21 Developing Your Career
Stand out from the crowd by choosing your programme of study from Ireland’s most diverse academic curriculum. In addition to offering you academic excellence, UCD will help you develop the abilities, attributes and qualities that employers want. As a result, UCD students are valued and sought after. At the Career Development Centre we introduce UCD talent to local, national and international employers, and give you the opportunity to network with graduate recruiters.
Our most recent survey of graduate progression showed that 86% of UCD graduates used their education to move into employment or graduate study. Whatever inspires you and wherever your career path takes you, a university education from UCD is truly world class. Plan ahead and follow our steps to career success.
First year students exploring personal and career development at the Career Development Centre
Step 1: Make a Difference Graduate recruiters are looking for the next generation of leaders – for the private sector, the public sector and the voluntary, not-for- profit sector - and that future is you. In addition to a successful academic profile, employers will expect you to have been ‘engaged’ during your time at UCD. By that we mean you should get actively involved in something you value, enjoy and see as worthwhile. Make the most of the opportunities available to you at UCD as early as possible. Take up a new language, volunteer, become an active member of any of the 100 UCD student societies and 56 sports clubs, be a peer mentor or a campus ambassador. While enjoying student life at UCD, you can make a difference to the lives of others, make a contribution to UCD and to your own personal development, which is exactly what your future employer will value.
Making links to business at the UCD Internship Fair
Step 2: Develop skills employers want You may meet your future employer at a careers event on campus and they will be inter- ested in your academic performance, your per- sonal development and the skills developed that are relevant to the workplace. By taking an erasmus placement abroad, working part-time or pursuing a summer or yearlong internship, you are building on earlier experiences, develop-
c“ We recruit only the best graduates in the ountry. At entry, we demand that graduates
must be academically excellent and have great business awareness. Both of these qualities are in abundance among UCD students. Each year we hire many graduates across the full range of academic disciplines, and recruiting talented students from UCD is always a priority. Paul Vance, Head of Resourcing, KPMG
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ing knowledge of the workplace and enhancing skills such as team work and leadership, negoti- ation, networking and self-presentation. Being able to complement academic attainment with active engagement on campus and experience of the workplace is a recipe for success
Step 3: Produce a winning CV With all of the above in your possession, you have the framework to produce a winning CV. Tis document connects your learning, per- sonal and career development to the world of work and to your chosen profession. Staff at the Career Development Centre will work with you and offer: A Advice and guidance to help you make decisions about your future.
A Access to opportunities to develop skills employers want.
A Training and coaching on how to be effective in graduate recruitment and selection.
We work with students in all year groups to plan ahead for graduate success. Te staff at the Centre look forward to meeting you when you join UCD, and working with you as you progress through the University. Look us up at
www.ucd.ie/careers and visit us when you start your studies.
Ena Maguire and Dr David Foster of the UCD Career Development Centre at the UCD Quinn School of Business
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