup

French citizens ‘Balkan-level’ skill at the English language

('Tim Mac an Airchinnigh',) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:07:08 -0000

The nineteenth-century attitudes to language learning here are not just wasting people’s time, but wasting an extraordinary amount of their money, opines a young Irishman who teaches English in Paris, capital of a country which an 'archaic' education system

Languages: Dutch amidst French in bilingual Brussels

('Sarah Truesdale',) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:27:21 -0000

On the footpaths of Brussels your ears catch a litany of languages. In this European city, the official status of the bilingualism can be seen everywhere, especially in job advertisements. Is this a question of identity or discrimination in recruitment?

Brussels crisis: be creative, become an entrepeneur

('Sarah Pybus',) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:00:00 -0000

The crisis is confronting young entrepreneurs in Brussels. Whilst some have excellent qualifications, those who don’t have a battle on their hands

What communism means to three central and eastern European women

('Kate Robinson',) — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:00:00 -0000

Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin wall, what does communism mean to Cecilia, 22, from Bulgaria, Katharina, 20, from Slovakia and Anna, 28, from the Czech Republic?

Migrants keep coming to Seville, Spain and the rest of Europe

('Thomas Gam Nielsen',) — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:00:04 -0000

But their rights as workers and humans are at stake, while the status of illegal or legal are being sorted out

European elections 2009: better off being an ecologist than a banker

('Darren Thompson',) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0000

Between 4 and 7 June 2009, 360 million citizens will be called to elect their 763 representatives for the European parliament. Will this continental election date provide the platform to begin open political discussions on aspects of EC policy? That’s yet to be seen

Young Europeans would like to be Scandinavian

('Astrid vW',) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:15:00 -0000

How is the step into the job market experienced in Europe? Sociologist Cécile van de Velde has studied and compared this link between university and employment in Spain, France, the UK and Denmark. Interview

Teachers in France and Germany: not lazy sacks

('Emily Griffins',) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:00:00 -0000

Spending your time passing on your knowledge of and passion for language and literature - what a wonderful job! However in German and French society, the profession is still unable to shake off its crop of clichés. Vies from two teachers from either side of the Rhine

European run-down of teacher training and starting salaries

('Hayley Worsley-Carter',) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:00:00 -0000

Working conditions for teachers are being discussed in every staff room throughout Europe. Overview

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?

Exploiting unpaid interns: rites of passage?

('c\xc3\xa9dric AUDINOT',) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000

Associations like Generation Precarity or Fairwork expose an exploited flexible labour force with intermittent incomes and no job security

Daniel Porot: the advantages of a job abroad

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0000

We talk to the author of numerous books on career management and job-hunting in Europe, who also teaches in many European and American schools and universities

Turkey-Germany: springboard into jobs abroad

('Sarah Turpin',) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0000

More and more young jobseekers are attracted to careers abroad due of either a lack of jobs in their own country or a desire to widen their personal horizons

Are you young, employed and on the move?

('John Smith',) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0000

As a consequence of encouraging young students to travel the world, it's necessary to expect that many of them, inspired by the itch to travel, decide to move away and work. How do they manage?