1. Introduction to Europass (brief overview)

Introduction to Europass

Europass profile

In the Europass portal, you can choose whether you want to use only the basic functions (create CVs and cover letters in different designs) or whether you want to register to create a Europass profile and thus have access to all the portal's functions. Once you have created a personal e-portfolio, you can assess your competencies and skills yourself, formulate interests and goals and search specifically for jobs and further training.

The Europass profile is not public and personal data is protected according to the European data protection standard.

With the Europass Profile you can:

  • create CVs and cover letters in different designs,
  • share the profile with others for a limited period of time,
  • create different language versions of the profile and use them to create CVs in different languages,
  • receive job or training offers based on your profile,
  • publish your CV on EURES, the European Job Mobility Portal, and be found by registered employers
  • store certificates, work samples, etc. in the personal library.

Following self-assessment tools, help registered users with their personal skills check:

  • In the My Skills section of your Europass, you can build an overview of all your skills. Europass will analyse the information in your profile and provide you with a list of skills, knowledge and abilities that reflect your experience.
  • In the My Interests section of your Europass you can define your learning and career goals and your interests in life. This can include activities and topics you want to focus on as well as where you want to achieve these goals.
  • With the Digital competences self-assessment tool digital competences can be realistically assessed and practically tested with an online test. The user receives the result of the test as a PDF document and can save it in his Europass profile and store it online in his Europass library. The tool is based on the European framework for digital competences. In your personal library, you can also easily save certificates, work samples and CVs you have already created.