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LYIT | CAREERS BRIEF
LYIT’S CAREERS NEWSLETTER | MARCH 2013| www.lyit.ie
TÁ SEIRBHÍS LE FÁIL TRÍ GHAEILGE FREISIN
Contents
Réamhrá / Foreword
Hello All,
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Unsure of your next
career move?
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Thinking of working in
Canada/Australia/New
Zealand for Summer
2013?...
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Get under the skin of
Postgraduate Study in
the UK!

ACCA Accountancy
Body

Improve Your Career
Prospects By Learning
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the most of career opportunities available to them through
developing successful career action plans. We also facilitate the
recruitment process for students and employers.
If you are thinking about summer work/part time work/voluntary
work, why not avail of a free CV check?
Contact the Careers Officer for an appointment.
As always, students are welcome to avail of the Careers Service.
Make us your first stop for: information on career options following
FREE
your studies, creating a winning CV, advice on dealing with the
Deloitte Top Technology
Finding the hidden jobs Seminar
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of LYIT. Our aim is to enable students and recent graduates to make
Chinese In China For
Competition
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The Careers Service is available to all students and recent graduates
Is email sucking into your
toughest interviews, assessing your postgraduate study options,
completing personal statements for courses, working and studying
abroad.
I look forward to meeting you in this coming year. Check out what’s
inside this month’s edition:
time?
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If you want to do your
postgraduate course
abroad, here’s why you
should stay in the EU
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You can make an appointment by email/telephone or in person :
Tel: (00353) 7491 86812
Email: Catherine.Lyster@lyit.ie
Using Linked In to
promote your career
Catherine Lyster
Whilst LYIT Careers Office makes every attempt to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the
information contained in Careersbrief, it should not be relied upon as a substitute for formal
advice from the originating bodies, it is strongly advised that readers refer to original sources for
information as the Careers Office cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies.
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UNSURE OF YOUR NEXT
CAREER MOVE?
THINKING OF WORKING
IN CANADA/AUSTRALIA/
NEW ZEALAND FOR
SUMMER 2013?...
At Go4less we specialise in the processing of
Work Abroad Visas and can also organise
Flights, Accommodation and Arrival Packs for
students & non-students. Go4less is part of
Club Travel, Ireland’s Largest Travel Agent
who has been operating for over 35 years.
Please see below a list of programmes that
Go4less offer:
Why not avail of the excellent Gradireland Report?
Your Gradireland Careers Report will help you to:
1.
Generate a list of careers that match your skills,
motivations, personality and preferences
2.
Investigate jobs, employers and post graduate
courses within these careers areas
3.
Understand your capabilities and compare
yourself against skills that employers want
4.
Better understand yourself, especially your key
motivators, career interests and work personality
type
5.
Practice a series of ability tests and receive
feedback on your current skills and how to
improve them.
Create your own action plan
How do I access Gradireland Report?
Simply follow the following steps:
Log onto www.gradireland.com
Register – you will be asked a few short questions. You
will be sent details of suitable vacancies and courses
as they arise
Click on Gradireland Careers Report – you will have
the opportunity to complete a selection
comprehensive job specific aptitude tests. These were
designed by Irish occupational psychologists and are
typical of the type of aptitude tests you would be
expected to undertake when applying for graduate
level jobs. Did you know that up to 60% of companies
now use aptitude testing as a means of screening
applicants?
Using Gradireland Careers Report will provide the
opportunity to obtain practice completing aptitude
tests as well as highlighting your skills and talents. A
great feature of this programme is that it is free of
charge and can be completed anywhere at any
time?
Once you have completed Gradireland Report, you
can make an appointment with the Careers
Office to discuss your next career /study options.
Canada Visas + Guaranteed Jobs for
Summer 2013:
Our Canada Programme is open to both
students & non-students, you must be aged
between 19 and 35 inclusive and have an
Irish or British Passport. With the Go4less 1 Year
visa you are guaranteed a job in
Canada. We will be opening our 2013
Canada Visa Programme soon. Join the
Go4less mailing list on -www.go4less.ie to be
kept updated. More info on :
www.go4less.ie/canada-visas/canada-workvisa.asp
Don't delay - takes 5 mins to register and
begin the process!
You can apply for the Working Holiday Visa
to Canada twice!
Your Spouse / partner / children can also
travel with you
This visa is valid for any type of job & there
are no restrictions on the total number of
employers for whom you can work with. You
can do an internship on this visa.
You can also study whilst on this visa. Sign up
with Go4less today for more information
Here at Go4less, we offer a personalised,
friendly service. If you would like to talk about
any of our Visa Programmes then please
email canada@go4less.ie to arrange an
appointment to discuss the Canada
programme or other visa options.
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GET UNDER THE SKIN OF
POSTGRADUATE STUDY IN THE
UK!
At targetcourses.co.uk we go much further
than just listing the postgrad courses available.
With our exclusive course comparison tools, we
allow you to get to the juicy details and decide
which option is the most appealing.
www.targetcourses.co.uk
Essential nutrition for your postgraduate
studies in the UK!
CALLING ALL STUDENTS WHO
HAVE AN INTEREST IN
TRAINING TO BECOME
AN ACCOUNTANT—(ACCA)
Did you know that the accountancy
profession is open to graduates of all
disciplines?
ACCA are pleased to announce details of
their ACCA trainee placement programme
guide.
A broad selection of companies have signed
up to the programme. These include
household names such as Dell, Deloitte, Hertz,
JP Morgan, Kerry Group, Office of the
Comptroller and Auditor General, Statestreet
and Whirlpool -to name but a few…..
Get your ACCA Guide from the Careers Office
today!
THINKING OF
POSTGRADUATE STUDIES?
Costs too high?
Why not consider studying further afield?
Did you know that ….
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There are no fees for postgraduate
studies in Denmark and that all
postgraduate courses are taught
through English. For further information,
check www:studyindenmark.dk
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Postgraduate courses in Germany only
cost €500 per semester and many
courses are taught through English.
For further information check
www.daad.de/stipendien/en/
index.en.html?land=28
Má tá Gaeilge agat, is mor an buntaiste í ma tá tú ag
lorg fostaiocht. Tá cur sios iontach ar na deiseanna
fostaíochta ar fail sa leabhair “Do Ghairm le Gaeilge”,
ar fail saor in aisce on ionad Mac Leinn, An Danlann
agus sa leabharlann. Seo cupla sampla :
Bionn an comhlucht Samsung ag lorg adoine le
gaeilge mar tá text service acu as gaeilge. Bionn
comhluchtai cosúil le Accenture ag plé le eagraéochtai mar shampla Revenue agus Tesco chun
suímheanna idirlinne a fhorbairt as gaeilge. Ta fhios
ag a lan comhluchtai gur mor an buntaiste ígno a
dhéanamh tri ghaeilge. Ta samplaí de chuid de na
foluntaisí in earnáil na gaeilge ar fail ar http://
www.gaelport.com/foluntais. Ta gaeilge riachtanach
más miann leat cúrsa bun mhuinteoireachta a chaint
amach.
Ma ta gaeilge agat, bi cinnte go chfuil si luaite agat
ar do CV
Lá fhéile Pádraig faoi mhaise agaibh go lear !
YOUR BOSTON ADVENTURE
STARTS HERE!
Irish Immigration Center
International Programs
59 Temple Place, Suite 1010
Boston. MA 02111
www.iicenter.org
Email : pcomfrey@iicenter.org
Brochure available from Careers Office
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DELOITTE TOP
IMPROVE YOUR CAREER
TECHNOLOGY
PROSPECTS BY LEARING
CHINESE IN CHINA FOR FREE! COMPETITION
WHY CHINA?
It is the fastest growing economy in the world and you
can be part of it and as a result enhance your career
opportunities.
The ability to communicate in Chinese both verbally
and in writing will open greater career prospects for
you.
WHAT IS OFFERED?
We can offer you the chance to become skilful in
communicating in Chinese by living in comfort in China
for six months, attending intense Chinese language
course at a well established language school and all at
no cost to you. Our Au-Pair in China program offers you:
 Accommodation with full board
 Monthly pocket money (about £150)
 Reimbursed flight costs after completion of
agreed term
 FREE Chinese language and lifestyle lessons
IS THIS FOR YOU?
Got the next big technology
idea?
Are you Ireland’s next Top
Technology Talent?
Deloitte’s Top Technology
Talent Competition is your
chance to win €1000 cash or four weeks’ paid
work experience in one of Ireland’s leading
business advisory firms.
Submit your idea as a short business plan and we
will invite those students with the top submissions
to our offices to present their ideas to our panel
to determine the overall winner.
For an entry form and further information go to
www.deloitte.com/ie/toptech and submit
your idea by the 15th of March 2013.
It’s your future. How far will you take it?
FINDING THE HIDDEN
JOBS - SEMINAR
In order to participate in this program, you will need:
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To be aged 18 to 24
To be fluent in English
Have no criminal offences
Have completed secondary school
Be friendly and like children
Have eager to learn and get to know other
cultures
Able to commit for 6 months in China
THE SOCIAL / CULTURAL PART:
As the participant of this programme, in which the
priority is for you to learn Chinese, you will get to know
lots of new people as well as getting the opportunity to
learn more about China, its culture and its people.
CONTACT US:
We have been in business for few years already helping
people to get jobs in medical field. Now we are happy
to present you with this exciting opportunity.
If interested, please email your CV to:
apply@graduate-gap-year-in-china-org.uk.
MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR JOBSEARCH
FIND OUT HOW TO NETWORK WITHOUT
CRINGING, discover what employers look
for in graduates and learn innovative
methods to creating winning job
applications
WHEN: 17TH APRIL
11.30 – 12.30 or 1.30 – 2.30
ROOM: 1401
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IS EMAIL SUCKING INTO YOUR TIME? THIS MAY HELP
YOU "REVERSE THE SPIRAL"....
10 RULES TO REVERSE THE
EMAIL SPIRAL
8. Give these Gifts: EOM NNTR
This is the fundamental rule. As the message sender,
the onus is on YOU to minimize the time your email will
take to process. Even if it means taking more time at
your end before sending.
If your email message can be expressed in
half a dozen words, just put it in the
subject line, followed by EOM (= End of
Message). This saves the recipient having to
actually open the message. Ending a note
with "No need to respond" or NNTR, is a
wonderful act of generosity. Many acronyms
confuse as much as help, but these two are
golden and deserve wide adoption.
2. Short or Slow is not Rude
9 . Cut Contentless Responses
1.Respect Recipients' Time
Given the email load we're all facing, it's OK if replies
take a while coming and if they don't give detailed
responses to all your questions. No one wants to come
over as brusque, so please don't take it personally. We
just want our lives back!
3. Celebrate Clarity
Start with a subject line that clearly labels the topic,
and maybe includes a status category [Info], [Action],
[Time Sens] [Low Priority]. Use crisp, muddle-free
sentences. If the email has to be longer than five
sentences, make sure the first provides the basic
reason for writing. Avoid strange fonts and colors.
You don't need to reply to every email,
especially not those that are themselves
clear responses. An email saying "Thanks for
your note. I'm in." does not need you to reply
"Great." That just cost someone another 30
seconds.
10. Disconnect!
If we all agreed to spend less time doing
email, we'd all get less email! Consider
calendaring half-days at work where you
can't go online. Or a commitment to emailfree weekends!
4. Quash Open-Ended Questions
It is asking a lot to send someone an email with four
long paragraphs of turgid text followed by
"Thoughts?". Even well-intended-but-open questions
like "How can I help?" may not be that helpful. Email
generosity requires simplifying, easy-to-answer
questions. "Can I help best by a) calling b) visiting or c)
staying right out of it?!"
5. Slash Surplus cc's
cc's are like mating bunnies. For every recipient you
add, you are dramatically multiplying total response
time. Not to be done lightly! When there are multiple
recipients, please don't default to 'Reply All'. Maybe
you only need to cc a couple of people on the
original thread. Or none.
6. Tighten the Thread
Some emails depend for their meaning on context.
Before sending, cut what's not relevant. Or consider
making a phone call instead.
7. Attack Attachments
Don't use graphics files as logos or signatures that
appear as attachments. Time is wasted trying to see if
there's something to open. Even worse is sending text
as an attachment when it could have been included
in the body of the email.
http://emailcharter.org/
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IF YOU WANT TO DO YOUR
POSTGRADUATE COURSE
ABROAD, HERE’S WHY YOU
SHOULD STAY IN THE EU
USING LINKED IN TO
PROMOTE YOUR CAREER
Posted: January 24, 2013 | Author: Conor Hogan |
Filed under: Postgraduate study |/
www.gradireland.com
In 2012, the maintenance grant for postgraduate
students in Ireland was scrapped, which some argue
puts fourth level study out of reach of a large
proportion of the population. With fees also rising,
more and more Irish students may consider the
option of pursuing their postgraduate education
abroad as a way to actually save money. Others
might just want to experience another country and
culture.
If you are one of those people, it would be worth
your while staying within the European Union. Under
EU law, Irish people must be considered a local
student in any of the 27 member states. This means
that in Estonia, for example, you would have the
same responsibilities to pay the same fees, and the
same rights to receive the same loans/bursaries, as
would a native born Estonian.
And tuition fees are relatively low across the
continent. In France, for instance, postgraduate fees
cost between €200 and €400 a year. In some
countries, there are no fees for postgraduate
courses. One advantage of studying in the EU is that
that there is over €16 billion worth of funding
awarded there each year. Many of these can be
found in the EU Scholarship Portal.
If you lack a foreign language, it may not be as big a
drawback as you imagine. More and more, English is
being seen as the ‘international language’ and most
top universities in the European Union provide
courses in English. For instance, one of Italy’s leading
institutions, the Politecnico di Milano, now only
provides courses through English.
In some countries, courses taught in English are
generally more expensive than equivalent courses in
the native language. Universities in the Czech
Republic, for instance, don’t charge fees for courses
in Czech, but generally charge around €1,000 a year
for a course taught through English. This still isn’t bad,
though, when compared to postgraduate fees in
Ireland.
So if you are thinking of enrolling in further education
and you’ve always wanted to experience living in
another European country, why not kill two birds with
one stone? There’s never been a better time.
For more information on studying abroad see
postgradireland.com.
DID YOU KNOW THAT 75%
OF JOBS ARE NOT
ADVERTISED AND THAT
EMPLOYERS ARE
INCREASINGLY USING
LINKED IN TO RECRUIT
STAFF?
FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN
EFFECTIVELY USE LINKED
IN YOUR JOB SEARCH
BY ATTENDING THIS NOT
TO BE MISSED SEMINAR
DATE:TUESDAY APRIL 16TH
12.30 – 1.30 OR 2.30 – 3.30.
ROOM 1452
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Chontae Dhún na nGall, Éire
Port Road, Letterkenny
County Donegal, Ireland
Telephone: 074 91 86812
Fax: 074 91 86851
Email:Catherine.Lyster@lyit.ie
www.lyit.ie
Whilst LYIT Careers Office makes every attempt to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the
information contained in Careersbrief, it should not be relied upon as a substitute for formal advice from the
originating bodies, it is strongly advised that readers refer to original sources for information as the Careers Office
cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies.