Month: April 2017

Events

gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards 2017

2017 gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards recognises work of graduate recruiters as career opportunities continue to grow for students. April 27th 2017 saw the 11th gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards held at Dublin’s Mansion House, a gala event for almost 600 of the country’s graduate recruiters, talent developers and industry stakeholders. As always, the awards were held in partnership with the Association of Higher Education Careers Services (AHECS) and … Continue reading gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards 2017

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Careers Advice

Choosing the right graduate employer

Picking a graduate employer is one of your first big decisions in life so you need to be rational, thoughtful and well prepared. To get the best start to your graduate career you need to think about the kind of place where you will fit in. Even within a single career area, employers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and they offer a … Continue reading Choosing the right graduate employer

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Careers Advice

Starting your graduate career

Your first graduate job brings new challenges, from workplace etiquette to dress code. These tips will help you make the transition to working life. Even though you may have had summer jobs and worked at weekends, nothing can quite prepare you for the experience of your first ‘proper’ job. We’ve come up with some hints to help you adapt. Starting a new job It’s not … Continue reading Starting your graduate career

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Careers Advice

What is a graduate programme?

So what is a graduate programme or graduate job? Isn’t it the case that any job done by a graduate is a ‘graduate job’? Well there’s a little bit more to it than that, within the graduate recruitment industry, a graduate job is a very specific thing. Firstly, as you’d expect, it’s a job offered by graduate recruiters – companies large enough to need a … Continue reading What is a graduate programme?

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Internships

How to land an internship with a large graduate employer

Large graduate employers often take on interns too. We’ve put together what the benefits of internships with large employers are and how to find vacancies. Do well as an intern for an employer that also runs a graduate scheme and you could significantly increase your chances of being hired there when you finish university. Even if you don’t end up working there permanently, you will … Continue reading How to land an internship with a large graduate employer

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Internships

Top reasons to look for an internship that has a smaller intake

Don’t limit your internship options by only focusing on larger graduate employers. If you’re looking for an internship experience that allows you to see the effect of your efforts quickly you should consider looking for opportunities with small and medium-sized businesses, typically organisations with fewer than 250 employees. Small, high potential businesses can offer you wide-ranging opportunities to put your talents to good use and … Continue reading Top reasons to look for an internship that has a smaller intake

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