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This module focuses on how schools can motivate students to complete their school path in order to be ready for the job market through the exploitation of opportunities to study, carry out voluntary service and work experience abroad making use of mobility funding and cooperation initiatives.

Mobility to Learn and Work

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Chapter 4 – Mobility opportunities to work
4.1 Mobility opportunities for Job experience/internship
“Every EU citizen has the right to live, work, look for a job and retire in any of the EU’s 27 Member States. EU rules on the free movement of workers also apply to countries belonging to the European Economic Area, namely Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.” This is a statement of the EU on the EURES Portal, a portal where more than 1 000 000 jobs are offered and job seekers might upload their CV. EURES was set up in 1993. EURES is a co-operation network between the European Commission and the Public Employment Service of the EU plus Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. They offer a high quality service for workers and employers. It is possible to communicate with supporting staff by chat, emails or phone calls.

But a website is sometimes not enough for bringing people into a job. One example that unemployment is considered seriously is the Guarantee against unemployment for young people under 25 years old. This want to ensure that all young people get a good-quality, concrete offer within four months of leaving school or becoming unemployed. A good concrete offer might be a job, an apprenticeship, a traineeship or to continue in education.

This module presents:
  • Opportunities for Young Entrepreneurs which focus on the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs exchange programme
  • Horizon 2020 Marie Curie the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme provides grants for all stages of researchers' careers
  • International Job Research: a list of database to find a job in the EU
  • The Europass Curriculum vitae: the template of the CV proposed by the EU
Online Resources
  • EURESA website with jobs in Europe for people also without an academic background
  • PloteusA website with the possibility to find an internships
  • ECHOThe European Commission’s Humanitarian aid and Civil Protection department with links to internships, information and jobs
  • EPSO A website with job opportunities in the EU
  • EuraxessJobs in correlation with the EU for academic people
  • EuropaTraineeships in EU institutions like the parliament or the European Commission:
  • Youth Guarantee An informative website about the youth guarantee.
  • Youth Guarantee The website about Youth Guarantee by the European Commission.
  • EU-CoE Synergies should be fostered for youth orientated between the two institutions Council of Europe

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Date: 2016.09.13

Posted by Aneta - Lithuania

The E- learning package provides effective methodology on how to deal with students at risk of early school leaving and motivate them to continue their educational path.

Date: 2016.09.05

Posted by Christine CLOES - Belgique

In Belgium a group of secondary schools is involved in a pilot project supported by the European Social Fund. The “Accrojump” project is a cooperation project between eight technical and vocational schools located in the same region. This original project lets students at risk of early school leaving carry out traineeships in a partner school that offers other options better fitting to their personal project.
It is an innovative concept of “mobility” that can be applied inside a country or region. Thanks to this project the traditional competitive relationship between schools turns into complicity and solidarity.

Date: 2016.08.03

Posted by A. Navas - Spain

Good overview of all the chances to study or work abroad.

Date: 2016.07.10

Posted by P.B. - Italy

For teachers the section of the portal is useful because it offers a series of tests to know and exalt the pupils’ potentialities. Teachers can also inform pupils about the concrete possibilities of working and living abroad.
The contents of the package are undoubtedly very useful, because they permit the deep knowledge of all the possibilities offered by the labour market.
In particular the Mobility section offers an exhaustive explanation of how many possibilities are now offered by the European Union for those who want to start relationships with foreign countries. Finally it stresses the importance and the opportunity to start entrepreneurship at school, so students can start to think about this possibility since they are attending their schools.

Date: 2016.07.07

Posted by Panunzio Laurent - France

The module is interesting because they bring light on some subjects and give advice.

Date: 2016.07.07

Posted by Didier Cahour - France

All modules are well written, especially the fifth one on “Mobility to learn and work”. It gives ideas about apprenticeship and I think in our society, it’s a good alternative for young students to enter the job market. It would be interesting for every European country to develop this kind of training.

Date: 2016.07.06

Posted by Gherca Iulian - Romania

This module focuses on how schools can motivate students to complete their school path and accelerate their preparation for the job market through voluntary service and work experience abroad making use of mobility funding and cooperation initiatives. The module deals with general information about mobility, some statistics and European policies, goals and benchmarks, its impact on social life, necessary intercultural understanding and transversal skills and practical tips on application forms and procedures to be respected. The theoretical issues are supported by a collection of students’ success mobility stories.

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