EPSO is an abbreviation for the ‘European Personnel Selection Office’. EPSO is an entity of the European Commission responsible for recruitment of candidates for jobs in a number of EU institutions. EPSO’s recruitment procedures are also known as ‘EU Concours’.
On average EPSO processes around 46,000 applications a year for approximately 1,300 vacancies in the EU institutions. Most persons who successfully pass EPSO selection processes do not get jobs in EU institutions but are placed on the so-called ‘reserve lists’ and remain there until validity of lists expires.
EPSO manages hiring procedures for the following EU institutions:
- European Parliament
- Council of the European Union
- European Commission
- Court of Justice of the European Union
- European Court of Auditors
- European Economic and Social Committee
- Committee of the Regions
- European External Action Service
- European Ombudsman
- European Data Protection Supervisor
The EU agencies may and often do run their own selection procedures, but can also draw from successful candidates placed on EPSO’s ‘reserve lists’.
to be honest this is crazy. I mean a need to get a 3rd language that is probably is useless…