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As a citizen of the European Union (EU) you have many rights that you may not be aware of. Did you know, for example, that you can go to another EU country to work while enjoying the same rights as nationals of that country?

You are entitled to be hired under the same conditions as nationals of the country in which you are seeking work and cannot be asked to meet any additional requirements. Where applicable, you will also enjoy the same preferential treatment concerning access to employment. This means you can apply for any job vacancy advertised in any EU country, including public sector jobs. (Certain public service posts may be restricted to nationals of a particular country where the job in question involves safguarding public order or the interests of the state e.g. the armed forces, the police, judiciary, tax administration, the diplomatic service, etc.)

Some EU countries require diplomas, titles, certificates or other special qualifications as a condition for access to certain salaried and self-employed occupations (the 'regulated professions'). It can sometimes be difficult to have your own training and skills fully recognised. This is because of significant differences between training courses and diplomas in each country.

The EU has therefore set up systems for recognising diplomas and training that enable you to make full use of your training and skills in another EU country. The basic principle is that, if you are qualified to exercise a profession in your home country, you are qualified to exercise the same profession in any other EU country.

A general system of recognition of qualifications that is applicable to most regulated professions has been put in place across the EU. So, if you wish to work in a profession (as a teacher, lawyer, engineer or psychologist, for example) which is regulated in the country of employment, you must apply for recognition of your qualifications in that country. The authorities have four months in which to reply. If they consider that your training is significantly different, in terms of duration or content, from that given in the host country, you may be asked to obtain either additional professional experience completing your training, or to take a training course, or to take an aptitude test (and not any combination of the three).

If you are a doctor, a general nurse, a dentist, a midwife, a veterinary surgeon, a pharmacist or an architect (professions for which qualifications have been co-ordinated at EU level), your national qualifications are in principle recognised automatically, allowing you to practice in any other EU country. If your profession is not regulated in the country in which you wish to work, no recognition of your qualifications is necessary. You are entitled to go and work in that country without any formalities linked to your training or qualifications.

To offer you these exciting international career opportunities, Jobs Unlimited has teamed up with Talent4Europe, a pan-European network of 12 leading national jobsites. For foreign nationals who wish to work and live in the UK, Jobs Unlimited has put together some useful official information on issues such as immigration regulations, health insurance, and social security along with practical tips on areas like finding accommodation or bringing your car to Britain.