The European Job Mobility Portal launched

The new European Job Mobility Portal, has been officially launched by the Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou, is based around the EURES network and web site. It aims to provide a user-friendly means of accessing the information needed for those contemplating a move for career or for learning purposes.

As well as providing information on available jobs throughout the EEA and the possibility for job seekers to post their CVs online, the Portal will have information on living and working conditions, labour market developments (tracking shortages and surpluses of labour), and on education and training opportunities (via the PLOTEUS site run by the Commission’s Directore General for Education and Culture).

The Employment Guidelines, adopted by the Council in July 2003, specify that by 2005 jobseekers throughout the EU should be able to consult all job vacancies advertised through Member States’ employment services. It can therefore be expected that the Job Mobility Portal will become the essential supporting mechanism to underpin labour mobility throughout the EU.