Tips and tricks

 

When we talk about getting a job in EU affairs, you have to ask the question- what is an "EU job"? 

The year has started slow but now that the EU Assistant exams are happening with full swing, things have started to move fast. 2012 promises to be a year of great trends and events, so here is a quick summary of what awaits job seekers in Brussels and beyond.

Recently we have been receiving many requests from EU Training’s users for some tips or methodology on how to approach the various test types, such as abstract, numerical or verbal reasoning. While the best way to learn about the methodology of succeeding at these tests is the live training webinars offered by EU Training, we decided to help the community by launching a new Tips & Tricks series on EU test methodology.

The applications for this year’s AST1 (junior assistants) competition are already closed and applications for the AST3 (senior assistant) competition are still ongoing. We have received questions from hundreds of EU Training users asking us essentially the same thing:

When preparing for an EPSO competition, many candidates face a  huge challenge: how to find the best information available online (or even on Online EU Training) to gather the most useful stuff and get started.

We have asked EU Career candidates: if they could give 1 single piece of advice to EPSO exam-takers, what would it be?

Recently EPSO notified candidates of the AD5 and AD7 competitions of their pre-selection test results. As the cut-off scores were not yet communicated, we though you would like an expert analysis of how to interpret the information. So here it goes.

The application process for EPSO exams requires candidates to fill in lots of forms and fields in the process, some of which include questions on motivation and biographical data.