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Graduate careers advice: you and your management consultancy degree
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.

Graduate careers advice: you and your information systems degree
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.

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

Graduate careers advice: you and your international business degree
The internet has made business truly global in nature. International business graduates are employed in a variety of sectors.

Common research application pitfalls
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.

Graduate careers advice: you and your web design and development degree
Employers within and beyond the IT and computing sector are seeking web design and development graduates.

Graduate careers advice: you and your economics degree
An economics degree gives you a mix of the type of subject-specific and transferable skills employers seek.

Graduate careers advice: you and your linguistics degree
The careers available to linguistics graduates range from marketing and publishing to speech and language therapy.

Graduate careers advice: you and your events management degree
The events industry offers opportunities to work on everything from small scale events to festivals, fundraisers and weddings.

Graduate careers advice: you and your graphic design degree
A graphic design degree will prepare you for a range of career options, from setting up your studio to working for a design consultancy.

Graduate careers advice: you and your journalism degree
A journalism degree prepares you for any area where writing, communication, creativity and research skills are required.

Graduate careers advice: you and your marketing degree
A marketing degree will prepare you for a career not just in the competitive field of marketing, but for a variety of sectors.