A Mapping of the European Central Bank’s Recruitment in Times of Crisis (2005–2011)

The financial crisis of 2007–2009 occurred against a backdrop of slower recruitment of ECB staff than in previous periods of institutional deployment. Because of its global scope and intensity, the crisis led to a considerable increase in the workload of its staff and led the institution to significantly increase the pace of its recruitment. An analysis of the profiles recruited reveals a specific social space, foreshadowing in particular one of the major institutional changes that the addition of banking supervision in 2014 represents.