Talent Screener

Civil Service Tribunal judgment in the joint cases F-23/12 and F-30/12 – facts, questions, possible consequences. EU Training now provides a quick description of the judgment as well as a short analyse on how this ruling may affect the Talent screener based selection method of EPSO.

What is a "talent screener"? EPSO introduced the use of the so-called Talent Screener in 2010 when its 'new' selection system was launched. This is in fact an online question-and-answer form that candidates of "specialist" (such as 'macroeconomist', 'nuclear decommissioning expert' or other) and internal EU competitions (such as the ones currently being organised by the European Commission) need to fill in. The answers to the form are then read, checked and scored by members of the selection board.... (click to read the full article)