Have you experience a traumatic event and found yourself having to return to work before you were quite 100%? Have you had difficulties in completing a project and to meet the deadline? When we talk about resilience, we’re talking about the ability to cope with the ups and downs of life and bounce back from challenges. In a workplace setting, this can be about the ability to manage anything from a tough workload to frustrating colleagues, or even to changing the working environment. Continue reading Let’s talk about resilience at work
Training
IT security in the Commission
Recently, DIGIT assigned a cyber-security
training to all Commission staff – as this includes your friendly Generation 2004 team, we take the liberty to give a bit of feedback on this training. This seems necessary because the training contains some outright contradictory advice, forcing colleagues to choose either one or the other. The training is marked as confidential, so we cannot give you quotes here – which is a pity, because the advice is rather general in nature and applies in every company in one way or another. Continue reading IT security in the Commission
Project 55+ transition towards retirement 2022
Want to start imagining and planning your transition towards retirement – but not sure how to do it? This is no longer a destination, but a journey.
Project 55+ is a practical 5-week community experience that will help you create, discover, refine and implement your transition project, during your final years at the Commission/EU Institutions, towards a successful new beginning that is uniquely yours. Continue reading Project 55+ transition towards retirement 2022
EPSO CBT/internal competition training: January
Generation 2004 is organising more training: computer-based multiple-choice test (CBT) training and AD5 internal competition training.
CBT (verbal, numerical, abstract) in English
This training is to provide you with techniques to pass the CBT phase of any European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) competition. Check ongoing EPSO selection procedures for CBT dates. Continue reading EPSO CBT/internal competition training: January
Project 55+ transition towards retirement
Want to start imagining and planning your transition towards retirement – but not sure how to do it? This is no longer a destination, but a journey.
Project 55+ is a practical 5-week community experience that will help you create, discover, refine and implement your transition project, during your final years at the Commission/EU Institutions, towards a successful new beginning that is uniquely yours. Continue reading Project 55+ transition towards retirement
EPSO CBT training offer: October 2021
*Update 18.10.2021: online free resources added below*
Generation 2004 is organising more computer-based multiple-choice test (CBT) training in English for 4/8/11/14 October (4 x 2 hour sessions) to provide you with techniques to pass the CBT phase of any European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) competition. We expect new competitions to be published very soon (within the next few days) (check ongoing selection procedures for CBT dates).
The final objective of this training is to guarantee that candidates master the CBT methodology. The training sessions will go through the theory of the exercises and share a practical methodology and exercises for practice at home, with the possibility of addressing doubts in the following session. Continue reading EPSO CBT training offer: October 2021
Brussels: meeting for all, Friday 10 September
We’d like to hear your views on upcoming changes, please come along (virtually) on Friday 10 September at 13.30 to discuss what you’d like to see happen.
Our proposed agenda is as follows, but feel free to raise any issue that needs our input. Continue reading Brussels: meeting for all, Friday 10 September
Coaching support in delegation 16.09.2021
Thanks to the very positive feedback received from participants in the Time management and the inclusion of conflict free session in delegations (held 26.08.2021), we will have another session on Thursday 16.09.2021. The two sessions are unrelated: it is not necessary to have attended the first in order to be admitted to the second. There are very few spaces left for this free coaching, but if you’re interested, get in touch and we’ll try our best to fit you in. Continue reading Coaching support in delegation 16.09.2021
Brick by brick breaking bad behaviours: lunchtime coaching
*Friday, 9 July, 12.15-13.45: Lunchtime workshop*
How many times have you told yourself: from Monday I will stop eating sweets! From next month I will stop smoking! From tomorrow I will start reading every day!
Yes I know! We all have been there! We all wanted to change a bad habit and we all failed at a certain moment. A habit is a learned repeated behaviour and it can be related to goals, locations, circumstances or even people. Continue reading Brick by brick breaking bad behaviours: lunchtime coaching
CBT training offer: July 2021
*Deadline to register is 12.00 (midday) Friday 2 July 2021*
Generation 2004 is organising more computer-based multiple-choice test (CBT) training for July (4 x 2 hour sessions) to provide you with techniques to pass the Contract Agents selection tool (CAST) or the CBT phase of any European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) competition.
CAST exams are scheduled for 30 June-6 July (and probably September). It is also likely EPSO will launch more competitions in autumn (check ongoing selection procedures for CBT dates).
The final objective of this training is to guarantee that candidates master the CBT methodology. The training sessions will go through the theory of the exercises and share a practical methodology and exercises for practice at home, with the possibility of addressing doubts in the following session. Continue reading CBT training offer: July 2021
