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Europass is a useful platform for anyone interested in learning or working in Europe, whether you are an EU citizen or you come from a non-EU country (third country nationals). Europass also presents useful information on learning and employment opportunities in Europe.

Europass at the European Youth Event 2021

Read more about Europass at the European Youth Event 2021

The Europass team is presenting a workshop for young people joining hands with digital policies and recruitment experts. They will show case the digital tools that the EU offers for young people to study and work across Europe.

The workshop will follow a very interactive format and participants can interact with the speakers and experts and find useful information and guidance on learning and working in Europe.

What is the difference between the Europass Profile and a CV?

Your Europass profile is your personal online space where you can log all your skills, education, work experiences, achievements and other information.

The profile is an all-inclusive area to organise your information. You can use all or some of the information from your Europass profile to create CVs for particular jobs or courses that you may be applying for, therefore helping you to tailor your CV to a particular job.

The Create CV option makes it easy to create one or many
CVs from your Europass profile. You can use it to apply for a job, education, training or volunteering opportunities.

With the Europass CV you can:

create and update your CV in 29 languages.
choose from different Europass CV templates.
save your CV to your device or the Europass library.
share your CV with a third party.

Which fields are mandatory in the Cover Letter?

In order to create your cover letter, the following fields are mandatory:

language of the cover letter.
date format.
first name(s).
last name(s).
subject.
opening salutations (please fill both boxes, even if only one of them is indicated as mandatory).
your name (in the "closing" section).

The other fields are not mandatory. However, if you fill in the phone number field, you will have to add the country code. Similarly, if you fill in an Address you will have to select the country as well.