What if we would help each other to find a job?
Are you looking for a job?
Do you find it hard to search on your own, or not enough stimulating? Join a Cosearching group
What if we helped each other to find our job?
You tell yourself that searching alone is neither easy nor motivating? Join a Cosearching group
Why join a Cosearching group?
Feel less isolated
Join a self-help group to regain rhythm, to support each other, and to give and receive advice.
Boost your project
Focus on the challenges and obstacles of each of the participants… to gain new ideas and perspectives.
Gain (new) skills
They lived the experience!
How to join a Cosearching group?
Register
Register for the next
information session
Become a Cosearcher
Follow our 8-week programme
Integrating the community
Help each other through our different workshops
1 . Sign in
Participation in Cosearching is free. To register, you must reside in the Brussels Region and be registered with Actiris.
The first step to register is to attend one of our information sessions. We organize it in English, French and Dutch. You will find the next dates in the registration forms (click on the link below)
1 . Sign in
We organize information sessions in English, French and Dutch.
See the next dates in the registration form below.
(You can change the language of this website to access the sessions in other languages)
2 . Become a Cosearcher
In a small group of 10 people in the presence of a Cosearching facilitator
Online or face-to-face depending on your preference* :
2 workshops (3h) per week during 8 weeks.
*presential attendance is only possible following sanitary measures
2 . Become a cosearcher
In a small group of 10 people in the presence of a cosearcher facilitator
Online or face-to-face depending on your preference* :
2 workshops (3h) per week during 8 weeks.
*presential attendance is only possible if sanitary measures allow it
3 . Participating in the Cosearching Community
After 8 weeks of group sessions with your facilitator, you will be integrated into the Cosearching community and you will be invited to contribute to this community :
1/ Co’Search
We offer you the opportunity to continue meeting the members of your small group and to continue developing your professional project.
2/ Co’Lab
Members of the Community propose a wide variety of thematic workshops and invite Cosearchers who wish to participate. An opportunity to showcase your skills and/or discover new tools.
3/ Co’Nect
All members of the Community are invited to gather and to exchange and meet inspiring partners.
3 . Participating in the life of the Community
After the 5 weeks of support, you will be integrated into the Community and invited to actively contribute to the development of the logic of mutual aid: :
1/ Co’Search
We offer you the opportunity to meet each week independently in small groups in order to move forward with your project.
2/ Co’Lab
Members of the community propose a wide variety of thematic workshops and invite cosearchers who wish to participate. An opportunity to showcase your skills and/or discover new tools.
3/ Co’Nect
The whole Community is invited to come together to exchange and meet inspiring partners.
What does it mean to become a Cosearcher?
During 8 weeks you will gradually become a Cosearcher:
You will learn how to work in team
You will learn how to juggle with the tools of collective intelligence
You are going to build a meeting structure and autonomy
You will learn how to use the Backstage Network platform
You will meet other members of the Community
Access the Cosearching community 24 hours a day
Backstage.Network is a social network for jobseekers which brings together several collaborative projects. It offers an opportunity for the Cosearching community to meet, to communicate, to exchange information, and to cooperate and propose activities.
Keep in touch with the Cosearchers of your own group
Find inspiration
Discover new opportunities
Expand your network
Participate in the activities of the Cosearching community
1/ Co’Search
Join the members of the Community and/or your own group for mutual aid:
Develop your professional project
Keep a rhythm
Support other cosearchers
2/ Co’Lab
Offer a workshop to all Community members and/or register for an activity that interests you.
Develop your skills
Share your interests
Discover and get inspired
3/ Co’Nect
Experience moments of exchange with the entire Community and discover new pathways for your project.
Expand your network
Share your success stories
Gain motivation
Cosearching in pictures
Conditions of use: The Cosearching program is reserved to Brussels job seekers, regularly registered at ACTIRIS. By sending this form, you agree that your data above will be transmitted to Actiris.
FAQ : Frequently Asked Questions
What do we do in a group? What happens when the facilitator is gone?
Can I choose my group and its members according to my profile or interests?
Initially, groups of +/- 10 people are formed randomly, without selection. Experience has shown us that the diversity of the members is a factor of success, facilitating exchanges and mutual aid. However, in a second stage, you will have the opportunity to meet other co-researchers and to join or create your own group according to common interests.
Do I have to speak French or Dutch to participate in Cosearching?
If you don’t speak Dutch or French at all, we also organize groups in English once or twice a year. You can choose this option and we will contact you when the English group is scheduled.
Am I obliged to attend all group meetings?
Do I have to be a resident of Brussels or Wallonia to be able to register for this activity?
Yes. You must either live in Brussels and be registered with Actiris, or live in Wallonia and be registered with Forem, in order to be able to participate in our activities for free in these two regions.
If you live in Flanders, please contact our partner.