Cooperative Education & Careers Division

• What can the Careers Service offer me and my students
• Check out the employment record of graduates
• Introduce career education programmes for students in my course
• Find information on graduate employers
• Advise students with disabilities on how to access the Careers Service
• View Careers Service publications

The Careers Service is part of the Cooperative Education & Careers Division. Our primary mission is to support students and recent graduates in developing and implementing successful career plans, and to facilitate the recruitment process for students and employers.

 

What can the Careers Service offer me and my students

• Find out about the services and resources offered to students
• See a list of Careers Service staff
• See how the Careers Service supports the University
• Find out how to refer a student to the right person or resource

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Check out the employment record of graduates

What do UL graduates do?

• First Destinations Survey - UL graduates 2010 (Word format) or (PDF format)
  View the survey report of the 2010 UL graduate cohort
• Summary of Recent UL Graduates Survey
  Gives general facts and figures from the graduate survey
• Highlights of Recent UL Graduates Survey
  Breaks down the overall outcome for graduates according to award (degree, diploma etc.)
• Summary of Employment Patterns for all Courses
  Provides an overview of the 'First Destinations' of UL graduates by course
• Graduate Profiles and Job Titles
  Graduates discuss their careers since leaving UL

Find out about the first destinations of all Irish graduates

All higher education institutions in Ireland survey their graduates within 9 months of completing full-time courses. This national survey is conducted under the aegis of the HEA (Higher Education Authority) and the results are compiled in the HEA report on 'First Destinations of Award Recipients in Higher Education' which is published each year. This report can be accessed on the HEA website.

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Find out how to introduce career education programmes for students in my course

• Find out what careers and postgraduate courses are related to UL degree courses
• Find out what information is available on career opportunities for particular courses
• Help students with the job search process
• Explore the possibility of formal career education modules as part of the course

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Find information on graduate employers

• Find out what skills employers look for in graduates
  Links to student section of website
• Find links to Irish graduate employers
• Search an online database of Irish graduate employers
  The Gradireland website is the result of collaboration between the Careers Services in the Irish Universities. It is a very comprehensive careers website for graduates throughout the country. One of it's most useful features is a searchable database of employers who recruit Irish graduates. This database can be accessed on the Gradireland website

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