Results of a survay sum up about the obstactles to mobility and the possible role of PES in overcoming them

1. Promoting mobility
The role of EURES in overcoming mobility obstacles
Made by
Emese Király & András Kalmár

2. Questionnaire for revealing
mobility obstacles (2008)
• Sampling: based on 3095 questionnaires filled in
• Personal data
• Main questions:
– Language, qualification
– Difficulties in administration and organizing one’s life
– Home, family
– Capital to start with, lack of information
– Worse working conditions, losing existence
• What can EURES do?

3. Age distribution
based on the questionnaire
Distribution of ages
1200
1065
1000
784 743
800
619
600
400 288
200
0
31-40 18-25 26-30 41-49 over 50

4. Distribution of education level
Distribution of education
5% 14%
15%
4%
6%
12% 26%
18%
elementary school technical school industrial technical school
vocational school high school technicum
college university

5. Gender distribution
Gender distribution
female 1833
male 1866
1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870
number of respondents

6. Is it easier to take up a job abroad since
our joining to the EU?
Has the EU accession increased mobility?
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
yes no

7. Obstacles I.
Number of answers
1 5
Geographical distance 1169 576
Lack of language knowledge 848 1060
Lack of qualification 1075 436
Housing difficulties 740 741
Lack of information 1056 509
Administrative difficulties 634 747
Home/family missing 799 930

8. Obstacles II.
Number of answers
1 5
The feeling you can rely only on yourself 939 703
Difficulties with settling down of the 858 728
family
Worse working conditions 1082 403
Afraid of not making a fortune 805 638
Losing existence 1037 634
Lack of capital to start with 659 1044

9. Overcoming mobility obstacles I.
• Strengthening cooperation with other
European networks (Solvit, EuroGuidance),
common projects
• Promoting the role of EU bodies dealing with
social security (tax/pension authority, health
and social insurance, pension)
• Good communicational channels with the
bodies above
• Broadening knowledge on export/import of
benefits

10. Overcoming mobility obstacles II.
• Rights and obligations (e.g.: trade union, work
contract, brochure „Legal Summary”)
• Orientating the attitude of employers
towards foreign (labour council, labour
inspection, information fora, EUR-ASSIST)
• Cooperation with trade unions, employers
• Media campaign against social harassment of
foreign employees
• EURES Call-Centre (toll free number)

11. Promoting mobility
• Organizing regular information fora for the
public (Living & Working, Costs of Living,
Cultural Differences)
• Presentations, information days for secondary
schools, higher education institutes
• Information days
• EURES days
• Fora at the local jobcentres

12. Strengthening cooperation with own PES
• EU level statistics about the actual vacancies
and labour market prognosis every 6 months
• Subsidized vocational trainings based on the
information
• Cooperation with language schools (buying
services)

13. EURES advisors I.
• „Directing” jobseekers to trainings (mainly
language trainings), „directing form”
• Post monitoring
• Mentor (1-3 jobseekers/advisor/year)
• Reliable, extensive database of
employers/jobseekers

14. EURES advisors II.
• Introducing quality assurance
concerning trainings of advisors
• Trainings for advisors (conflict
management, communication, dealing
with the media, language training,
international workshops)

15. What can EURES do? I.
• Reliable, up to date information, well prepared
advisors, elaborated organizational structure
(national, international)
• Language training support,
• Employers, agencies with good record
(avoiding abuse)
• Providing possibilities for interviews (web
camera, other online tools in order to save
travel expenses)
• Clarifying other circumstances of settling
down (providing lodging)

16. What can EURES do II.
• Supporting the settling down of the family
(school, job for spouse)
• Reliable employer, work conditions
• Extensive communication (media)
• Helping the administration of
justification/comparison of qualifications (enic-
naric)
• Judicial assistance
• Thematic brochures (lodging database)
• Sanctions against employers, agencies working
illegally (black list) – media support