Europass

Is it time for Australia to introduce a national skills passport?

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Technology, JPMorgan Chase, CV, Credentialism and educational inflation, Education, Life, Policy, University, National Skill Development Agency, Lead, Research, Attention, Government, Thought, Trust, Work, Europass, European, Paper, Federation, Security printing, Employment agency, Nursing, Management, Tutoring, EU

As part of the new employment white paper, the federal government has announced it is thinking seriously about a national skills passport.

Key Points: 
  • As part of the new employment white paper, the federal government has announced it is thinking seriously about a national skills passport.
  • It has set aside A$9.1 million to prepare a business case for the passport to “help workers promote their qualifications and businesses find more skilled workers”.

What is the government proposing?

    • At this stage, the national skills passport is just a proposal and the government says it still needs to consult with businesses and state governments.
    • Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government wants to develop a business case to “define the scope, outcomes and benefits” of a skills passport.

Where did the idea come from?

    • In recent years, skills passports have gained more attention due to the changing nature of work and education.
    • This means workers are much less likely to stay in one job for a significant length of time.
    • A skills passport should not just include transcripts (or results), but also other evidence of an individual’s skills and qualifications.

Our research shows skills passports are important

    • Our 2023 research has shown digital initiatives that improve transparency – such as skills passports – help overcome information and trust gaps between employers and employees.
    • Further, by showing all the skills on one platform, skills passports can help individuals, employers and educational institutions recognise more easily the skills individuals have developed at school, work and through life experiences.

What happens in other countries?

    • The Europass includes a CV, language passport, mobility document and qualifications supplement.
    • In 2019, Singapore introduced a digital skills passport.
    • This is a digital record of an individual’s skills and qualifications, issued by accredited schools, polytechnics, universities and other training providers.

What about Australia?

    • This is largely because of the complexities of the skills, training, education and employment systems in Australia.
    • This is a unique reference number made up of ten numbers and letters and tracks students’ learning and qualifications.

Would it work here?

    • But it may be difficult to gain consensus quickly on why there is a need to extend the current unique student identifier to a skills passport.
    • This is because it will involve different education sectors, different employment sectors, different levels of governments, and different states, territories as well as professional bodies and industries.

How Network Element Providers, Equipment Manufacturers Are Taking Advantage of the Common Language of Telecom

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Technology, Networks, Hardware, Telecommunications, NFV, Incumbent, Europass, CLEI, Language, WFA, CSP, Lingua franca, Common, Network equipment provider

Network element providers (NEPs) and equipment manufacturers are critical to helping communication service providers (CSPs) meet consumer and enterprise demand for mobile, fiber and other telecom services.

Key Points: 
  • Network element providers (NEPs) and equipment manufacturers are critical to helping communication service providers (CSPs) meet consumer and enterprise demand for mobile, fiber and other telecom services.
  • In the process, Common Language also gives NEPs new opportunities to increase revenue, promote their new products and better support their managed services customers.
  • As a result, NEPs and equipment manufacturers that use CLEI Codes have a competitive edge over those that don’t.
  • Common Language also helps NEPs and equipment manufacturers better support their managed services customers since they provide the authoritative information to quickly determine the location, capabilities, installation date and other key attributes for every piece of equipment in their customer’s network.

ikaun Announces CV Automation Powering World Class Experience Management Platform

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Vitae, CVS, RFP, Organization, US Standard Light Rail Vehicle, Europass, AI, System, CV, Collection, Curriculum, World Bank, Automation, Product strategy, Video game, Sales

IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ikaun, the AI-powered, world class experience management platform for law firms and professional services organizations, today announces the release of CV Automation, a powerful new feature in the ikaun platform that radically simplifies the search for accurate CVs and resumes and enables very large packages of perfectly consistent, branded CVs to be instantly downloaded at the touch of a button and exported to a wide variety of standard bid formats such as World Bank, US Standard Form 220 and European Curriculum Vitae.

Key Points: 
  • ikaun, the AI-powered, world class experience management platform for law firms and professional services organizations, today announces the release of CV Automation, a powerful new feature in the ikaun platform that radically simplifies the search for accurate CVs and resumes and enables very large packages of perfectly consistent, branded CVs to be instantly downloaded at the touch of a button and exported to a wide variety of standard bid formats such as World Bank, US Standard Form 220 and European Curriculum Vitae.
  • IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ikaun , the AI-powered, world class experience management platform for law firms and professional services organizations, today announces the release of CV Automation, a powerful new feature in the ikaun platform that radically simplifies the search for accurate CVs and resumes and enables very large packages of perfectly consistent, branded CVs to be instantly downloaded at the touch of a button and exported to a wide variety of standard bid formats such as World Bank, US Standard Form 220 and European Curriculum Vitae.
  • By centralizing access to all CVs within the organization in an elegant, searchable platform, and directly delivering automated CV updates through project database and profile integrations, CV Automation helps bid, proposal and staffing professionals eliminate onerous, stressful, error-prone searches and win back time with a seamless, frictionless process.
  • Jason Noble, ikaun's Chief of Product Strategy, comments: "With CV Automation, we've attacked a monumental pain point experienced by so many professional services organizations in the collection and production of experience information from, often, thousands of professionals.

cLFi (CLFI) Is Now Available for Trading on LBank Exchange

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Monday, July 24, 2023
Blockchain, DAO, Knowledge, Decentralized finance, CLFI, Europass, Smartphone, Cryptocurrency

Road Town, British Virgin Islands--(Newsfile Corp. - July 24, 2023) - LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, listed cLFi (CLFI) on July 21, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Road Town, British Virgin Islands--(Newsfile Corp. - July 24, 2023) - LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, listed cLFi (CLFI) on July 21, 2023.
  • For all users of LBank Exchange, the CLFI/USDT trading pair is now officially available for trading.
  • Its utility token, CLFI, was listed on LBank Exchange at 10:00 UTC on July 21, 2023, with the goal of expanding its global footprint and supporting the realization of its forward-thinking objectives.
  • Guided by its core values, LFi places emphasis on accessibility, ensuring that all users, regardless of crypto knowledge, wealth, or experience, can leverage available tools and opportunities.

Network Element Resellers Can Maximize Profits and Competitiveness by Speaking the Common Language of the Telecom Ecosystem

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Data Management, Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Telecommunications, Networks, Internet, Workflow, Europass, Record, Language, Research, Risk, Lingua franca, Common, NEP, Network equipment provider

To fulfill that demand, resellers need to determine the model, capabilities, version and other key attributes of each piece of equipment quickly and accurately.

Key Points: 
  • To fulfill that demand, resellers need to determine the model, capabilities, version and other key attributes of each piece of equipment quickly and accurately.
  • That process is challenging due to factors such as network element provider (NEP) mergers, acquisitions and proprietary equipment-identification methods.
  • The Common Language® CLEI™ Code is a globally unique barcode identifier that NEPs physically affix to their products and packaging before they’re sold.
  • “Common Language is the trusted, go-to resource for CSPs, network element providers, tower/site companies and fiber/backhaul providers, making it a must-have resource for network element resellers that want to optimize their workflow, competitiveness, profits and customer satisfaction,” said Peter Ford, Executive Vice President of Information Solutions.

RChilli Makes Remarkable Improvements in its Products with New Languages

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Friday, September 4, 2020
Europass, European Union, Recruitment, Parsing, Parsing algorithms

The main aim of introducing these languages is to bring greater improvements in the results.

Key Points: 
  • The main aim of introducing these languages is to bring greater improvements in the results.
  • The company has also implemented Deep Learning modules for certain languages including English, French, German, Polish, and Spanish.
  • Continuous improvements are also being made in the current languages for RChilli's resume parser.
  • At present, RChilli is offering parsing in 10 global languages and 28 Europass format languages.

EEAS Vacancy Notice: Contract Agent FGIII - Communication and In

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Wednesday, September 2, 2020
European Union, Foreign relations of the European Union, Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability, Foreign relations of Europe, European Personnel Selection Office, CPCC, European External Action Service, Military of the European Union, Common Security and Defence Policy, Common Foreign and Security Policy, Europass, Joint Support Coordination Cell

We are:The EEAS supports his tasks of conducting the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and chairing the Foreign Affairs Council.

Key Points: 

We are:

    • The EEAS supports his tasks of conducting the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and chairing the Foreign Affairs Council.
    • The EEAS works in close cooperation with Member States, the Council and relevant services of the European Commission.
    • The Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) is the permanent structure supporting the Civilian Operations Commander.
    • The Missions Operational Support Division (CPCC.4) is responsible for CIS, IT applications as well as logistics and procurement at Headquarters level.
    • Furthermore, CPCC.4 assists the civilian Missions in defining and managing their budgets with the relevant stakeholders (EU Member States and Foreign Policy Instruments).
    • CPCC.4 is the contact point of the CPCC for the RELEX Working Group of the Council.

We propose


    The position of Communication and Information Systems Assistant in the Missions Operational Support Divison (CPCC.4) – contract agent FGIII as per article 3b of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (CEOS).

We look for

  • The person to be recruited will work under the supervision of the Head of the Missions Operational Support Division within the CPCC.4. We are seeking a highly motivated colleague who is expected to perform the following tasks:
    • To support in the planning and implementation of technical aspect of CIS projects for central services for CSDP Missions in cooperation and coordination with other members of the team.
    • To configure and implement Mission Support Platform IT infrastructure in cooperation with other IT colleagues.
    • To implement all technical aspects of Mission Support Platform IT projects.
    • To perform tasks in coordination with consultants, external experts, and outsourced services in support of the development and maintenance of the Mission Support Platform IT Infrastructure.
    • To assist in the planning, support, repairs and installation of Mission Support Platform IT equipment in several locations including for desktop, laptop, printers and servers.
    • To advise the Head of Division and the Team Leader in IT and InfoSec on matters related to the information systems used within CSDP missions and the central IT infrastructure in Brussels.
    • To produce precise reports for the hierarchy concerning CIS issues and recommend improvements for future developments.
    • To participate in fact-finding missions and technical assessment missions.
  • Other specific requirements:
    • Assist in the overall implementation of IT Projects.
    • First and second level end-user support in Office 365 and Windows 10 environment.
    • Technical administration of the existing Azure data center and the future SharePoint online infrastructure.
    • Maintenance of end-user hardware and software.
    • Ethernet infrastructure, routers and switches configuration, cabling and maintenance.
    • Technical experience in designing and implementing IT centralized services based on public and private cloud solutions and virtualisation techniques, including installation and maintenance of server environments.
    • To undertake any other related tasks as requested by the Head of Division.

Legal basis


    The vacancy is to be filled in accordance with the conditions stipulated under the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (CEOS). 1 The successful candidate will be offered a contract agent position (Function group III); renewable contract for a maximum duration of 6 years (with a valid CAST exam).

Eligibility criteria

  • Candidates for this contract agent III post should:
    • (i) have passed a valid EPSO CAST in a valid FG for this post
  • or
    • (ii) be registered in the EPSO Permanent CAST in a valid FG for this post https://epso.europa.eu/apply/job-offers_en?keyword=&contract=37&grade=Al...
    • have a level of post-secondary education attested by a diploma or a level of secondary education attested by a diploma giving access to post-secondary education and appropriate professional experience of three year;
    • have the capacity to work in languages of CFSP and external relations necessary for the performance of their duties. Knowledge of other EU languages would be an asset.
    • Be a national of one of the Member States of the European Union and enjoy full rights as a citizen.

Selection criteria

    Specific conditions of employment


      The signature of the contract will be subject to prior favourable opinion of the Medical Service. The successful candidate might be required to undergo security vetting if she or he does not hold already a Personal Security Clearance to an appropriate level, in accordance with relevant security provisions.

    Equal opportunities


      The External Action Service applies an equal opportunities policy.

    Application and selection procedure 2

      • Please send your CV and cover letter (with your EPSO CAST number) via email to [email protected] Deadline for sending applications: 25/09/2020 at 18.00 (CET).
      • Candidates shall draft their CV following the European CV form which can be found at the following internet address: https://europa.eu/europass/en/create-europass-cv.
      • The selection panel will make a pre-selection on the basis of the qualifications and professional experience described in the CV and motivational letter, and will produce a shortlist of eligible candidates who best meet the selection criteria for the post.
      • Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be informed about the outcome of the pre-selection phase.
      • The candidates who have been preselected will be invited for an interview by a selection panel.
      • The panel will recommend a shortlist of candidates for a final decision by the Authority Empowered to Conclude Contracts of Employment.
      • The Authority may decide to interview the candidates on the final shortlist before taking this decision.