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Explore all graduate advice and guidance on gradireland

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.
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Graduate careers advice: you and your physics degree

FAQs

Physics graduates can use their skills across a wide range of industries, with employers placing great value on the technical and analytical approach to work that a physics degree can bring.

Medical, healthcare & dental + 8
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Graduate careers advice: you and your biology degree

FAQs

Biology spans everything from biotech to sustainability, pharmaceutical to ecology and so much more in between. Explore some of the options to see where your career could take you.

Science, R&D, food industry + 4
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Did you know? Recent Irish achievements in research

Research

One of the objectives of the Irish Research Council (IRC) is to create a culture of world class research for the benefit of the country as a whole. Let’s take a look at some of the most impressive work done by Irish researchers in 2017, which ranges from the mapping of stars to development of treatments for Parkinson’s disease.

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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.

Agriculture, animals & plants + 3
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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.

Property, construction & QS + 6
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Graduate careers advice: you and your business and management studies degree

Degree subjects

The range of skills you will acquire from your business and management studies degree will prepare you to adapt quickly and effectively to your employer’s organisation.

Management consulting + 3
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Graduate careers advice: you and your management consultancy degree

Degree subjects

A degree in management consultancy will equip you with the ability to help organisations to function more effectively across a wide variety of sectors. This is a highly skilled and demanding role which requires a lot of skills development and training.

Management consulting + 3
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Graduate careers advice: you and your information systems degree

Degree subjects

Most firms and organisations rely on the design, implementation and management of information technology systems. As such, an information systems degree will equip you to work in a variety of sectors.

Technology + 10
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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.

Procurement & supply chain + 5
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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.

Management consulting + 3
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Common research application pitfalls

Research

The Irish Research Council supports a great range of research projects, but the application process is highly competitive. Only those research projects which demonstrate a well-conceived scope of analysis and a high degree of potential are likely to be considered for funding, and even if your project is of that calibre, a weak application can fatally undermine it. Let’s look at five common mistakes that researchers make when applying for funding.

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Graduate careers advice: you and your web design and development degree

Degree subjects

Employers within and beyond the IT and computing sector are seeking web design and development graduates.

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