Publications
Our print products offer unparalleled branding opportunities, helping you build and maintain your recruitment brand on campus. gradireland publications are the most-read careers guides in Ireland*. Distributed free of charge to students across every campus in Ireland by careers advisers and relevant academics, handed to every attendee at careers fairs across the country in October, the gradireland directories and sector guides are guaranteed to reach and be read by your target audience.
gradireland Directory
This publication is the official careers directory for students and graduates in Ireland, available on campus in September each year and is used by Careers Services personnel as support material throughout the academic year. The gradireland directory is the number one publication amongst third level students for career information with 40,000 copies distributed across all campuses in Ireland annually.
Sector guides
Our market-leading, sector-specific careers guides are considered one of the most influential and successful student career publications available. Each of the titles in the series is packed with sector-specific information, how to get hired tips, unique careers advice and graduate profiles, and also feature a wide range of employers. Sectors include:
- Law
- Engineering
- Technology
- Finance
Ireland’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers
Ireland’s 100 is a unique publication using a national student vote to decide Ireland's most popular graduate recruiters, this report is published annually in the autumn term and is distributed exclusively on university campuses across Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Employer success
This is what some of Ireland's top employers have had to say about the benefits they experienced from working with gradireland.
We have a long-standing relationship with gradireland built up over a number of years working together on graduate recruitment campaigns. Collaborating with gradireland has been hugely beneficial for Tesco Ireland in a number of different ways, from supporting and advising the development of our early talent strategy to particularly with helping the promotion of and recruitment for our graduate programmes which have proved really successful.
The team in gradireland are always hugely responsive and helpful to our needs as a business and their focus is all about finding and tailoring a solution that meets our own requirements, this is why we continue to work with them every year.
gradireland continues to be an important partnership for Enterprise Rent-A-Car. We have often approached the folks at gradireland with a specific hiring challenge and they never fail to provide tailored solutions to meet our needs in a rapidly changing employment market. Enterprise has worked in partnership with gradireland for almost 15 years now and we truly value their support and guidance to achieve our Talent and Brand strategies year after year. gradireland works hard to ensure we are leveraging our value proposition as a Graduate Recruiter in unique and creative ways and I would highly recommend them to any organisation looking to do the same in Ireland.
Working with gradireland has allowed us to engage with a huge number of potential Graduates specific to our industry and our needs. Through their annual Graduate Directory and their online content, we can highlight our Brighter Futures Graduate Programme to students across all Third Level Institutes and Universities.
The real highlight of working with gradireland however is the opportunity to attend the careers fairs held in the RDS at different points throughout the academic year. These events allow us to meet with the best potential graduates on a face to face level to talk through the benefits of working with Dawn Meats.
Partnering with gradireland affords us unprecedented access to the best talent coming through Third Level Education in Ireland and beyond.
We are delighted to have built a strong relationship with the gradireland team over the years. The advice and knowledge shared has continued to support the evolution of our graduate marketing campaigns. The ongoing seminars through the year have provided wonderful learning opportunities for our team and a great opportunity to network and share best practice. The annual gradireland careers fair, winner of the ‘Best Exhibition’ 2016, 2017 and 2018, is integral to supporting our activity by allowing direct access to the student demographic and affords an important means by which employers can proliferate their respective brands
First Derivatives Plc have been working with gradireland for over 10 years. When we first signed up many years ago, we had just 30 jobs to fill each year, and a huge challenge ahead of us in building our company brand within Irish graduate space. Fast Forward, we are now one of Ireland’s biggest Graduate recruiters, hiring over 400 graduates a year. gradireland has been of great assistance in helping us communicate our global opportunities to Irish students!
