Successful Job Hunting - What is involved?

There are many steps involved in finding "that" job, it takes time, such as -

• time - spent researching jobs
  • what is involved in the roles?
  • what qualifications do I need?
  • what further training is required?
  • etc,

the questions are numerous, a start to this can be found under this section at "Occupations", the "Occupations" folders held in Careers Information Room, Basement, Luke Wadding Library, Cork Road Campus or on on line at  www.prospects.ac.uk and www.gradireland.com

• time - spent researching employers
  • what employers recruit these positions?
  • do they have vacancies, if so how do I find out?
  • etc

again the questions are numerous, so you need to start identifying Companies, go to "Employer Information" displayed under this section, go to the Careers Fairs held annual at the RDS in October and June - details of the companies attending these are also displayed under the "Jobs Available", "Job Opportunities - Graduate Training Programmes" section on this website or obtain a copy of the Gradireland Directory from the Careers Information Library,  Basement, Luke Wadding Library, Cork Road Campus.

These are only a couple of questions and your research will prompt many more, but the time and effort you put in now will get you prepared for "Successful Job Hunting", further preparation steps include -

• Applications Forms
• Assessment Centres
• Covering Letters
• Curriculum Vitae - 1. Useful Tools
• Curriculum Vitae - 2. What is a CV
• Curriculum Vitae - 3. In Different Languages
• Curriculum Vitae - 4. Preparing a Resumé for the USA
• Curriculum Vitae - 5. For Nursing
• Curriculum Vitae - 6. For PhD Students
• Interviews
• Psychometric Tests
• SHL Psychometric Test Examples
• Searching for Jobs
• Student Guides
• Using Recruitment Agencies