Publications catalogue

 The European Vacancy and Recruitment Report is the first of a set of biennial reports to be launched by the European Commission as part of the EU Skills Panorama. The report focuses on changes in the demand for labour, including analyses of contractual arrangements, sector demand, occupation demand, growing occupations, difficult to fill vacancies (bottleneck occupations), skills requirements and the market shares of public employment services and temporary work agencies. The report shows that top bottleneck occupations all over Europe are in health, ICT, engineering, sales and finance. This publication is available in electronic format in English only

Your first EURES job is a new European Union job mobility scheme to help young people with any qualifications find work and to help employers find young workers. This leaflet provides young jobseekers and employers with information on the advantages and support they can get from this scheme. It is available in printed format in all EU official languages

The European labour market will face a number of challenges in the coming years. In order to be well equipped to tackle changes, employers may need to look Europe-wide for employees with the right mix of skills qualifications. This publication is intended as a practical guide to recruiting in Europe for employers of all sizes and sectors. This publication is available in printed format in all EU offiicial languages as well as in Icelandic and Norwegian.

The online tools ESCO, Match & Map and the improved EURES portal were created with the aim of improving and facilitating skills matching and increasing the efficiency with which jobseekers will find vacancies and employers will find candidates. This publication serves as an introduction to these three online matching tools developed by the European Commission. It is available in printed format in English, French and German.

Learning new skills and gaining international professional experience can only be of benefit. This guide will help you set your sights on Europe. It is available in printed format in all EU official languages, as well as in Icelandic and Norwegian.

This guide is an update of the publication The Community provisions on social security (KE-64-04-022-EN-C, ISBN 92-894-8490-X). It provides updated information for mobile Europeans so they know about their social security rights when moving between EU Member States. The guide details coordinated EU social security provisions and explains one’s rights as a worker, a tourist, a student, an unemployed or other non-active person, a pensioner or a third-country national. This publication will be available in printed format in all EU official languages

EURES offers information, advice and job placement services to citizens of the EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, and also monitors the labour market situation in and across these countries. This book marks the work and staff of EURES, launched in 1994, on the occasion of the service’s 15th anniversary. It tracks the legislative steps that led to the creation of the service and offers a retrospective portrayal of the network’s members and achievements over its history, before examining the potential topics with which the service may deal in the future. This publication is available in printed format in English, French and German.

Free movement of people is one of the key tenants of the EU. This guide provides citizens with the most important information they need to know when applying and interviewing for a job in a different EEA country so they can take full advantage of their right to live and work abroad. In addition, this guide tells people about the European employment service EURES and the assistance it can provide during an international job search.This publication is available in printed format in all EU official languages as well as in Icelandic and Norwegian.

This leaflet illustrates and highlights the actions that the EU is taking with regard to social security and free movement of workers. Targeting the general public, it seeks to answer potential questions from citizens moving to another Member State due to work and their family, and other travellers. In particular, it focuses on issues concerning social security, pensions and healthcare. It is available in all official languages of the European Union.