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