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What can I do with a business degree?

Career options for business graduates: jobs you can do with a business degree. Working in commerce, finance, accountancy, marketing, HR and personnel management.

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How to write a successful job application

Job applications forms are the first vital step to getting a graduate job interview. This step-by-step guide explains how to give graduate employers the information they need to put you on the shortlist.

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The graduate's guide to CVs: What your CV should include?

What graduates need to know about how to write a CV, the information to include and how to choose the right CV format.

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What can I do with a business degree?

Career options for business graduates: jobs you can do with a business degree. Working in commerce, finance, accountancy, marketing, HR and personnel management.

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How to write a successful job application

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The graduate's guide to CVs: What your CV should include?

What graduates need to know about how to write a CV, the information to include and how to choose the right CV format.

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What can I do with a business degree?

Career options for business graduates: jobs you can do with a business degree. Working in commerce, finance, accountancy, marketing, HR and personnel management.

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You and your job hunt

What is a graduate programme?

Careers advice and planning

So what is a graduate programme or graduate job? Isn’t it the case that any job done by a graduate is a ‘graduate job’? Well there’s a little bit more to it than that, within the graduate recruitment

Where are the jobs?

Careers advice and planning

Graduate salaries are continuing to rise, according to the recent gradireland survey, with the mean salary coming in just below €30k. Adding to the good news story for graduates, more employers are hiring graduates because of the vibrant economic environment with 78% hiring more graduates because of an actual increase in business.

Your options with a 2:2 degree

Careers advice and planning

According to data from the Higher Education Authority, up to 25% of students graduating get a 2:2 degree. With a 1:1 or a 2:1 viewed as an imperative for many jobs, what are the career options for these students in their graduate job search? Thankfully, there are plenty!

What recruiters want

Applications

Recruiters are looking for something in particular when they advertise a job. If you can show that you have the qualities they're looking for you can give yourself a distinct advantage. Knowing how to analyse what an employer wants in a job advert can give you a real edge.

Kick starting your career: the importance of diversity

Diversity, equality and inclusion

Lets take a look at what being an inclusive company really means and how diversity and inclusion can benefit both employees and companies.

The skills you can get from work placements and internships

Vacation schemes and work experience

Work experience and workplace skills: approach work experience strategically to get the maximum benefit when it comes to applying for jobs.

How to be interview ready!

Interview techniques for graduate job hunters

Interviews and assessment centres

Golden rules for preparing for a job interview, and how to maximise your performance when you get there.

Video Interviews: put your best face forward

Interviews and assessment centres

With increasing usage of video interviews amongst employers, find out how best to prepare for them.

Virtual interviews and assessment centres-what you need to know

Interviews and assessment centres

Kate Burke, Postgraduate Career Development & Alumni Officer at Trinity Business School, talks about what you need to know in advance and offers some tips to help you along the way.

How to succeed at interviews: Mairéad Mulligan, HR Manager, Insurance Institute of Ireland

FAQs

How important is interview preparation? My motto is "Prepare, prepare, prepare!" You can't be too prepared. The same questions won't come up at every interview, but if you have thought about it in adv

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Could you do this job?

#GradStories Ruth Brady, Financial Management Accountant, Bank of Ireland

Profiles

What are the different pathways into your profession for a graduate? There's the traditional route where you can get a training contract with a firm or a company. This takes three to three and a half

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#GradStories Conor Buckley, Digital Marketing Executive, Smyths Toys

Profiles

What’s your name, job title and employer? I'm Conor Buckley and I'm a digital marketing executive for Smyths Toys Superstores and we're based in Galway. What are the main tasks you do in your job in

#GradStories, Edel Linehan, Shift Improvement Engineer, MSD

Profiles

What are your main tasks in a typical week? MSD is an API manufacturing site. we have two sites that manufacture pharmaceutical ingredients. I work across those two sites supporting that manufacture.

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#GradStories Kerri Murphy, International Graduate, Bord Bia

Profiles

What are the main tasks you do in your job in a normal week? The role of Board Bia is to help the Irish food and drinks industry grow at home and abroad. My job's based in London and our role is to he

#GradStories Lieutenant Donal Clare, Irish Defence Forces

Profiles

What is your name, job and employer? My name is Donal Clare and I'm a Lieutenant in the Irish Defence Forces where I work in the engineering core. What does your current role involve? At present I'm o

#GradStories Sarah Holland, Trainee Solicitor, A&L Goodbody

Profiles

What is your name, job title and employer? My name is Sarah Holland and I’m a trainee solicitor at A&L Goodbody. What are the main tasks you do in your job in a normal week? A trainee can be asked t

Careers with your degree

Graduate careers advice: you and your computer science degree

Degree subjects

Computer science graduates are equipped for roles as varied as games developers and technology managers.

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Graduate careers advice: you and your agricultural degree

Degree subjects

An agriculture degree will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to manage agricultural businesses or to work in the fields of agricultural sales, farming, food production, ecology and many more sectors.

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Graduate careers advice: you and your civil engineering degree

Degree subjects

As well as the construction industry, a civil engineering degree will equip you for a career in the financial, business and management sectors.

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Graduate careers advice: you and your food science degree

Degree subjects

A food science degree will equip you with knowledge of the methods of production and development of food, along with food chemistry and safety procedures. It will also provide a base to explore a variety of diverse careers in sectors like retail, manufacturing, research, health, engineering, legislation and agriculture.

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Graduate careers advice: you and your international business degree

Degree subjects

The internet has made business truly global in nature. International business graduates are employed in a variety of sectors.

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Graduate careers advice: you and your supply chain management degree

Degree subjects

A degree in supply chain management will familiarise you with the process of getting products from source to consumer and the various procedures involved.

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Graduate careers advice: you and your travel and tourism degree

Degree subjects

Along with giving you vocational training, a travel and tourism degree will develop your communication and business management skills and increase your career prospects.

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Graduate careers advice: you and your product design degree

Degree subjects

A degree in product design will give you the knowledge and skills required to use materials and production methods in a creative fashion.

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#GradStories Sarah Joyce, Project Worker, Peter McVerry Trust

Profiles

What is your name, job title and employer? My name is Sarah Joyce and I am a project worker with the Peter McVerry trust. What are the main tasks you do in your job in a normal week? My role within th

Career path ideas

What skills will you need for a job in finance?

FAQs

See what skills you can brush up on to help kick-start your finance career on the right foot.

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Internships in the NGO sector: What to expect?

Careers advice and planning

The NGO sector is an extremely rewarding sector in which to work, one which can involve a lot of interesting and challenging work. However, due to the nature of the sector, recruitment is generally at low levels compared to the number of graduates hoping to work in the sector.

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Is a career in law for you? Find out with an internship

FAQs

Becoming a solicitor is a big commitment. Not only does it involve a three or four year undergraduate degree, afterwards you’ll need to complete all your FE1s and do a traineeship, all of which could take longer than your undergraduate degree. For this reason, it’s important to know before you make the commitment that this is the career for you. One of the best ways to do that is to apply for one of the many internships available in the sector.

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What a career in logistics looks like

FAQs

Supply chain is a sector that's always growing, and it will always grow with our economy.

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Top employers in the utilities, energy and renewables sector

FAQs

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The best careers you've never heard of

Careers advice and planning

Thinking through your job options and want some inspiration? Here's our pick of the best off-the-beaten-path career choices.

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Learn from graduate employers

Get industry-leading career advice and opportunities directly from graduate employers. Discover what employers are looking for in their hiring processes and how to unleash your potential.

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