The COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdowns and related global recession of 2020 have created a highly uncertain outlook for the labour market and accelerated the arrival of the future of work. While technology-driven job creation is still expected to outpace job destruction over the next five years, the economic contraction is reducing the rate of growth in the jobs of tomorrow. There is a renewed urgency to take proactive measures to ease the transition of workers into more sustainable job opportunities.

Recognizing the pivotal role of skills training, especially for young people, the European Union has set a number of ambitious targets under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Specifically, by 2030, the EU aims substantially to increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.Modern vocational education allows people to learn highly transferable creative and personal development skills, as well as practical skills and activities specific to a chosen job role. Those who undertake vocational training or apprenticeships can expect to learn a lot about themselves, and to discover talents they didn’t know they had. Now, across Europe, there is a vast range of full-time and part-time courses available at higher-education and vocational colleges, as well as on-the-job training and apprenticeships. You can even learn online, with a growing number of courses available on the web, delivered by specialists and professionals.

My goal is to provide you with an insight of the skills needed throughout the workforce. By the end of this form I hope that you will have understood better the importance of the adaptability and leadership skills for your careers and that you will have gained an insight into a part of EPSO's* selection procedure, when applying for a job in the EU.  

This form consists of 6 sections.

*EPSO stands for European Personnel Selection Office.