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How the Careers Centre can help Academics

The development of employment related skills has become a much higher priority for Higher Education in recent years. Employability has in fact, become a more central and explicit focus of Higher Education provison.

The Careers Centre supports teaching and learning in a variety of ways by:

Supporting schools/departments in the delivery of employability skills. This may be achieved through advice and guidance on the provision of specific skills and competency related training for students.
Providing information on current market trends and the graduate labour market.
Assisting schools/departments to set up regular effective liaison with the Careers Centre.
Designing and developing specific information on discipline related career programmes - if you feel your class group would benefit from guidance in certain areas, we may be able to organise a seminar/presentation to meet this need.
Surveying our recent graduates about what they do after graduation and publishing the findings this information will be available.
The Careers Centre markets WIT, students and graduates to employers.
We directly contact more than 500 employers each year. Contact with employers includes:

How to contact us

WIT Careers Office,
ERTC Building - next to the Applied Technology Building,
IDA Industrial Estate,
Cork Road,
Waterford

Telephone - 00 353 (0)51 302038
Fax - 00 353 (0)51 306279
Email - careers@wit.ie
Website - www.wit.ie/careerscentre

Opening hours

During Term Time - Monday to Friday 9.30. a.m. to 4.30. p.m.
General Enquiries - Monday to Friday 9.30. a.m. to 4.30. p.m.
Appointments Only - During the above times and outside of the above only in exceptional cases.
During Vacation Time - Monday to Friday 9.30. a.m. to 4.30. p.m.

The Careers Advisor is also available in the College Street Campus on Friday mornings.

The Careers Information Room is located in the Basement of the Luke Wadding Library, Cork Road Campus where details can be found to assist students in their career planning, employment and further study searches both at home and abroad, free "take away" journals and magazines and booklets on occupations, cv and covering letters and much more - check it out.

Services to Students

Vacancies

file: Careers Newsletter March 2008, PDF, 280KB Careers Newsletter March 2008
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Employer Information

Gradireland Publications

Gradireland

What: Careers Directory 2008 The official guide for students and graduates in Ireland
Where: Careers Information Library, Basement, Luke Wadding Library, Cork Road Campus and at Careers Information Stands Cork Road and College Street Campus
When: NOW
Link: http://www.gradireland.com
E-mail:

Gradireland

What: Law 2008 Booklet
Where: Careers Information Library, Basement, Luke Waddings Library, Cork Road Campus
When: NOW
Link:
E-mail:

Prospects

What: Funding Vidcast: The essential guide to funding postgraduate study
Where: On line
When: NOW
Link: http://www.ecomms.prospects.ac.uk/mk/get?_EC=vKi_uQ5rPdiQeyd63wJLoi
E-mail:

Prospects

What: Graduate Magazine - Issue 64
Where: On line
When: NOW
Link: http://www.ecomms.prospects.ac.uk/mk/get?_EC=VQAe13hW0tiA0jCVYN1s-Y
E-mail:

Prospects

What: Guide to Postgraduate Study in the U K
Where: On line
When: NOW
Link: http://www.ecomms.prospects.ac.uk/mk/get?_EC=VExtr_MEQnmsRt9K8hJe-A
E-mail:

Prospects

What: Work and Study in the UK
Where: On line
When: NOW
Link: http://www.nxtbook.com/dal/graduateprospects/postgraduk200607/index.php
E-mail:

Links to Company website

As a career planning / job search facility the following links to Company websites in Ireland and abroad, small to medium to multinational sized organisation are noted for your information.

The Irish Times - Top 1000 Companies
www.businessworld.ie/cd/Top1000/index.htm

The IDA Ireland
www.idaireland.com/home/index.aspx?id=38

Salary Information

The Careers Centre often gets asked the question with regard to current salary expectations, we have therefore noted below some links, which we think you will find helpful.

http://www.brightwater.ie/salary-survey.aspx - for the current year and past years.

www.finfacts.com/Private/isl/isl.htm

www.manpower.ie/employers/main_salary.asp

www.ireland.com/newspaper/education/2007/0508/1178204605697.html - Irish Times Survey

Interviews - Behavioral

Free Sample - Behavioral Interview Questions
www.quintcareers.com/sample_behavioral.html

Behavioral Interviewing
http://web.mit.edu/career/www/guide/star.html

Careers Centre Publications

file: Careers Newsletter - April 2008 edition, PDF, 336KB Careers Newsletter - April 2008 edition
(PDF, 336KB)

Thinking about postgraduate study and research? Some useful information, plus First Destination of WIT Graduates - 2006 survey.

Prospects Planner

What: Do not know what job? Let the Planner help you find out.
Where: On line
When: NOW
Link: http://www.prospects.ac.uk/links/Pplanner
E-mail:

Careers Information Library

What: Careers Information Library - Waterford Institute of Technology
Where: Basement of the Luke Wadding Library, Cork Road Campus.
When: NOW
Link:
E-mail: careers@wit.ie

Virtual Careers Library

The above information is available through the link below by courtesy of NUI Maynooth. Its contents about Careers and Occupational information is comprehensive and an extremely useful tool for your career planning.

http://careers.nuim.ie/students/careers/virtuallibrary.shtml

Virtual Careers Fair

The above information is available through the link below by courtesy of NUI Maynooth. Its contents - mainly operational during the Autumn, Winter and Spring terms - links to the recruitment sites of employers seeking applications from our final year and postgraduate students.

http://careers.nuim.ie/students/jobsearch/vacancies/finalist/

file: Virtual Careers Library, PDF, 63KB Virtual Careers Library
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The above information is available by courtesy of NUI Maynooth. Its contents about Careers and Occupational information is comprehensive and an extremely useful tool for your career planning.

UCAS

What: Advisory materials for applying to higher education
Where: On line
When: NOW
Link: http://www.ucas.com/apply/guides07.html
E-mail:

Teacher & Education Recruitment Forum for Wales

What: Teacher Training Information
Where: Careers Information Library, Basement of the Luke Wadding Library, Cork Road Campus, Cork Road, Waterford
When: NOW
Link: http://www.teachertrainingwales.org
E-mail:

GTTR - 2007 Guide to Applicants

What: GTTR - Graduate Teacher Training Registry - On line Application system for applicants to PGCE courses
Where: on line
When: NOW
Link: http://www.gttr.ac.uk/how/index.html
E-mail:

Website Manager

WIT

file: Occupations - Computing & IT, PDF, 98KB Occupations - Computing & IT
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file: Occupations - Consulting, PDF, 89KB Occupations - Consulting
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file: Occupations - Engineering, PDF, 102KB Occupations - Engineering
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file: Occupations - Environmental Work, PDF, 96KB Occupations - Environmental Work
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file: Occupations - Finance, PDF, 108KB Occupations - Finance
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file: Occupations - Human Resources, PDF, 95KB Occupations - Human Resources
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file: Occupations - Teaching, Primary in Ireland, PDF, 68KB Occupations - Teaching, Primary in Ireland
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file: Occupations - Teaching, Post Primary in Ireland, PDF, 68KB Occupations - Teaching, Post Primary in Ireland
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file: Occupations - Teaching, Primary in the UK, PDF, 97KB Occupations - Teaching, Primary in the UK
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file: Occupations - Teaching, Post Primary in the UK, PDF, 99KB Occupations - Teaching, Post Primary in the UK
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file: Occupations - Teaching, HDip Approved WIT Courses, PDF, 69KB Occupations - Teaching, HDip Approved WIT Courses
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file: Occupations - Teaching, Other Useful Links, PDF, 85KB Occupations - Teaching, Other Useful Links
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Age Action Ireland Ltd

Address - 30/31 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 2
Telephone - 01 475 6989 Fax - 01 475 6011
Email - info@ageaction.ie Website - www.ageaction.ie

Availability/Duration - All year round
Location - Dublin and Galway

Application Procedure - Letter of application and CV to info@ageaction.ie

Description of Opportunity

There are a wide variety of opportunities within Age Action such as:-

Finance and administration
Charity Shops
Care and Repair Programme - providing light DIY and home visiting service
Getting Started Programme - providing basis computer training to older people
Information & Library service

Camara

Cara International

Centre for Alternative Technology

file: Some Interesting Facts about Work Experience, PDF, 57KB Some Interesting Facts about Work Experience
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S - Voluntary and Work Experience Opportunities

file: Assessment Centres, PDF, 121KB Assessment Centres
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Information about the structure and assessment of the centres, group and individual exercise, psychometric / personality tests, advantages and limitations of assessment centres and help and resources available.

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L - Voluntary and Work Experience Opportunities

file: Careers Newsletter - October 2009 edition, PDF, 3,855KB Careers Newsletter - October 2009 edition
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Find out all about the Careers Fair being held at the RDS on Wednesday 21 October 2009 - Don't miss the Big 4 "closing dates" - complete the "trendence" survey and win prizes

file: Careers Newsletter - May 2009 edition, PDF, 260KB Careers Newsletter - May 2009 edition
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Our last Newsletter for this academic year. The Careers Centre wishes all students good luck in their exams. This edition has lots of information including details for graduates with disabilities, becoming a Research student and careers in Management, Business and Administration.

file: List of Employers who exhibited at the Graduate Careers Fair, RDS, Dublin on 14 October 2008, PDF, 146KB List of Employers who exhibited at the Graduate Careers Fair, RDS, Dublin on 14 October 2008
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If you missed meeting representatives from these companies who described their organisation and typical vacancies, click into their websites and see what is on offer. Also check out the "Jobs Available", "Job Opportunities - Graduate Training Programmes" section on this website.

Company Information Websites

Links to Company website

As a career planning / job search facility the following links to Company websites in Ireland and abroad, small to medium to multinational sized organisation are noted for your information.

The Irish Times - Top 100 Companies
www.businessworld.ie/cd/Top1000/index.htm

The IDA Ireland
www.idaireland.com/home/index.aspx?id=38

Ireland’s 100 Leading Graduate Employers 2009 – as voted by Graduates
http://irelands100.com/

file: Sample Work Experience Bullet Points for Students, PDF, 205KB Sample Work Experience Bullet Points for Students
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To get you started and thinking about how to describe work experience duties performed.

file: Careers Centre Publications and Visual Materials, PDF, 60KB Careers Centre Publications and Visual Materials
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Publications produced by the Careers Centre with information on frequently sought information from students and graduates

file: gradireland Publications and Visual Materials, PDF, 70KB gradireland Publications and Visual Materials
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Booklets and Magazines - view on line and/or pick up from the Careers Information Library or at Careers stands on campus

file: Prospects Publications and Visual Materials, PDF, 55KB Prospects Publications and Visual Materials
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Weekly/monthly magazines on many topics for students and graduates - On line and hard copy in Careers Information Library and Career stands throughout the Institute.

file: Reference Books in held in Careers Information Library, PDF, 84KB Reference Books in held in Careers Information Library
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Useful information on many topics concerning careers can be found in the Careers Information Library, Basement, Luke Wadding Library, WIT, Cork Road Campus

file: Videos & DVDs held in the Careers Office , PDF, 50KB Videos & DVDs held in the Careers Office
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Helpful hints for applications, interviews and many more subjects and can be obtained from the Careers Office, Front Entrance - immediate left, Main Building, Cork Road, Waterford