employment
Get a job (for a bob)
So you’re a young graduate in Europe. You’re part of the revolution; adapting yourself to the tempest. It’s a constant effort of imagination – you might be jumping from roots in journalism to hospital corridors, or from debating Socrates to selling high-end clothing. Crisis asks you to do that, to imagine doing the non-job of your dreams. It defines a generation lost and paying the costs
Diary: Vilnius and I, reluctant bedfellows
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
employment, diary, vilnius, uzupis, israel, identity, expatriation
Fancy a degree from the university of Disney?
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
employment, money, paris, disney, labour market, youth, business man
What crisis? Scouring for entrepreneurs in Bulgaria
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
employment, money, labour, financial crisis, crisis on the ground, bulgaria, youth
European social funds and the case of start-ups in France
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
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
employment, emploi, new york, expatriation, expatriates, illegal immigrants, restaurant
67% in Ireland say 'yes' to the Lisbon treaty
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
employment, european constitution, referendum, ireland, vote, ukip, nigel farage
Acts of Random Kindness Ltd: Irish clothing startup to ‘change your world’
'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
employment, ireland, association, initiative, youth, start-up company, dublin
French citizens ‘Balkan-level’ skill at the English language
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
employment, english, paris, discrimination, exams, teachers, french
Languages: Dutch amidst French in bilingual Brussels
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?
employment, english, european institutions, emploi, multiculturalism, multilingualism, belgium
Brussels crisis: be creative, become an entrepeneur
The crisis is confronting young entrepreneurs in Brussels. Whilst some have excellent qualifications, those who don’t have a battle on their hands
employment, belgium, brussels, precarity, youth, european elections 2009, eudebate2009
What communism means to three central and eastern European women
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?
employment, feminism, germany, cold war, iron curtain, past enlargements, communism
Migrants keep coming to Seville, Spain and the rest of Europe
But their rights as workers and humans are at stake, while the status of illegal or legal are being sorted out
employment, integration, discrimination, romania, documents, eu debate on the ground, senegal
European elections 2009: better off being an ecologist than a banker
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
employment, fondation robert schuman, defence, participation, european parliament, european elections 2009, eudebate2009
Young Europeans would like to be Scandinavian
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
employment, university, labour, sociology, denmark, scandinavia, europe
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