Joining the European Union in 2004, has facilitated the mobility of EU workers. This means that as an employer, you now have access to a much larger pool of workers than before.

One however, acknowledges that employing foreign nationals may not be as straight forward as one would like it to be. There some inherent barriers like language and culture that make this process slightly harder than one envisages. For this reason, the European Union has purposely set up the European Employment Services, referred to as EURES.

EURES is a European-wide network in 31 countries (the EU Member States plus Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland). EURES operates within the public employment services organisations on these countries and offers a number of services aimed at facilitating the mobility of workers.

EURES provides information and advice on employment opportunities in other European countries, as well as information on conditions or work, health and safety issues, accommodation, the education, health care, training opportunities, transport, culture and the general lifestyle in particular countries. EURES has a human network of more than 700 advisers that are in daily contact with jobseeker and employers across Europe. It also has an extensive web portal will all the information you may need: http://ec.europa.eu. 

At ETC, we have a number of qualified EURES advisers who are able to guide you with a wealth of information on how to tap into this ever growing pool of human resources. 

Note: Due to transitional arrangements still in place, the employment of Bulgarian or Romanian citizens still requires an employment licence and therefore, kindly refer to the section Employing Foreign National (Non-EU) for more information. 

Email on: eures.etc@gov.mt or call us on our free-phone: 80076505 for more information.