careerloft and the Goethe Institute Barcelona attended the European Youth Event EYE in May 2014 in Strasbourg. This event featured hundreds of activities grouped around five themes: youth unemployment, digital revolution, future of the European Union, sustainability as well as European values. The event had around 5,000 participants, 200 speakers and dozens of supporting partners and youth associations – and in the middle of all this: a dozen Spanish and German students that joined our project on talent mobility (Link zu Artikel vom November). We spoke about our ideas for talent mobility within the EU, so that young talents with the right skills find the job that fits them.

1. Talent mobility within the European Union

2. Awareness
Campaign
Spreading the word and
fighting misconceptions
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3. Awareness is an important issue:
Awareness is important to join demand and supply of jobs:
both are already there, but in different places
Companies do very little to support the talent mobility that
they need: this should change
We need to get to the right people in order to be effective in
our actions
Universities are not offering international curriculums and
they are not valuing international experience and foreign
languages

4. Every campaign needs some clear goals…
1. Our efforts need to be known by the outside world
2. Positive experiences are there and need to be known:
we need to spread the word
3. Mobility has barriers: talented young people need to
be aware of them and know how to overcome them

5. Our blog, our actions
• Talking about current affairs related to mobility
• Informing about the actions we are undertaking
• Ask people who are already “out there”: What is
their experience? What is the reality regarding
mobility according to them?
www.talent-mobility.eu

6. Labor market seminar
• What?
 Quarterly seminar
• Where?
 Regional employment agency
• Why?
 Providing a regular update on developments of the
international job market
 Pooling existing information
 Encouraging easier mobility
• How?
 Providing information
 Offering a platform for exchanging experiences

7. EU-wide print & media campaign
• What?
 Transnational media campaign
• Where?
 In every member state
• Why?
 Challenging peoples’ mindset about talent mobility
• How?
 Permanent media campaign through all different
channels

8. www.talent-mobility.eu

9. A New
EU Talent Pool
Talent mobility for
EU students and graduates
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10. Why Talent Mobility is so important
Reduction of unemployment/oversupply of qualified labour
Personal development for students abroad
Intercultural exchange and creation of a European identity
Ensuring international competitiveness and transfer of
knowledge

11. • Carlos, Spanish, 27, electrical engineer
• Wants to gain practical experience
• Can´t find an internship in his country
• Mobile
• Speaks English, little bit of French and German
Limitations…
• Where can I find job offers from other countries?
• How do I know about the companies’ reputation?
• What are the language requirements?
• Which documents do I need?
• Will I feel welcome in the new country?

12. • Company XYZ operates in the automotive
industry
• Has a high demand for interns in all technical
areas
• The HR Manager doesn´t receive enough
applications to cover the need
• Wants to integrate employees from other
European countries
Limitations…
• Where can I publish my job offers so that they are
seen by talented students?
• What about their language skills?
• How can I compare grades?
• How can I help the students to feel welcome and
stay at my company?

13. Our platform provides the solution
EU Talent Pool
Features
International
internship for all EU
students
Clear focus on
target group
Created by students
Knowledge of
opportunities &
limitations
Companies offer
qualified internships
and standards
Find suitable talents
for job offers
Students help each
other and share
experiences
Facilitate the
matching process
Implement ideas
into existing EU
platforms
Advantages

14. This is what we will deliver
Partnering
companies
..will find talented students
with the right skills
Politicians
..will find a new tool to
fight youth unemployment
WE
..will start to tackle the
problem ourselves
Let´s make a difference!

15. Conclusion
Enhance communication between companies and young European
talent
Use the great potential of the internet to overcome disparities of
national labour markets
Tackle language barriers, bureaucratic restrictions, and housing
problems
Implement our ideas in platforms for EU students and companies
Gain new members for our team, present our idea to companies and
politicians

16. Multilingual
Universities &
Evaluation System
What hinders mobility?
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17. What hinders mobility?

18. ‣ Language barriers
Degree non-recognition
Inadequate quality of teaching
Identified problems

19. feasibility
What
Where When
Who
Solution requirement
Anything else?

20. European Student University Evaluation System

21. students rate their
study programs
information platform
for potential students
Consequence for university
more/less people apply to study
University adjust
to new situation
automatic
mechanism

22. Join us with your ideas
www.talent-mobility.eu
@talentmobility1