We can identify the following functions of the portfolio of the employability skills:
- Self evaluation of the young people – the tool serves to enable young people reflect on their own competences
- Planning further learning and development – if the tool is being used on a long-term basis, it is possible to use it for planning the learning process. For example within the EVS we can use the tool in the beginning, middle and in the end of the project, using the first time to see what the competences volunteers want to improve, and the second and last meeting as a monitoring and evaluation.
- Support the employability of young people – the tool increases young people’s awareness about their own competences, therefore we believe that it can be helpful during job interviews - when the person knows that they can do something, it boosts their self-esteem, and helps them to perform better. Besides while working with the Portfolio young people are asked to think about the concrete situations where/when they have used or practiced the competence, that can serve as well as a preparation for the job interview and help them ¨sell themselves¨
- Support of the recognition – with this tool the recognition can happen on various levels, first the personal one, so young people can get aware of their own competences, then recognition by the organization, since we motivate the organizations to issue the tailor-made reference letter (you can download it here!), where the employability skills will be underlined; finally this will serve for the employers to recognize the learning in the mobility activities.
- Support in writing your CV – the tool has a part dedicated to sum up each competence to be able to copy and paste text directly in your CV or in your LinkedIn profile. Make more relevant CVs!
EVS and NGO sector
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You may ask yourself how the tool we created can be useful for your organization or for you as an EVS tutor? It is very simple; this new tool has different characteristics:
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In practical terms, what can this platform offer me as a worker in EVS field and NGO sector?
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