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On gradireland you'll find graduate careers advice on a huge range of topics – and we're adding more all the time. Compare career options with information on what to expect from working life in different sectors, then learn how you can develop your skills, gain work experience and succeed in applications and interviews. If you're not sure what you'd like to do, don't panic: we're here to help you take those first steps into making career decisions. We also have articles on how to make the most of uni life, organise your job hunt, juggle job offers and more. Whether you're in your first year of university or have already graduated, our career advice for students and graduates will set you on the right path.

Funding for study outside Ireland

Careers advice and planning
There are several potential sources of funding for postgraduate study in Great Britain, Europe, and beyond.
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The importance of encouraging young voices in the nonprofit, charitable and social impact sector

Advice
Early career professionals are ambitious, keen to learn, with an array of new ideas. Despite this, senior employees can, oftentimes unknowingly, overshadow young professional’s voices. It is important to remember that graduates and young professionals are the future leaders within our organisations. Therefore, it is extremely important to encourage young voices in the nonprofit, charitable and social impact sector as they develop in their career.
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Training and development

Working life
Your first graduate job will help you develop your knowledge and skills, whether through on-the-job training or professional qualifications.
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How to find a job in New Zealand

Working life
A guide to job opportunities in New Zealand, finding a job and labour market information.
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How to find a job in the United States

Working life
A guide to job opportunities in the US, finding jobs in America and labour market information.
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Making ends meet: surviving on expenses or low pay during your internship or first job

Working life
When graduating from college and entering into a competitive workplace, it can be a challenge to have to make your way through a work placement on low pay, or perhaps nothing at all, after years of doing the same in college. But with a bit of careful planning, looking at the best ways of keeping costs down and with a little earning on the side you can make it manageable. Unpaid internships are technically illegal, but since many of them are organised informally, unpaid internships and work experience still do happen.
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Professional qualifications

Working life
A professional qualification can fast-track your graduate career, and professional bodies may even help you find a job.
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Your first job

Working life
Your first graduate job brings new challenges, from workplace etiquette to dress code. These tips will help you make the transition to working life.
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Negotiating a better package for your graduate job

Working life
If you convince your interviewers of your fantastic worth, a job offer may be just around the corner. Find out how to ask about salary for a graduate scheme or entry-level job – and whether you should negotiate salary at all.
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Get the skills you need for a new world of work.

Working life
While the working world continues the process of recovery from the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic, graduates are having to develop new job skills, as the world of work has undergone a fundamental shift.
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MSD Graduate Development Programme

Working life
MSD Graduate Development Programme: At MSD Ireland we strive to equip our graduates with the necessary skills they require to be successful now and also help them develop for the workplace of the futu
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The Importance Of Advocacy For Powerful Social Change

Working life
At our recent For Purpose Tuesday event, Jane Trenaman, our For Purpose mentor, described advocacy at 3 levels: self-advocacy, advocating for a specific cause and advocating for the social impact sector. Each element of advocacy is extremely important for powerful social change.
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