The European Employment Services (EURES) network has issued a maintenance alert for its Czech-language portal, warning that the site was taken offline from 17:45 to 22:30 CET on 23 November. During the five-hour blackout, employers and job-seekers were unable to post vacancies, search CVs or download mobility-guidance documents.
While routine IT downtime is hardly news, the timing is unfortunate. Multinationals are racing to finalise 2026 graduate-programme and intra-company-transfer pipelines before Christmas, and many rely on EURES to advertise roles that qualify for Czech Blue Cards or EU ICT permits. HR teams that missed the maintenance notice risk a five-hour lag in candidate sourcing, a gap that can matter in competitive tech and engineering fields.
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The Ministry of Labour says the upgrade introduces a faster search algorithm, new filters for remote-work positions and the first version of an API that will allow corporate applicant-tracking systems to sync vacancies directly to EURES. The API is slated for open beta in early 2026 and could dramatically cut administrative time for high-volume recruiters.
Service resumed automatically after 22:30, but mobility managers are advised to clear browser caches and verify that time-sensitive postings went live. No further outages are scheduled this quarter, yet the ministry encourages firms to subscribe to SMS alerts to avoid last-minute surprises.
Best practice: keep PDF copies of critical job ads and candidate short-lists offline and build a small buffer into recruitment timetables in case of future unscheduled maintenance.
While routine IT downtime is hardly news, the timing is unfortunate. Multinationals are racing to finalise 2026 graduate-programme and intra-company-transfer pipelines before Christmas, and many rely on EURES to advertise roles that qualify for Czech Blue Cards or EU ICT permits. HR teams that missed the maintenance notice risk a five-hour lag in candidate sourcing, a gap that can matter in competitive tech and engineering fields.
The Ministry of Labour says the upgrade introduces a faster search algorithm, new filters for remote-work positions and the first version of an API that will allow corporate applicant-tracking systems to sync vacancies directly to EURES. The API is slated for open beta in early 2026 and could dramatically cut administrative time for high-volume recruiters.
Service resumed automatically after 22:30, but mobility managers are advised to clear browser caches and verify that time-sensitive postings went live. No further outages are scheduled this quarter, yet the ministry encourages firms to subscribe to SMS alerts to avoid last-minute surprises.
Best practice: keep PDF copies of critical job ads and candidate short-lists offline and build a small buffer into recruitment timetables in case of future unscheduled maintenance.
