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What employers are looking for
Employers don’t need to know that you want a job, they know that already. What they want to know is why you are the right fit to work for them.
What skills will you need for a job in finance?
See what skills you can brush up on to help kick-start your finance career on the right foot.
Apprenticeships: an alternative route
Apprenticeships are not what they used to be. With Level 8 options now available, we spoke to the Insurance Institute about why internships make great sense for jobseekers and employers.
In the hot seat-top interview tips
The situations you may encounter in a finance sector interview and how to respond.
Graduate careers advice: you and your chemistry degree
Chemistry is a dynamic, diverse and constantly evolving area of science. Your degree in chemistry provides you with the perfect springboard for a wide range of career opportunities.
Watch: Inside new SFI research facilities
See what's happening inside the setting up of four new world-class Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Research Centres, backed by €114 million in Government and Irish industry funding.
Graduate careers advice: you and your physics degree
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.
Graduate careers advice: you and your biology degree
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.
Did you know? Recent Irish achievements in 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.
Graduate careers advice: you and your agricultural degree
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.
Graduate careers advice: you and your civil engineering degree
As well as the construction industry, a civil engineering degree will equip you for a career in the financial, business and management sectors.
Graduate careers advice: you and your business and management studies degree
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.
