Q: “Facilitate” my life? What does that mean?
UTFG! Basically, we just try to make your life easier. True, we do not go to work for you when you are hungover, we do not make your laundry when you are lazy nor do we give you any money when you have made a decimal point error in your accounts. Instead, we and our lovely sub-committees organize social, public and career events for you and your future!
Q: Whoa! My future? But I don’t know what I want to do! Do you?
OK, our mission is very simple - we just want to make our time in Luxembourg enjoyable for all of us! Above all, we too are just trainees and when we are old, we do not want to remember our time in Luxembourg as the time “when I worked my ass off” or “when I was able to fulfill even the deadliest of deadlines”. No! We want to remember great nights out, sleeping a little, occasional love stories, being charitable, and, hopefully, obtaining a rich work experience in an EU institution.
Q: OK, I get it. But why did you choose to become a committee member in the first place?
Since the very beginning it was clear that we are a very strong, well-integrated group of trainees. We felt like we deserve the best of the best and the inner drive, deep inside us, fuelled our urge to lead :)
Q: Huh.. very poetic. Is there anything else you would like to tell us?
Yes, there is! We are just trainees like everybody else. We are here to socialize, have fun, do good, make friends and, inevitably, set on to start a proper career. We are here to help you with all of these aspects. When you need anything, tell us and we will fix it! Today, you probably haven’t heard it yet, so here it goes: “Make the best out of it!” :)
Sincerely yours,
EC Stage Committee Luxembourg
HR-LUX-COMITE-DES-STAGIAIRES@ec.europa.eu
Halo! I am a Czech trainee at Eurostat. I was lucky enough
to live in different parts of the world and I never seem to get tired of
meeting new people on the way. I am slightly obsessed with electronic music and
I have fallen in love with squash and frisbee ultimate. I am very happy to live
in the small town of Luxembourg - you can ride your bike everywhere! My current
short-term goal? To get paid as much as the mythical Luxembourgish bus drivers.