employment

Teaching. One hell of a profession

Teaching. One hell of a profession

6.25 million of them in Europe are shaping future generations. Their work conditions, like their salaries, vary inevitably from one country to another, whilst training to become a teacher is as trying as ever. Are young people still feeling called by the calling?

ANALYSIS employment : Suicide and stress in the workplace

Suicide and stress in the workplace

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?

by Aurélien BORDET @ // 21/05/08

employment, suicide, work, stress, unemployment, labour, society

FEATURE employment : Exploiting unpaid interns: rites of passage?

Exploiting unpaid interns: rites of passage?

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

by farah boucherak // 28/04/08

employment, consumers, italy, democratisation, economy, identity, internships

INTERVIEW employment : Daniel Porot: the advantages of a job abroad

Daniel Porot: the advantages of a job abroad

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

by jane mery // 20/02/08

employment, interview, books, students, society

PORTRAIT

Turkey-Germany: springboard into jobs abroad

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

by ann-christin doms // 19/02/08

employment, testimony, istanbul, turkey, germany, students, society

ANALYSIS employment : Are you young, employed and on the move?

Are you young, employed and on the move?

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?

by Jane Mery @ // 19/02/08

employment, travel, analysis, youth, society

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Export of evil from Scandinavia? (updated)

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Follow the German 'work and travel' slogan summer

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