# EPSO

- Link: https://euemployment.eu/glossary/epso/
- Published: 2024-02-24T19:39:56+01:00
- Author: Ben

EPSO is an abbreviation for the ‘European Personnel Selection Office’. **EPSO is
an entity of the [European Commission](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/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](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-parliament/)
 * [Council of the European Union](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/council-of-the-european-union/)
 * [European Commission](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-commission/)
 * [Court of Justice of the European Union](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/court-of-justice-of-the-european-union-cjeu/)
 * European [Court of Auditors](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/court-of-auditors/)
 * European Economic and Social Committee
 * Committee of the Regions
 * [European External Action Service](https://euemployment.eu/glossary/european-external-action-service-eeas/)
 * 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’.