EURES as a form of support in career management

Abstract

Currently employees expect professional consultations and support to manage their personal and professional development. An employment counsellor is required to monitor changes in the labour market and the changing nature of employment. The aim of this article is to present the activities of employment counsellors in the field of occupational mobility. It focuses on the role of the European Employment Services (EURES) in managing professional careers, and offers an analysis of EURES activity on the labour market in Łódź. The main questions that are addressed include: Which institutions provide EURES services and which offer support to their clients? Is there any register of job offers in Łódź from all public employment services of EURES? What specialists are most often sought by employers from abroad? From which EU-countries are job offers submitted? The obtained results confirmed that the EURES network presents job offers mainly for finishing workers (glaziers, roofers, carpenters), production workers, mechanics, electricians, construction workers, but there are also some offers for specialised engineering staff. Due to the demographic change, with a growing number of older people in society, the need for social workers in the field of care for the elderly (mainly in German) is expanding. The most vacancies are in Norway, Ireland, Germany and Austria, but also in France, England, the Czech Republic, Latvia and Slovakia.