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EURES Network Services

EURES network services are publicly available and targeted at unemployed and job seekers, interested in travelling to another Member State to take up employment, and at employers wishing to recruit workers from other EU or EFTA Member State.

European network of Employment Services (EURES) was established by the European Commission in 1993, on the basis of the European Union legislation.

EURES network operates in all Member States of the European Union (the EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) with the objective of supporting mobility of workers in the European labour market.

EURES network comprises of public employment services of the EU and EFTA Member States and other authorized organisations operating in the area of employment, at the local, regional, national and EU levels.

EURES network provides services in the area of EU wide job placement and provides information on conditions of living and working in the EU and EFTA Member States.

 

TYPE, PURPOSE AND EXPECTED RESULTS OF SERVICE OFFERED

Main purpose of services provided by the EURES network is promotion of voluntary geographical and occupational mobility in the EU, including cross-border regions, on a fair basis and in compliance with EU and national law and practice.

Support services provided by EURES network are offered to:

  • unemployed and jobseekers from Poland and another EU / EFTA Member State

  • employers from Poland and another EU / EFTA Member State.

 

Type of services offered to Polish unemployed and jobseekers:

Access to information

  • information related to looking for jobs in EU and EFTA countries

  • information on living and working conditions in EU and EFTA countries, including borderland (cross-border) areas

  • information on labour markets in EU and EFTA countries (national and regional, including information on where jobs are available and in which professions and industries)

  • information on the principles governing internships and professional training in the EU and EFTA countries

  • information on events organized by the EURES network in Poland and abroad: international job fair, European Job Days, etc.

  • information on dedicated job mobility programmes, which help jobseekers find employment in other EU and EFTA countries, with the help of EU financial support, e.g.: “Your first EURES job”(programme for youth)

Work in the EU and EFTA countries

  • support in looking for a job abroad

  • access to foreign job offers (vacancies from labour offices and EURES partner organisations)

  • ability to publish the CV in the EU database on European Job Mobility Portal www.eures.europa.eu , which is accessed by thousands of registered employers from the EU and EFTA countries

  • recruitment for jobs abroad in specified professions, with the support of EURES advisers

  • help in writing your CV

  • access to international job fair, European Job Days, and other recruitment events in Poland and abroad

  • EU job placement in borderland (cross-border) areas

Counselling in the selected job mobility area 

  • European Skills Passport

  • CV in the Europass format

  • advice and guidelines for graduates

  • specific counselling for jobseekers from borderland (cross-border) areas as regards job mobility

On-line services

European Job Mobility Portal www.eures.europa.eu that offers:

  • job vacancies in the EU and EFTA countries, including Poland (job vacancies come from labour offices and EURES partner organizations)

  • registration of qualifications, skills and experience in the online CV database available to registered employers from the EU and EFTA countries

  • information on European labour markets, surplus and deficit occupations in the EU and EFTA countries

  • calendar of EURES events in the EU and EFTA countries

  • advice and guidance for graduates

  • the portal is run by the European Commission in all official EU languages

European Job Days on-line www.europeanjobdays.eu 

  • the European platform allows jobseekers to present themselves to employers from the EU and EFTA from their computers without leaving home via the Internet

  • Internet users can take advantage of job offers, job interviews with employers, chat rooms etc. as well as gain knowledge of European job mobility during webinars

  • the event is organized several times a year by the EURES network in selected EU or EFTA countries

Polish EURES webpage www.eures.praca.gov.pl  that offers: 

  • information on the EURES network

  • information about looking for a job in the EU or EFTA countries 

  • foreign job offers announced as part of EURES by voivodship labour offices and Voluntary Labour Corps

  • information on living and working conditions in the EU and EFTA in Polish

  • calendar of events organized by EURES in Poland

  • information on EURES cross-border partnerships in Poland.

Expected results of the services are related to increase knowledge of Polish unemployed and jobseekers on living and working in another EU or EFTA Member State and support in finding job abroad in these countries.

 

Type of services offered to unemployed and jobseekers from another EU / EFTA Member State:

  • information on living and working conditions in Poland in Polish, English and German

  • access to Polish job offers posted at www.oferty.praca.gov.pl

  • support for CVs of EU / EFTA citizens interested in working in Poland

  • assistance in writing application documents

  • access to chat with the Polish EURES Advisers on the European Job Mobility Portal www.eures.europa.eu

  • participation in job fairs organized in Poland, including European Job Days on-line www.europeanjobdays.eu

  • access to targeted mobility programs, 

  • advice where to find accommodation in Poland, Polish language courses or integration training

  • advice and job offers for graduates

  • on-line services

European Job Mobility Portal www.eures.europa.eu that offers:

  • job vacancies in the EU and EFTA countries, including Poland (job vacancies come from labour offices and EURES partner organizations)

  • registration of qualifications, skills and experience in the online CV database available to registered employers from the EU / EFTA countries

  • information on European labour markets, surplus and deficit occupations in the EU / EFTA countries

  • calendar of EURES events in the EU / EFTA countries

  • advice and guidance for graduates 

  • the portal is run by the European Commission in all official EU languages

European Job Days on-line www.europeanjobdays.eu 

  • the European platform allows jobseekers to present themselves to employers from the EU and EFTA countries from their computers without leaving home via the Internet

  • Internet users can take advantage of job offers, job interviews with employers, chat rooms etc. as well as gain knowledge of European job mobility during webinars

  • the event is organized several times a year by the EURES network in selected EU and EFTA countries

Polish EURES webpage www.eures.praca.gov.pl  that offers dedicated section for EU / EFTA citizens in English which includes information on: 

  • job vacancies in Poland

  • how to find job in Poland

  • living and working in Poland (in Polish, English and German)

  • Polish labour market

  • Europass CV,

  • Beginning a professional career in Poland  

  • Checklist before and after arrival in Poland

  • Mobility on European labour market

  • Vocational and educational training in Poland

  • Frontier and cross-border workers

  • Right to free movement of workers

  • EURES services in Poland for jobseekers.

 

Expected results of the services are related to increase knowledge of unemployed and jobseekers from another EU or EFTA Member State on living and working in Poland and support in finding job Poland.

Type of services offered to Polish employers:

Access to information

  • information about the possibilities of recruiting employees in other EU / EFTA country, about employment requirements and challenges related to hiring foreigners from EU / EFTA country and administrative procedures before and after hiring

  • information on national and regional labour markets in the EU and EFTA countries including information on where workers are available and in which professions and industries

  • information on events organized by the EURES network in Poland and abroad, such as international job fairs, European Job Days and other recruitment events

  • information on special EURES initiatives that help employers find workers in other EU / EFTA countries using EU financial support

Access to candidates from another EU / EFTA Member State

  • access to the CV database of candidates on the European Job Mobility Portal www.eures.europa.eu (after registering on this portal)

  • the possibility of placing a job offer on the European Job Mobility Portal, that is available to all EU / EFTA citizens (for this purpose, please contact the nearest Poviat Labor Office, Youth Education and Labor Center for Voluntary Labor Corps or an entity possessing EURES accreditation or register the job offer electronically on the website www.praca.gov.pl )

  • support in the recruitment of workers from selected EU / EFTA countries:

  • assistance in preparing the content of a job offer in a foreign language in accordance with proper standards 

  • collecting a CVs

  • pre-selection of EU / EFTA candidates

  • if possible, help in conducting interviews abroad

  • the opportunity to participate in events organized by the EURES network in Europe, e.g. international job fairs, European Job Days, which increases the chances of finding workers with proper qualifications

  • support in the recruitment of frontier workers with the participation of EURES cross-border partnerships

 

On-line services

European Job Mobility Portal www.eures.europa.eu that offers:

  • over 3 million job vacancies in the EU and EFTA countries (job vacancies come from labour offices and EURES partner organizations)

  • over 400 thousand registered CVs

  • over 14 thousand registered employers

  • employers can quickly and easily:

  • post job offers via national IT systems of public employment services

  • create an account to search and store candidate profiles to work according to various criteria, e.g. qualifications, experience, knowledge of foreign languages

  • receive notifications when there are candidates matching the employer's requirements

  • search for dates for upcoming international job fairs, European Job Days and other events in the EU / EFTA countries related to recruitment

  • view information and statistics on national and regional labor markets in the EU / EFTA countries, among others information on surplus and deficit occupations

  • information on living and working conditions in the EU / EFTA countries

  •  calendar of EURES events in the EU / EFTA countries 

  • the portal that is run by the European Commission in all official EU languages

European Job Days on-line www.europeanjobdays.eu 

  • a European platform for organizing virtual job days, enabling a direct connection from employer’s computer to candidates for jobs from other countries with relevant professional qualifications

  • employers can post their job offers, conduct interviews with jobseekers, take part in on-line chats

  • employers can get knowledge about European job mobility here

  • the event is organized several times a year by the EURES network in selected EEA countries.

Expected results of the services are related to increase knowledge of possibilities for recruiting workers from another EU / EFTA Member States and support in finding candidates from EU / EFTA for job vacancies offered by Polish employers.

 

Type of services offered to employers from another EU / EFTA Member States

Employers from EU / EFTA Member states can take advantage of the opportunities offered by European Job Mobility Portal www.eures.europa.eu  where the database of CVs’ of job seekers is available, including job seekers from Poland, who are interested in working abroad. Moreover, in selected situations, European employers can receive direct support from Polish EURES advisers.

Within the EURES network in Poland, job offers are only accepted through an EURES network representative from the EU and EFTA countries from where employer comes from.

If the job offer concerns borderland (cross-border) areas, a Polish EURES network representative can accept a job offer directly from an employer from particular EU country or through a representative of the EURES network in that country.

It is important to underline that Polish EURES network is avoiding to support recruitment of Polish workers who belong to deficit occupations at Polish labour market. 

The EURES network in Poland offers the following services for foreign employers:

  • distribution of job offers in Polish – a job offer that is accepted will be translated and published online – in the Central Database of Job Offers www.oferty.praca.gov.pl 

  • collecting CVs and other application documents from Polish candidates, selecting candidates in line with the needs of the employer, providing support in organising and holding job interviews

  • informing about Polish labour market – disseminating information on the situation on regional labour markets in Poland and in individual industries and occupations

  • practical advice provided by EURES advisers with respect to recruitment procedures of Polish workers, social and cultural conditions, and other guidelines that are useful when recruiting employees in Poland

  • international fair and recruitment campaigns in Poland – employers from the EU and EFTA countries have the option to participate in international fair and recruitment campaigns by voivodship and poviat labour offices. During the said events, job offers, living and working conditions in the EU and EFTA countries are presented; candidates are also interviewed and recruited.

Expected results of the services are related to support in finding candidates from Poland for jobs offered abroad in another EU / EFTA countries.

 

CONTACT DETAILS OF THE ENTITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SERVICE

Contact details to staff who provide EURES network services are available in section “Contact us” / “EURES staff” on https://eures.praca.gov.pl/en/contact/eures-staff 

APPLICABLE FEES AND ONLINE METHODS OF PAYMENT

EURES services in Poland provided by voivodship and poviat labour offices as well as Voluntary Labor Corps are free of charge.

APPLICABLE DEDLINES TO BE RESPECTED

It is difficult estimate time needed for delivery of EURES support services due to variety of accessible services. 

Some information is available at once while complicated cases needs time to check, consult and prepare reply. According to Polish law public institutions shall reply for citizen’s or other entities’ request without undue delay but no later than 1 month. In particular complicates case time for reply is longer – up to 2 months.

More time is needed in case of delivery of international job placement or prepare an on-site or on-line event. 

 

LANGUAGES OF THE SERVICE

EURES support services are available:

  • in Polish and 
  • in English - only in voivodship labour offices and voivodship headquarters of Voluntary Labour Corps.

National EURES webpage www.eures.praca.gov.pl is available in Polish and English

 

LAW ACTS

https://eures.praca.gov.pl/en/about-us/legal-basis 

 

NAME OF THE ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTENT OF THE INFORMATION

Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology

Labour Market Department

email: Sekretariat.DRP@mrpips.gov.pl

 

The information on this website has been prepared for users of the single digital gateway in order to ensure compliance with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services.


 

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