Mgr. Tatiana Pončáková

Coordinator of National Europass Centre

State Vocational Education Institute

What is EUROPASS?

• Europass is a personal online space to capture your learning and work experience, highlight skills and showcase your strengths.

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• It is about discovering the opportunities that Europe has to offer.

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• Available in 29 languages, Europass offers tools that will help you manage each stage of your career and learning.

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• It contains a set of free online tools that support the effective communication and presentation of your knowledge, skills, experience and interests.

Benefits of the Europass platform

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• Easy search for courses (customised course suggestions)
• My Library
• It's "green”
• Useful information (articles on studying, training and volunteering)
• Continuously improving the platform
• European Digital Credentials for Learning and Digital skills test

How many students know what Europass is?

0%*

* data obtained during the Gaudeamus Exhibition in Bratislava and Nitra 2021, where more than 9 thousand high school students took part (in total 7 days)

Let's go to schools!

Little numbers...

Workshops held from May to October 2021:

• Cambridge Interational School: 22 Pupils
• Primary school Dudova, Bratislava: 31 Pupils
• Primary school Janigova, Košice: 64 Pupils
• Primary school Holubyho, Piešťany: 16 Pupils
• Vocational school, Žiar nad Hronom: 45 Students
• Europe Direct Nitra: 28 Graduates
• Labor Office Nitra: 30 Graduates

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236 Pupils

How?

• Step 1: Introduction:
• Choose card which discribes one of your quality, ability, character, hobby etc.

How?

• Step 2: Role-play:
• “Imagine that you are an employer and your job is to choose one person to hire.“
• Is a photo enough? What qualities should an ideal employee have?
• What else would you need to know?

How?

• Step 3: Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• What it is, what it contains, tips and tricks on how to complete a CV correctly

How?

• Step 4: Europass platform
• Introduction to the online platform and its tools

How?

• Step 5: Practical part
• Sign-up
• Creating your own profile
• Making CV

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How?

• Step 6: Evaluation
• Post-it notes

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Europass Profile

CV

Cover letter

My Library

My Skills

My Interests

My Applications

Feedback

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"Information, advice, experience, lessons, knowledge,

cooperation and how to create a CV correctly.“

(Pupils from ZŠ, Piešťany)

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„Communication, positive attitude, teamwork."

(Pupils from ZŠ, Košice

„Workshop was practical and interesting.“

(Pupils from ZŠ Dudoba, Bratislava)

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"Honest and necessary information for life", "I found that a CV

is not just about work experience.“

(Students from Cambridge International School)

"The students were very satisfied, some of them were very enthusiastic and are already waiting to create their Europass.“

(Teacher from SOŠ, Žiar nad Hronom)

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National Europass Centre

www.europass.sk

europass@siov.sk

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