Career Consultations

All UCC students and recent graduates can book a consultation with a professionally trained career consultant for career guidance, job search advice, interview coaching or support in making career-relevant decisions. Make sure to reach out if you feel that you need a consultation by booking online or emailing careers@ucc.ie

Career Development Learning

You're likely to benefit more for a one-to-one consultation if you've engaged in some career development learning beforehand. In addition to one-to-one career consultations, UCC careers consultants facilitate interactive workshops, clinics and simulations that are interesting, engaging and prepare you for the world of work.

Learn more about the various career development learning sessions that we facilitate in the following table and ask your academic coordinator (or class representative) to contact us if you would like to organise one or more of these career development learning opportunities for your class.

Your Best Future

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

Recognise the link between your careers interests and choice of role.
Identify work opportunities aligned with your career interests.
Use a career investigation tool to research relevant careers.

Your Personality and Your Career

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

Identify the four scales that comprise the type dynamics framework and its 16 types.
Grasp the concept of personality type and how it may interact with career choices, environments and behaviours.

Your Values and Your Career

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

Appreciate the link between values and career-related behaviour and decision making.
Recognise that overt, consciously stated values may differ from our true values (of which we are often less conscious).
Identify the attributes and skills needed of graduates by today’s employers.

Your Employability Audit

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

Plan specific actions to develop relevant attributes and skills in order of their personal priority.

Your Network

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

Recognise the impact of personal relationships on your career.
Identify the “people who matter” in relation to your career plans.
Build relationships with potential allies, mentors, role models.

Your Job Search

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

Identify the most proven, proactive job search techniques.
Use practical techniques to network in person at events.
Conduct informational interviews that showcase your employability.

Your Online Presence

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

Protect your online presence.
Leverage social media tools to develop their personal network.
Create an effective LinkedIn profile.

Your Job Applications

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

Identify the structure and organisation of a graduate CV.
Recognise the content that must be included and prioritised.
Describe each role/project using succinct bullet points that emphasise outcomes (including measurable results).
Write a cover letter that is customised to your targeted company, role and sector.

Your Job Interview Strategy

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

Prepare relevant information in advance of an interview
Recognise the most widely used types of graduate interviews.
Dress appropriately and adopt positive body language to make the best possible impression.
Prepare effectively for the most commonly used interview questions, including competency-based.

Your Next Assessment Centre

At the end of this session, you will be able to:

Recognise the behavioural competencies best assessed through assessment centre activities.
Prepare mentally for assessments by knowing how and when employers use them.
Identify the “positive and negative behaviours” sought by assessors when assessing group tasks and activities.
Prepare for assessments used by graduate employers, including psychometric and group exercises.

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