EUROPASS COURSE FOR GUIDANCE PRACTITIONERS

The New Europass portal is much more than just an online place for creating CVs: it is also a secure place for storing documents, receiving recommendations for jobs and courses, getting information on qualifications in Europe, and much more. 

As the main objective of many Europass users is to prepare a good professional presentation of their skills and competences, in this section of the e-Course we will focus on four main learning outcomes:

• Create your Europass profile and prepare a Europass CV (in PDF) based on your profile as a registered user,
• Prepare your Europass CV as a guest user,
• Prepare a Europass Cover Letter,
• Understand additional functionality of the Europass portal.

Creating a Europass profile means understanding the new concept of the portal: users gain their personal and safe online space for planning and preparing their learning and work in Europe. Using their Europass profiles, users can easily prepare their Europass CVs, which they can download or share with third parties as PDF documents: this remains the main focus for most of the users.

Users can access the Europass portal as registered or non-registered users/ guests. The advantage of being a registered user is the access to additional functionality in addition to creating a Europass CV or a Europass Cover Letter. Registered Europass users have access to an online personal profile which they can visit anytime and where they can create and store a large number of documents such as CVs, cover letters, certificates, and any other document related to job-search. However, users also need to bear in mind that creating a Europass profile takes slightly more time than simply updating an existing Europass CV as a guest.

On the other hand, preparing a Europass CV as a guest user can be an easy solution for somebody who just needs to quickly prepare their CV, and does not need to explore the full range of possibilities that the Europass portal offers.

In the following chapters you will learn how to create a Europass profile and a Europass CV as both registered and guest users. For those eager to know more, we have also prepared a chapter about the Europass Cover Letter and extra functionality of the new Europass portal.

Registration to Europass

To register with Europass, users first need to create their “EU Login” account, which is the European Commission’s user service. To create an “EU Login” account, users need to enter their email address and create a password. They will then receive an email with a validation link which will allow them to complete the registration process and start using Europass as registered users. Registered users have full access to all Europass tools including the Profile, Library and jobs and courses suggestions.