Garda Recruitment Campaign

For more info, see http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=1625

UCC December Newsletter

http://www.ucc.ie/en/media/studyatucc/undergrads/downloadabledocumentssection/December-Newsletter.pdf

Study in English on mainland Europe

For information on the courses taught through English in universities / colleges on mainland Europe. go to eunicas.ie for more info. Many such universities/colleges have terms and conditions which make studying on mainland Europe a very attractive option

LIT (Clonmel) portfolio workshop

A portfolio workshop will take place in LIT (Clonmel) on Saturday, Jan. 23rd
Contact LIT, Clonmel for more info

Soft Skills

The School of Science and Computing in WIT carried out a survey of IT employers and asked them to list some of the 'soft skills' they look for in potential employees. Here's the list (with thanks to David Power of WIT):

Communication Skills, namely:

The ability to communicate a specific message in a presentation.The ability to communicate in a multi-cultural, multi-location team.  Written communication skills e.g. report writing, phrasing gently worded emails regarding a serious topic etc.

Understand the importance of the role of the customer and their needs.

Very strong problem solving skills.

Take ownership of and responsibility for your own work.

Self-driven, ability to self-organise.

Team work skills and the ability to work in a remote team.

Understand that they are engaging in a life-long learning industry and have the necessary skills to participate in such learning.

Pride in own work, drive, passion.

Interested.  

Serious about their career.

Confidence.

Learn from mistakes.  It is ok to make mistakes, just learn from them

Naughton Scholarships 2015

See www.thenaughtonfoudation.ie for more info

Open Days

qualifax.ie provides a list of dates on upcoming open days:

http://www.qualifax.ie/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=22

Note UL have a January Open Day on the 16th

WIT Open Day

Many thanks for WIT for inviting us to their Open Day yesterday. All the schools and departments had stands and information talks taking place. These would have included the
- School of Business
- School of Engineering
- School of Health Sciences
- School of Humanities
- School of Science and Computing

In the photo are three of our students taking part in the coding session organised by the School of Computing and Mathematics

Waterford IT presentation to Sixth Years

Many thanks to Claire Holden from the WIT Schools' Liaison Office for her excellent presentation to
the Sixth Years today. As well as giving information on the undergraduate courses available in WIT, she also gave lots of common sense advice about some of the pitfalls to watch out for when embarking on first year college.

Cut-off points for all all CAO courses 2015 and previous years

http://www.cao.ie/index.php?page=search&q=points

This website is worth having a look at to see what the cut-off points have been for courses that you
might be interested in.
Keeping some kind of correlation between the courses (i.e. points ranges in recent years) you include in your cao list and your expected/hoped for L.C. results is important.

Expert Group on Future Skills Needs

http://www.skillsireland.ie/

This website is worth having a look at to get an idea of where the opportunities are likely to be
careerwise in the coming years.

Job advertisements for graduates

https://gradireland.com/

This website is worth having a look at for current employment trends for graduates

Presentation to Sixth Years by Fergal Hartley

Many thanks to Fergal Hartley from Hartley People for taking the time to come in to the school today and giving a presentation to the Sixth Years. His presentation was extremely interesting and gave a good insight into current employment trends. Fergal then took the time to stay back afterwards to take individual questions from students in spite of his busy schedule so again many thanks to him for that.

UCC School of Mathematical Sciences Open Afternoon, Wednesday 2nd December 2015 at 2:15pm.

Final date for registration is tomorrow. Contact Mr. O'Reilly for more info.

Presentation to Sixth Years

Feargal Hartley from Hartley People Recruitment will be giving a presentation to Sixth Years
on Thursday, November 26th at 11:35.

Open Days

WIT Open Day takes place on Tuesday, Dec. 8th. All Sixth Years will be attending

Cork School of Music CIT Open Day see:
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For a full list of Open Days, see:
http://www.qualifax.ie/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=22

LIST OF INTERESTING WEBSITES

The following is a sample list of some of the careers-related websites that students and parents might have a look at:

www.careersportal.ie
www.qualifax.ie
www.cao.ie
www.accesscollege.ie
www.steps.ie
(info on engineering as a career choice)
www.ucas.com
www.eunicas.ie
www.studentfinance.ie

CAO 2016 applications facility is now open

The Central Applications Office processes applications for undergraduate courses in Irish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Decisions on admissions to undergraduate courses are made by the HEIs who instruct CAO to make offers to sucessful candidates.

See cao.ie for more info.

For Parents' guide, see:  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/103546780/CAOparentsguide.pdf

For video, see:  http://www.cao.ie/index.php?page=video

HPAT aptitude test

The Health Professions Admissions Test (HPAT) is not open for registration, 2015/16
For more info, see: https://hpat-ireland.acer.edu.au/

Ongoing info on upcoming events at UCD

Follow this link for up-to-date info on upcoming events at UCD:
https://myucd.ucd.ie/events/index.do

Dutch universities in Dublin

For more info, Follow this link:
http://www.eunicas.ie/index.php/universities-news/dutch-universities-to-visit-ireland.html

Aptitude test online for Waterpark College students

Kudo Inspire online aptitude test

This is well worth doing and, ideally all Fifth Year students should have it done by the end of Fifth Year

To do the online aptitude test, you need to go to:
http://www.cascaid.co.uk/kudosinspire/
Then
- USE
Then, type in the following in the licence code field
- lookable86
Then follow the instructions

UCC Parents Information Evening

Follow this link
https://www.facebook.com/uccadmissions/posts/1134601769898232

UCD Chemistry Open Evening

Follow this link

https://myucd.ucd.ie/events/eventRegistration.do?eventRegistrationAction=registration&stringEventID=NDIy

WELCOME!

Welcome to the Waterpark College (Waterford) Careers Service blog.
The purpose of this blog is to keep students and parents up to date with recent and upcoming events as well posts on careers-related material that may be of interest.

Presentation by Alison Moore, CIT, to Fifth Years

Friday, Nov. 6th
Presentation by Alison Moore, CIT, to Fifth Years
Many thanks to Alison Moore for travelling down from CIT  today to talk to the Fifth Years about the courses available there. Some interesting points were raised including how important it is to research well in advance of CAO time.
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