What Different Jobs Involve
The range of jobs which graduates enter is wide, with direct entry often possible e.g. Civil Service, banking and postgraduate study helpful or required for others e.g. social work, legal profession. To access job descriptions and information - the foremost online career websites are noted below and other resources include -
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Attend careers fairs, click here to watch the 2016 gradireland Careers Fair
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Attend relevant career talks. For upcoming events click on this link - Event and News section
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Take away booklets to help you research options available from the Careers Information Library including "Occupations Information Booklet" and "Sector Description Information Booklet"
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Professional bodies are a great source of information (see further below)
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Network/seek advice from anyone who can help e.g. academics, tutors, careers advisers, college alumni, friends, relatives, employers
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Gain work experience - paid or unpaid. You understand more realistically what a job entails by doing it.