Modernised EU staff selection methods promise an improved service and transparency for candidates2009-03-04
Description:Brussels, 4 March 2009 The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) took its first practical and very visible steps towards modernised and streamlined selection methods that are to become fully operational next year. From today, notices of competition are published in all 23 official languages for the first time.

Good news for future jobseekers: The European Personnel Selection Office adopts major improvements to its selection methods2008-07-18
Description:Brussels, 18 July 2008 In a bold shake up of its current practices, the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) will significantly change the way it selects people to work in the European civil service. From 2010, selection competitions will focus more on testing the personal and professional competence of...

EPSO launches two competitions in the field of Communication and Information for citizens from all 27 Member States2007-03-01
Description:Brussels, 2 March 2007 A major priority of the European Institutions is to inform citizens and the media not only of the activities of the European Union, but of the objectives and the political stakes of its actions. In order to fulfil the needs of the Institutions in terms of...

EPSO announces publication of the reserve list of Irish language translators to meet needs of EU institutions2007-02-05
Description:Brussels, 21 December 2006 As Irish becomes an official and working language of the European Institutions from 1 January 2007, the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is pleased to announce that the current needs of all the institutions for Irish language translators will be met in full.

EPSO launches competitions for Bulgarian and Romanian administrators and assistants2006-06-30
Description:Brussels, 30 June 2006 The next enlargement of the European Union will see Bulgaria and Romania become Member States. The European Union will expand to include 30 million new citizens from these two countries, speaking two new official languages.

A new Call for expression of interest has been launched by The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) aiming to create a reserve pool of temporary agents in the field of Information Technology2006-06-23
Description:Brussels, 23 June 2006 On Wednesday 14 June 2006 EPSO launched, on behalf of the European Institutions a new Call for expression of interest to constitute a database of temporary agents in the field of Information Technology.

The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is launching a Call for expression of interest to identify qualified potential temporary agents in the field of Security2006-06-16
Description:Brussels, 14 June 2006 EPSO has launched, on behalf of the European Institutions, and of the Council in particular, on Thursday 7 June 2006 a Call for expression of interest to constitute a database of candidates who may be offered a temporary term contract to fill posts that may become...

EU launches competition for Irish language translators2006-05-04
Description:Brussels, 5 May 2006 Irish becomes an official and working language of the European Institutions from 1st January, 2007. A competition to select 30 Irish language Translators for recruitment to the EU to meet this new competence has been launched by the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO), on 3 May,...

The European Personnel Selection Office is running a series of competitions for 41 000 candidates from the 25 EU member states2006-03-24
Description:Brussels, 24 March 2005 On Wednesday 29 and Friday 31 March 2006 EPSO is organising a series of open competitions for candidates from the 25 EU member states with a view to filling posts in the EU institutions. Some 41 000 candidates will participate in the tests over these two...

New series of open competitions for posts in the EU Institutions marks great success2005-10-14
Description:EPSO/05/6 Brussels, 14 October 2005 On 20 July 2005, EPSO published a series of open competitions for Administrators and Assistants for the European Institutions. By the closing date, 29 September at 12:00 hrs, EPSO had registered some 52 000 applications from all 25 Members States, 47 185 for the Administrators’...