Why should you join LinoLounge?

LinoLounge is the place where EU experts can spot jobs ads, freelance opportunities, or be hunted directly by recruiters.

But LinoLounge is so much more than just a place where offer meets demand! It’s a place where EU experts can exchange information, spot colleagues in their own sector or in others to create coalitions or assess the impact of certain legislative proposals, gossip on who does what in the EU bubble, warn about useful trainings (or against less useful ones), share events, etc. and hopefully end up meeting in real life for a drink or a proper lunch on place Luxembourg!

What can you expect? Is this just a new LinkedIn/Facebook/Xing/etc.?

"Yes and No" to the second question. As to what you can expect: LinoLounge is about creating contact opportunities and matching supply and demand in the Brussels job/freelance market. But it's also about offering a place where EU affairs people can meet and exchange thoughts.

So, to ensure both activities take place in a coherent manner, LinoLounge offers you two "zones". The general one, when you log in, is where you input a profile that sets out your career and skills,as well as your areas of practice in EU matters. No whistles and bells there: you will not be asked for your status updates, nor will you be able to post pictures of your kids, dog, unpleasant neighbour...We do not give you access to fancy applications: no (super) pokes, no snowball fights, no werewolves (just a few rhinos), no silly gifts, etc. Lino likes it the good old simple and straightforward way in that part of the lounge.

However, no lounge would be complete if you didn't have the "VIP room". For experts (and not recruiters) that wish to participate more dynamically in LinoLounge, clicking on the "forum" tab of our menu will bring them to a more active social network, based at present on the "Ning" platform. There, visible to peers only, they can rejoice in all the fancy stuff social networks allow them to do.

What do we consider an EU expert at LinoLounge? Are you one?

LinoLounge is free of charge for experts. That's great, you are thinking! But it also means that Lino, the (in)famous Rhino hosting this lounge, has the right to accept or reject any applicant, for either objective or purely subjective reasons. Nor does an entry into the lounge preclude you from getting kicked out if you misbehave.

We'll give you some hints as to criteria that could influence Lino's decision (and we strongly recommend that you read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before proceeding further).