*Update 12/11/2024. Here are the recording and the slides of the session. Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is offering for free and for all staff, an online webinar to assist you in preparing for the EPSO competition – AD7 Scientific Research competitions (10 fields). You will get tips for the application process and an analysis of the tests. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions after the presentation. The session will be in English.
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Training EPSO AD7 Nuclear (2 fields) – Written test
Since EPSO has released the source document for the Nuclear competition written test, Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you online training to analyse it. There is a special discount rate for our members. The training will be in English.
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ASTs: exploited and forgotten or given a future?
*Update 21.11.2024 check out the European Court of Auditors, 2024, Special report 24/2024: EU Civil service–A flexible employment framework, insufficiently used to improve workforce management: it concludes that ‘…the institutions do not focus on imbalances in the SC and AST function groups in their analysis, and concentrate instead on the AD group, and in particular the starting grades (AD5-AD8).‘ (P. 51) Check out their corresponding chart on p.51 showing the huge and unaddressed imbalances in AST and AST/SC function groups. Why on Earth choose to focus efforts on middle management, on part of a function group?[*] Where’s the global vision? Why tackle the hard stuff?* Continue reading ASTs: exploited and forgotten or given a future?
Time to put an end to the career blockage of AST/SC staff
*Update 21.11.2024 check out the European Court of Auditors, 2024, Special report 24/2024: EU Civil service – A flexible employment framework, insufficiently used to improve workforce management: it concludes that ‘…the institutions do not focus on imbalances in the SC and AST function groups in their analysis, and concentrate instead on the AD group, and in particular the starting grades (AD5-AD8).‘ (P. 51) Check out their corresponding chart on p.51. Why on Earth focus efforts on part of a function group?[*] Where’s the global vision? Why tackle the hard stuff?* Continue reading Time to put an end to the career blockage of AST/SC staff
Training Offer: EPSO competition AST3 – Free-text Essay on EU matters
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you online training for the competition EPSO/AST/156/24 Assistants (AST3) in 3 fields (1. Financial management 2. Accounting and treasury 3. Public procurement) with a special discount rate for our members ONLY. All training modules will be in English.
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Training Offer: EPSO competition AST3
*Update of 27.09.2024, here is additional useful documentation. Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you online training for the competition EPSO/AST/156/24 Assistants (AST3) in 3 fields (1. Financial management 2. Accounting and treasury 3. Public procurement) with a special discount rate for our members ONLY.
The offer includes modules on Self-study Multiple Choice Questionnaires (MCQ). All training modules will be in English.
EPSO’s Chronic Ineptitude – Ombudsman Exposes Systemic Failures
*Update 10.11.2024 the European Court of Auditors, Special report 24/2024: EU Civil service–A flexible employment framework, insufficiently used to improve workforce management, 2024 coincides with many of the issues we have pointed out below. Check it out!* Continue reading EPSO’s Chronic Ineptitude – Ombudsman Exposes Systemic Failures
Training offer for EPSO Competitions
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you online training for EPSO competitions with a special discount rate for our members. The offer includes modules on Self-study Multiple Choice Questionnaires (MCQ) and reasoning Computer Based Tests (CBT). All training modules will be in English.
Internal competition – clarification COM/AD5/2023
Generation 2004 wrote to HR (22.12.2023) for clarification regarding the ongoing internal competition for AD5, COM/AD5/2023. It looked like the candidates had already done the multiple choice questions (MCQ) test (13.12.2023) while the selection board had not yet been finalised (applications ran until 22.12.2023). HR have since clarified that, since the call for applications for selection-board members was not specific to this competition (5 competitions are mentioned there), a selection board was indeed in place before the COM/AD5/2023 MCQ took place. Continue reading Internal competition – clarification COM/AD5/2023
One step forward in our fight: internal competition for AST & AST/SC (+training offer)
*Update 23.05.2024, COM/AST3/2024 competition exam date will be June 5, 2024. Enrolment on COM AST3 training with follow up sessions are closed. Registration for the self-study option is still open. *Update 02.05.2024 COM/AST3/2024 indicative planning has been updated, but still not precise enough to allow for holiday planning. Continue reading One step forward in our fight: internal competition for AST & AST/SC (+training offer)