Career Guidance

A comprehensive career guidance and counselling service is available to all students. Elements of this service include:

Individual career guidance
Individual counselling
Individual and group advice on subject choice
Curriculum Vitae and interview preparation
Visits to third level colleges
Visits to career exhibitions
Advice on study skills and examination technique
Help with third level college applications
Help and advice regarding applications for Post Leaving Certificate courses

Students are provided with one to one guidance and counselling sessions. Students also experience guidance in the classroom, offering them the unique opportunity to design and develop key skills for successful learning, self-organisation, study and CAO applications.

Useful Links:
Third Level Colleges, Study Skills websites, etc
Important Dates and Events (C.A.O, U.C.A.S Admissions)

Some Third Level Colleges and Institutes of Further Education

UCChomepage
UCCcareer service homepage
Information on all the programmes in UCC
CIT homepage
UL homepage
Links to many good career videos on the UL website
UCD homepage
TCD homepage
RCSI homepage
DCU homepage
UCG homepage
Maynooth’s homepage
DIT homepage
NCAD’s homepage
IADT Dunlaoghaire
IT Carlow homepage
WIT homepage
IT TRALEE homepage
http://www.solas.ie/
Griffith College Cork
Marino Institute of Education
Mary Immaculate College LK
St Pat’s Dublin
Cork College of Commerce
Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa
St Johns College Sawmill St
Find information on apprenticeships and employment services available through FAS
Garda website including recruitment sections
Information on careers in the Irish Army and Navy
Information on careers in agriculture, horticulture etc.
Failte Ireland is Ireland’s state tourism training agency
Useful site on science careers

Some Useful Websites

Qualifax – Ireland’s national course database. Provides information on points, subjects required and course content.]
CareersPortal – A comprehensive Irish careers site, linked into the TY program.
CAO – Central Applications Office for application to Universities and I.T.s.
waccesscollege.ie [site for students applying to the HEAR or DARE scheme]
www.susi.ie[site for accessing grants for third level]
http://www.careersnews.ie [site giving up to date labour market information]
CoarseHub – Student based review of college courses. Please remember, you do not know what perspective the student who wrote the review is writing from. Make up your own mind based on your own research
HPAT – Health Professions Admission Test – Ireland
UCAS – UK equivalent of the CAO for applications to Third Level institutions in the UK. Early applications are necessary for Oxford Cambridge and medical related courses.
BMAT Universities Admissions Aptitude site, apply late in 5th year for testing
UKCAT UK Universities Admissions Aptitude site, apply late in 5th year for testing
UNISTATS – Search, review and compare subjects at UK universities and colleges
EUNICAS – A comprehensive site for information on European Universities
LearnAbroad – A comprhensive site for information on European Universities
Ploteus – European site with information on studying in the EU and other essential info for people moving to Europe)
YourEurope – Citizens Info in Europe
FullBright – Information on applying to University in the USA
CambridgeAssessment – used by many European Universities
Education – The Department of Education Homepage.
State Examinations Commission. Find exam timetables and exam papers here.
The careers service of UCC.
The careers service of CIT.
The careers service of TCD.
Prospects – A good careers site.
Postgradireland – For those of you thinking of one step beyond undergraduate.
Online – A good careers site .
UCAS – Stamford Test A useful careers inventory.
Studentfinance – A useful site to tell you all about grants etc.
Accesscollege- For students applying under the HEAR or DARE scheme.
UCC – Helping students with disability going on to UCC.
CIT – Helping students with disability going on to CIT Study skills.
BBC – Helping you to get on with your study.
SkillsIreland – Excellent guide to careers and the labour market in Ireland.
CareerDirections – Excellent careers’ database established by Fás.
Dyslexia – Dyslexia Association of Ireland.
http://www.ucc.ie/dss [UCC Disability Support site.
Education matters.
Prospects – a good uk based careers site
connexions – Career Database.
The Student Room.
UK Admissions Tests.
http://www.skilledup.com/
http://alison.com/
https://www.coursera.org/
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

Study Skills

Scoilnet – Online school support site.]
Skoool – Online revision aid with interactive lessons, assessment questions and study notes.]
Open – Open University Study Skills section.]
Open – Open University Study Skills revision section.]
UCC link to Virginia Tech study site.

Useful Sites for if you need a little emotional or social help

http://www.yourmentalhealth.ie – mental health promotion
http://www.childline.ie[1800666666]
http://www.corksamaritans.ie[1850609090]
http://www.notalone.ie[ Cork youth info centre 021 4270187]
http://www.aware.ie[supporting people with depression]
http://www.thecounsellingcentre.ie[Cork Counselling Centre, 7 Fr Mathew Street]
http://www.console.ie[supporting those berieved through suicide]
http://www.barnardos.ie[berevement counselling for children]
http://www.ispcc.ie[Youth support & mentoring]
http://www.nasouth.ie[ Narcotics Anonymous]
http://www.tusla.ie/ [ Child and Family Support Agency]