The €63 billion app economy boom in Europe - an amazing scale-up !!!

The study Study "Sizing the EU App Economy" shows that The EU's app sector has gone from zero to digital superhero in less than five years. By 2018 it could employ 4.8 million people and contribute €63 billion to the EU economy.

Today the app economy employs 1 million developers, and 800,000 people in marketing & support posts. This could rise to 2.7 million developers + 2.1 million support staff by 2018. EU buyers and advertisers spent €6.1 billion on apps in 2013, 30% of total global app spending, growing to €18.7 billion in 2018. Consumer spending combined with advertising and contract work could lead to €63 billion annual revenue for the app sector within five years.

The study is part of Startup Europe, a Digital Agenda initiative supported by Neelie Kroes to promote ICT and web entrepreneurship in Europe and to help the companies flourish in Europe.

It includes six activities: The Accelerator Assembly, the European Crowdfunding Network, The Web Investors Forum, the Leaders Club, the Startup Europe Partnership and improving Web Skills via MOOCS (being launched in 2014).

Some other insights:

EU-career: 2010 Administrators (AD) competition re-OPENED

The AD competitions (for Administrators, these are Mid-Management positions) for careers in the European institutions have become rare opportunities in the last years (due to EU  budget and administration rationalisation), and in the best case there is only 1 "concours" organised each year.

 

In 2013, EPSO will not organize any new AD competitions!

 

However, some old AD competition are reopened: EPSO/AD/177/10, EPSO/AD/178/10 and EPSO/AD/179/10.

 

A corrigendum was published and new tests are being organised for those candidates who were excluded from the selection process in 2010 on the basis of their results in the admission tests, either because they did not reach the pass mark, or because they were not amongst the highest-scoring candidates who could be admitted to the selection based on qualifications phase

 

The person that triggered all these rehearsals is a candidate named Dimitrios Pachtitis that challenged EPSO responsibilities and initiated a legal battle. The General Court confirmed the Tribunal’s ruling, and EPSO re-affirmed its pledge to allow participants of the 2010 general AD5 level Administrator competitions to re-take their exams in 2013.

 

So he is the one to be congratulated (in case you ere positively impacted by this decision) or blamed (in all the other cases, as you will not have a chance for an AD competition this year).

 

In my case it's a bravo Dimi ;)

 

Note: Don't forget that you can prepare for these exams by practicing Abstract Reasoning and Situatiational Judgement tests on your iPhone or iPad.

European "Silicon Valley": Skype, Spotify and Angry Birds creators promote Digital Europe

Web entrepreneurs worldwide have an enormous impact on the economy and society: the majority of new jobs are created by start-ups and 45% of Europeans would like to be their own boss if they could. 

With this mind set, the European Commission wants that young Europeans to be inspired by home-grown entrepreneurs, so their bright ideas start and stay in Europe!

So, to give a living proof example for web businesses, the EC launched the 

European "Silicon Valley" of  online entrepreneurship.

The Digital Leaders of Europe are nominated on the Startup Europe Leaders Club - the first part of Startup Europe initiative (Digital Agenda priority).

...nici un roman, din pacate...

EURES: Romanian Job Fair attracts 1 500 graduates

In cooperation with local employment services, EURES Romania has been organising job fairs for graduates for the last ten years. This year, the Public Employment Service in Prahova joined the cooperation and organised their first job fair exclusively for graduates.

Le premier salon de l'emploi de ce type tenu à Prahova, en Roumanie, s'est avéré être un succès fulgurant - environ 1 500 demandeurs d'emploi et 40 employeurs ont assisté à l'événement à Ploiesti.

more on EURES News.

PS: EURES = The European Job Mobility Portal

The purpose of EURES is to provide information, advice and recruitment/placement (job-matching) services for the benefit of workers and employers as well as any citizen wishing to benefit from the principle of the free movement of persons.

European Job Days 2010

locuri de muncaaaaa :)

What happens at a European Job Day? It’s simple – employers and jobseekers meet to see if they are a good fit. There are hundreds of events taking place all over Europe.

Every year, EURES (European Employment Services) teams throughout the EU organize hundreds of ‘European Job Days’ – the perfect place to recruit, to meet employers, to discuss your plans with a EURES Adviser or to find out more about how the EU can help you.

Nu cautati evenimente in Romania (in Eures Events Calendar) ca nu este...

Youth on the Move

un program ce vine in sprijinul celor 5 milioane de tineri care cauta joburi, fiind totodata o initiativa importanta in cadrul strategiei Europe 2020.

nu este o initiativa complet noua dar noua platforma a fost relansata acum cateva zile, accentul fiind de data asta pe calitatea programelor educative si pe promovarea mobilitatii academice pentru studenti.

Printre initiative:

- un nou website si un parteneriat cu EURES;

- o matrice de evaluare a mobilitatii tinerilor europeni;

- un sistem global de evaluare al universitatilor;

- Move Card si un pasaport european pentru calificari;

- "youth guarantee" - obligativitatea unei experiente de lucru de cel putin 6 luni pentru orice absolvent.

- si altele...

ai carte ai parte spune parca acest program, si are dreptate, dar doar daca vor fi suficiente locuri de munca pentru toti...dar asta e cu totul alta poveste de Comisie ;)

pacat ca Youth inseamna doar pana in 28 de ani :(

cu EPSO la tribunal

ultima stire despre care vorbeste toata lumea: un candidat pe nume Pachtitis ce a participat la o competitie EPSO acum 4 ani, a dat EPSO in judecata (Civil Service Tribunal) pe motiv ca EPSO nu are competenta de a elimina candidatii pe baza testelor de preselectie ci doar Selection Board-ul (sincer nu stiu cine face parte din acest board)...nevermind.

In orice caz, domnul Pachtitis a gasit aceasta chichita intr-o anexa a regulamentului de selectie, si a castigat!!!

EPSO se pregateste acum de apel dar daca va pierde, este obligat sa organizeze pentru toti candidatii care au picat testele de preselectie (doar pentru competitiile inca deschise) un alt test de preselectie in care sa fie implicat acest selection board.

foarte cool :) Detalii se gasesc direct pe site-ul EPSO.

Asa ca daca nu ati trecut de competitiile AD5 de acum cateva luni mai aveti o sansa daca EPSO pierde apelul ;)

EPSO Training

Un nou portal cu informatii utile pregatitoare pentru competitiile EPSO.

Coada la lapte :)

Ghici ghicitoare mea: coada mare la laptele de la vacuta administrator hranita cu iarba de pe pajistile europene? :)

Sigur stiti: e coada de la competitia EPSO :))

Cozile de altadat' sunt glumite in comparatie cu imbulzeala de la coada AD5: 8000 de aplicatii in 24 de ore, probabil peste 100 de candidati pe un loc in final.

E si normal: la asa job, asa competitie! Cica doar cei mai buni reusesc....hmmm

Vacuta AD5 a agitat multa lume pe aici: mai toti vorbesc despre noul sistem de evaluare, despre sanse, procente, reasoning de toate felurile, e bataie pe sesiunile si trainingurile de pregatire de la sindicate, emotii, vise si sperante demarire. De la mic la mare, unii aplicand prima data iar altii a 5-a oara, chiar si functionarii AST, cu totii practicam noul sport european al competitiilor.

va urez HAPPY REASONING!

PS: Nu va spun site-ul ca sa mai reduc din concurenta :))

PS1: Bafta mare :) si daca nu reusiti sa luati lapte de la vacuta EPSO ... putem oricand sa cumparam lapte praf de la privati ;)