Students

Do you wish to:

Review your career decisions?	Find out more about career options and the labour market ?
Check out the Virtual Careers Library?	Review Career Publications
Attend Career Workshops/Events?	Find out about graduate employment ?
Job Search strategies for mature students	Check out current careers newsletter
Find out more about further study in Ireland and overseas?	Check deadlines for postgraduate study?

 

 

Self Knowledge

A crucial part of learning how to make career decisions involves reflecting on yourself (click on the links below to explore each area and see how they relate to possible occupations).

What sort of work activities are you most interested in?

What motivates you to work?

What kind of skills do you already have?

How do you come to a decision?

What factors influence your decisions?

Other Resources include: The Art of Building Windmills (online and hard copies in College Library) & The Student Guide to Career Planning & Job Search (Careers Office A104) For a full self assessment of your interests and skills, check out Prospects Planner

Career Options

Once you have clarified your self knowledge, your next step is to review your options for work or further study. To start your exploration, click on the links below to check out:

What are the options open to you?

What you can do with a degree in education?

What you can do with a BA in Humanities

How you can prepare yourself successfully for the job market?

Attend Career Seminars

See Careers Officer

What have St Patrick's Graduates done in the past?

Postgraduate Study

Find out more about further study in Ireland and overseas

Attend Careers Seminars

Find out about graduate employment

gradireland.com, your link to your graduate job. The official graduate careers website. gradireland.com gives you graduate job, careers advice, sector information and employer profiles and more all on one site! So visit gradireland.com and register today! Visit the Gradireland Fair 12 October 2011 RDS

Final Year Students Forward Graduate Employment
Employment Assessment Tests

Job Search Strategies for Mature students
Our mature students are advised to attend all of the career events advertised on the website and in our annual careers brochure and newsletters, a designated Mature Graduates Evening is organised in October each year. You may also find the web links below useful.
Irish Jobs.ie useful tips
Age action
Equality Agency Ireland
Older in Ireland
Thirdage
FÁS
Families and work Institute

Last Updated: Tuesday August 09 2011