In order to become aware of the competences acquired and developed in the various moments of your professional and non-professional life, it is important to draw up your own portfolio of skills and knowledge.
Through the competences self-assessment it is possible to identify an action plan relating to the search for the mobility experience to be carried out and/or to redesign your own study path and/or your professional life. Moreover it helps to prepare a good CV and Motivation Letter to present youself, which is the first step to apply for a job or traineeship position.
Watch the tutorial to edit a good Europass CV trhough the new platform, lauched on July 2020!
To draw up a portfolio of your own competences before and after mobility or in other moment of your life, you can use different tools.
For instance, it is possible to find interesting online tests to assess your soft-skills such as:
- Career Management Skills – Career Management Skills (CMS) are competencies which help individuals to identify their existing skills, develop career learning goals and take action to enhance their careers[1]. The assessment tool below will help people evaluate their career management skills. It consists of 36 statements, addressing the 12 career skills[2], described in the glossary, which include Self-awareness, Labor Market Awareness, Employability, Career Planning, Resilience, Problem Solving, Creativity, Self-Employment, Collaboration, Curiosity, Communication Leadership. Link for the test: https://app.career-skills.eu/index.php/en/assessment-tool.
- Coping skills – Coping is the use of cognitive and behavioral strategies to manage the demands of a situation when these are appraised as exceeding one’s resources or to reduce the negative emotions and conflict caused by stress[3]. The following test consist of 38 item and assesses coping skills and predominant methods of coping with stress: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/tests/career/coping-stress-management-skills-test
- Social skills – Social skills are a set of learned abilities that enable an individual to interact competently and appropriately in a given social context[4]. The following test consist of 57 questions: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/relationships/social-skills-test
Moreover in the Guide for Self-Assement edited by Send Mobility Consortium, you may find a structured path for your self-asssment and evaluation before and after the mobility experience, as well as test to assess your skills. While on Europass website it is possible to create your e-porfolio, recognize your competences and gather all the documents of your mobility experience (i.e. Europass Mobility, Language Passport, Open Badges etc…), as well as to find job and study opportunities in Europe!
Watch the video of the European Parliament about Europass and the webinar “Brand Yourself!” about tools and strategies for Personal Branding
See also the documents below to get further information about your self-assement, CV, Motivation Letter and job interview online.
[1] Adapted from ELGPN, 2012
[2] Self-awareness, Labour market awareness, Employability, Career planning, Resilience, Problem solving, Creativity, Self-employment skills, Collaboration, Curiosity and inquisitiveness, Communication and customer orientation, Leadership.
[3] https://dictionary.apa.org/coping
[4] https://dictionary.apa.org/social-skills
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GUIDE TO COMPETENCES SELF-ASSESSMENT
This guide, edited by SEND, provides students further information about the definition of competencies and on the different categories of competencies (i.e. professional, hard, soft, cross-sectorial, basic etc…). It also describes a structured path for the competencies self-assesment to do before and after your mobility experience and suggests online test for the competences monitoring and evaluation.
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EUROPASS E-PORTFOLIO. Background info
In 2004, the European Parliament and the Council adopted a Decision to establish Europass as a means to achieve better transparency of skills and qualifications, and rationalise and integrate existing instruments into a single framework. This document describes the objectives and scope of the Europass e-portfolio, along with its specific web-based tools and templates.
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EUROPASS MOBILITY
Europass Mobility is fundamental to officially assess soft-skills, acquired during mobility experience, to get Open Badges on that skills to be shared on social networks and on Europass E-portfolio. How to fill in and get or issue the Europass Mobility after an Erasmus+ traineeship abroad, it is described and showed here!
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INSTRUCTIONS TO WRITE A GOOD EUROPASS CV
Europass CV is the official CV tamplate, required around Europe. It helps you to present your skills and qualifications effectively and clearly to the hosting organization. Writing a good CV is the first step to get your desired traineeship. This document, downloaded directly from the Europass website, provides you instructions on how to write a good Europass CV in English!
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POSSIBLE QUESTIONS IN A JOB INTERVIEWS
Use the STAR method to answer possible questions in a job interview: starting with telling the SITUATION/TASK, then continue with telling what ACTIONS you have taken to solve the situation/complete the task and then tell the RESULTS, that is, the benefits of taking those ACTIONS.
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HOW TO WRITE A GOOD MOTIVATION LETTER?
Beside the CV, another important document to present yourself to the hosting organization and to get your desired traineeship position, is to write a good motivation letter! In this document you may find some relevant information to create your effective motivation letter…
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THE NEW EUROPASS E-PORTFOLIO
This document describes the concept for the Europass e-Portfolio, including the individual web-based tools within the e-Portfolio, their function and user needs, and the 5 templates: the curriculum vitae, the language passport, the diploma and certificate supplements, and the Europass mobility. .
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HOW TO DEAL WITH A SKYPE INTERVIEW?
After applying for a traineeship position, the hosting organization may ask you to fix a job interview via skype. It is important to prepare yourself as much better as possible in order to face it !! Here you can find some suggestions not to panic and to have success during a skype interview!!
