For employers

The European Commission’s aim with the Europass is to simplify and promote labour mobility in Europe. It assumes that more mobility among the working population will aid economic and social development, a high level of employment and balanced and sustainable growth. Greater mobility will also allow the European economy, labour market and working population to react more flexibly and efficiently to the changing and increasingly globalised economy, which is characterised by strong competition.

A National Europass Centre (NEC) co-ordinates the Europass activities in all participating countries.

Europass gives you as an employer the following benefits:

• If you ask for a Europass when you advertise vacancies, you can be sure of receiving clear and relevant information about applicants. This will cost you no extra time or money: Europass is freely available to applicants and they complete it themselves.
• The uniform format of the Europass documents makes it simpler to compare and assess candidates’ qualifications and skills which saves you time in the selection procedure.
• The information in the Europass has been evaluated officially as far as possible. The candidate him/herself completes the CV and the Language Passport but Europass Mobility, Certificate Supplement and Diploma Supplement are issued by competent organisations (educational institutions, Colo). More information is available in the separate descriptions of the documents.
• Europass is recognisable for employers throughout Europe and is available in all European languages, thereby helping break down language barriers.
• Europass is an aid to increasing international knowledge and experience.  

The five Europass documents give you a wide range of options enabling you to select candidates according to your requirements. The basis of the Europass is the CV which you can supplement as you wish with documents relating to language skills, international work placements and qualifications, so it is not always necessary to ask for all the documents. Topics covered by the other documents are included in the Europass CV in abbreviated form.