At present, most European universities offer their students vocational guidance and placement services, albeit with different provisions: the European scenario is indeed quite diverse in this regard, also depending on the degree of integration of entrepreneurship training. Therefore, if some universities offer career development programs beginning in the first year of university career, others offer only basic information and advice to enter the world of work at the end of their university career. In summary, significant problems remain for students, who:• They are not sufficiently prepared to understand the skills necessary to perform professional roles: they often have information on the specific skills required, but they are not aware of how the role of the professional (ie transversal skills) is carried out;• They are not familiar with the world of work, so they do not have clear in mind what the settings and work environments actually mean;• Often they lack self-awareness of their abilities, particularly in relation to the professional career they wish to undertake.The need for dialogue between education and businesses is therefore not only linked to placement: placement is a consequence of suitable candidates for job vacancies, rather than a simple combination of degrees and jobs. Career services have workedfor years in promoting mobility through internships and traineeships, in order to improve the dialogue between universities and companies on the one hand and promote self-awareness and the development of transversal skills and transversal competences in the students on the other side.Sustainability should also be taken into account in this process: students should be equipped with self-reflection tools and self-assessment skills, should therefore acquire skills for professional development; however, they should also be offered opportunities to understand the professions and what skills the professional roles imply in real contexts. This means that students should have the opportunity to speak with companies before interviews for the internship or work.The project consortium consists of 4 Universities: University of Padua (IT, project leader), Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (ES), Bachelor of Applied Sciences (FI), Ss. Cyril University and Methodius of Skopje (MK), as well as three partners specialized in the transition to the world of work: Fundación Universidad-Empresa (ES), Cramars (IT), and Anthea Consulting (IT).The V-TOURS project has increased and improved opportunities for dialogue between university students and businesses, creating a virtual place to access:• Online course focused on corporate culture and work ethics, addressing Research and innovation, Integrated quality (Quality - Environment - Safety), Corporate social responsibility, Corporate organization, Roles, tasks and competences within the company, Strategic transversal skills, etc.• Opportunities to participate in virtual tours in companies, such as online events in which company managers presented their business and organizational processes, and answered questions in real time;• Self-reflection exercises and self-assessment for students, in relation to the professional profiles faced by the interviews conducted during the virtual tours, the corporate culture and the work ethic.Based on the experience of 204 beta-testers and students involved in piloting, the entire course requires 125 to 135 hours of study.The V-TOURS platform provides a significant range of learning opportunities that promote the understanding of the workplace; promote the acquisition of professional development skills; improve student employability; facilitate mobility.The partner universities of the consortium will adopt the online course and related methods in their own learning offer already during the academic year 2018-2019, both as part of a degree course both as a complementary autonomous program offered, for example, by their career service. The course will be offered, at least, in English and in the partner's local language. It is also possible to update the platform with new content (video interviews, other educational resources, registration of virtual visits, etc.). The V-Tours platform is open and is available to other universities and companies that want to take advantage of this innovative tool.