The complete guide to INTERVIEWS

An important part of the service at Euro London is preparing our candidates for the interview process – a prospect that strikes fear into many and leaves others running for the door! By talking candidates through possible interview questions, as well as giving them tips on how to make a positive impression, we aim to [...]

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Boosting the value of your language degree!

Graduate employment has been hit hard by the recession, with students finding it increasingly difficult to find a job following graduation. Although there is a reported 2.6% rise in graduate opportunities this year, finding employment is still a daunting prospect for many students.  At Euro London, we meet language graduates who are finding it difficult to [...]

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What could your language degree do for you?

This article will be part of a series of blogs focusing on language graduate employment. Here at Euro London, we often encounter students who are unaware of the career opportunities available to language graduates – with many perceiving translation or teaching as the only options to utilise their language skill. We aim to dispell this [...]

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The top five reasons to learn a second language

With English fast becoming a global language, and certainly the language of business, many people have taken on the attitude that it’s unnecessary to learn a second language. After all, if everyone speaks English, who needs to make the effort? Here at Euro London Appointments, we seriously disagree! We are always talking about how language [...]

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London calling

There are a lot of reasons to visit the UK approaching – the Royal wedding and the Olympics to name a couple. But what about getting a job? We have a lot of international candidates applying for jobs in the UK, but we have found that in order to beat off the competition for jobs, [...]

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Longer hours in France?

How long is your working day? As the song goes, a lot of people work 9-5, although here in the UK it’s not unusual for people to be in the office until 6pm or 7pm. However our neighbours in France are renowned for their 35 hour week. Could this be set to change? A potential [...]

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New faces

We are always interested in hearing feedback from our new starters about their first few weeks at Euro London. Here are profiles of a couple of our new consultants and don’t forget  if you like the sound of life at Euro London, we are still looking for extra members of the team so get in [...]

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EU backs linguist recruitment drive

I was pleased to see an article in EurActiv about the European Commission taking steps to promote language learning in school – a topic we have blogged about before and one that I feel strongly about. According to the article, the European Commission has teamed up with several other international organisations to call for proper [...]

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Euro London works with ‘toy of the century’!

We’ve got some exciting news we thought would be nice to share with our readers.  We have secured a contract with the LEGO Company to provide them with staff for their European Contact Centre. The LEGO Company is looking for approximately 50 staff to work during their high season. We will be providing the LEGO [...]

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20 years of recruitment success

We are pleased to be celebrating our 20th Anniversary here at Euro London appointments – doesn’t time fly?! There have been a lot of changes in the recruitment sector over the past two decades and we have witnessed them all – both the ups and the downs. We came across a video recently that we [...]

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