Guides to working for the EU

Contracts, competitions, contract staff, salaries, traineeships and jobs for non-EU citizens: everything you need before you apply, checked on the official pages.

• Working for the European Union: where to startWho hires, the main ways in, who can apply and which path fits you, explained in plain words.
• EU contract types explainedOfficials, temporary agents, contract agents, national experts, local agents and trainees: what each contract means, how long it lasts and how you get it.
• EPSO competitions step by stepHow an open competition for permanent EU officials works, from the notice to the job offer, and what the reserve list really means.
• Contract staff: EPSO's always-open databaseThe easiest way into the EU institutions for many people: register any time, get shortlisted, pass the reasoning tests and the interview.
• EU salaries and benefitsBasic salaries by grade, deductions, the EU tax and the main allowances, with the figures published by EU Careers.
• EU traineeshipsThe Commission's Blue Book, the traineeships of the other institutions and agencies, and those in EU Delegations: who can apply, when, and what they pay.
• EU jobs for people who are not EU citizensMost EU posts require EU citizenship, but not all of them: local posts in EU Delegations, some traineeships and some mission posts are open to others.