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Preparing your Post Primary Work Experience ‘toolkit’ using Europass

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AIMS OF THIS LESSON:

By the end of the lesson the students will be -

• Familiar with the structure and purpose of a professional profile in order toseek

work experience and future employment.

• Able to identify and reflect on relevant skills and experiences, to includeon

their profile, for future employment.

• Able to develop a Europass profile- highlighting their relevant qualifications,

skills and interests

• Familiar with the structure and purpose of a CV and cover letter in orderto

seek work experience and future employment.

• Able to develop a Europass CV and cover letter to accompany theirprofile.

• Able to share digitally their profile, CV and cover letter with potentialemployers.

AIMS

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Through the skills gained in this lesson, the students will be able to:

• Produce their own professional profile and CV- highlighting their

qualifications, skills, personal qualities, interests and experiences, of

interest to potential employers.

• Understand the nature and purpose of a cover letter and will be

able to produce an effective cover letter, outlining their interest in

the position for which they are applying.

• Know how to share digitally their newly created profile, CV and cover

letter with potential employers, in order to seek work experience

and/or future employment.

LEARNING OUTCOMES


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Preparing your Post Primary Work Experience ‘toolkit’ using Europass

A step by step guide to creating your Europass

Profile, CV and Cover Letter


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It’s time to prepare

your work experience

‘toolkit’ and get

searching!

#Exciting!


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WHERE TO

START

There are some essential tools to have in your work experience ‘toolkit’

Your freeEuropassprofile

A CV A cover letter

A named referee


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• Go to- https://europa.eu/europass/en

• Select ‘create your free Europass’ to

register

• Once registered- you can select your

preferred language and click on ‘create

your free Europass’ again.

• Next, you can start to create your profile,

via the ‘create my profile’ section.

Create your free Europass

profile

STEP 1


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The following information can be

included in this section:

• A little about yourself

• Your ‘school based’ e-mail address

• Your contact details

• A photo/avatar

Fill inyourprofile

STEP 2


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Fill in your ‘work experience’

to date

STEP 3

Have you any work experience to date?

Eg:

• Coaching in the local club

• Baby sitting

• Helping out at a community event

• Assisting at the local youth club/ business etc

(If not yet, don’t worry, by the end of the year

you’ll have more to put in this section!)


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Including

• Where you go to school

• Qualifications to date

Fill in your Education

and Training information

STEP 4


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Add yourskills andinterests

STEP 5

Skills

• Language skills

• Digital skills• Art

• Reading

• Music

• Sport

• Cars

• Cooking/baking

• Gardening

• Dancing

• Hair and beauty

• Video games

Hobbies and interestse.g.

Bonjour Ciao

Hola

Guten Tag


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Add in anyadditionalinformationyou feel isrelevant..

Have you ever taken part

in a charity even or raised

money for a good cause?

Are you a part of the

school mentoring team/

green schools committee/ drama

club/science club/ student council,

or any other clubs within the school?

THINK - what do all of these things tell someone

about your qualities and

skills

Have you ever won

a prize for an

achievement?

Have you completed

any courses/trainings

this year- e.g. First Aid,

Euro-Quest, the Fáinne

exams etc.

What else have you donethat could be showcased here?

You’d be surprised how much

you have already achieved!


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Your profile is complete!

WELL DONE!


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A CV gives you an opportunity to-

• Showcase your achievements

• Give the employer a sense of who you are

NEXT...

Use the information from your profile to make a CV


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Follow these steps...

Select ‘My Select the Select the ‘Start from your Select your Name Select your Save yourlibrary’ from ‘Create a CV’ profile’ option. You canthen preferred your CV desired CV to your

the options option click ‘select entireprofile’. template format ‘Europass

across the top This will allow you toexport from the for saving Library’ and

of the page. much of your information from

your profile to your CV. Add in

further information, if desired.

options

presented.

(PDF) ‘finish’

Once the CV is saved to your ‘Europass Library’ you can access it again to either

(i) download for sharing or (ii) share by generating a link via the ‘share’ icon.


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Your CV is now

complete!


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LAST STEP

Create a Cover Letter

A cover letter gives you a chance to-

• Talk directly to the employer about why you

want to work for them/ their organisation

• Tell them how enthusiastic you are to learn

about what they do

• Show off the skills and experience

you have that might make you a good

candidate for work experience with them


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Follow these steps...

of the page. starting from

scratch)cover letter. Counsellor for some

assistance with

any areas you have

trouble with)

cover letter from

the available

Europass

templates

Select ‘My Select the Select the An editable Fill in the Next, choose the Name your

library’ from ‘Create a ‘Create a new template will template step layout template cover letter,the options Cover Letter’ cover letter’ appear to by step you want to save it as a

across the top option option (if complete the (Ask your Guidance use for your PDF, saveto your

‘Europass Library’ and

‘finish’

Once the cover letter is saved to your ‘Europass Library’you can access it again to either

(i) download for sharing or (ii) share by generating a link via the ‘share’ icon


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Your cover letter is

complete!

WELL DONE!


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Your ‘toolkit’ to

start your work experience search is

now complete!

You can now:

• Share all documents (Profile, CV and CoverLetter)

digitally with any employer

OR

• Download and attach your documents to an e- mail

to employers

OR

• Print your CV and cover letter to send toemployers


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Need help?

• Euroguidance Ireland have created the following

short video to assist students / Guidance Counsellors

through the steps required to complete their:

> Profile

> CV and

> Cover letter

• You can view the video on Vimeo by clicking:

https://vimeo.com/453624862


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Good luck!

Go n-éirí an t-ádh libh!

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