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Graduate careers advice: you and your public administration and social policy degree
A public administration and social policy degree can help you to influence the decisions that affect your community.

How to get a job in science
Tips for science graduates in Ireland on how to get hired; information on the entry requirements and recruitment processes of science employers.

Graduate careers advice: you and your microbiology degree
The analytical, scientific and problem-solving skills acquired during a microbiology degree are valued by employers.

Graduate careers advice: you and your travel and tourism degree
Along with giving you vocational training, a travel and tourism degree will develop your communication and business management skills and increase your career prospects.

Your graduate job offer - how to accept or decline
As a graduate seeking your first full-time role, you might be unsure what to do when offered a job. Here is what to say and what not to say when accepting or declining a job offer.

Negotiating a better package for your graduate job
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.

What job sectors pay the best graduate salaries?
Although we can expect the pandemic to have some impact on salary offerings, this year’s data from our survey builds on data from recent years, reflecting growth in graduate salaries and investment in graduate jobs. This year’s survey reveals that the average salary on offer to graduates is €31,938, up from an average of €30,409 in last year’s report.

#GradStories Mary Catherine Tyrell, Software Engineer, Fidelity Investments

What degrees are employers looking for when it comes to graduate jobs?
Let’s take a look at what sectors have the most graduate jobs, as revealed in our most recent gradireland Graduate Salary & Graduate Recruitment Trends Survey.

Assessment centres-insider tips
Assessment centres are a great way for employers to test various competencies from a vast array of candidates. They help to give an overall picture of a candidate and how they might fit into your organisation. How can you make the most of an assessment centre and when is the appropriate time to use one? We talked to Ciara Holohan, Occupational Psychology consultant at Aon’s Assessment Solutions, who helped answer the questions above as well as many more.

Virtual interviews and assessment centres-what you need to know
Kate Burke, Postgraduate Career Development & Alumni Officer at Trinity Business School, talks about what you need to know in advance and offers some tips to help you along the way.

What you need to know about working abroad
Advice for students and graduates considering working abroad. Tips on working practices, job applications and the practical/administrative issues to consider.