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Careers Research & Preparation for Open Days: Tips for Parents & Students

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Description

Webinar #2 in our weekly Career Guidance Webinar Series is on Career Planning & Research. This webinar aims to guide, help and inform parents and students of some key resources available to you. Career Guidance resources offer a suite of tools, information, guides, videos + more, to support informed careers explorations and decisions. This webinar will provide key tips and advice from researching , to planning and being prepared for a careers meeting with your guidance counsellor. long with hearing from a variety of colleges on career events they offer such as open days, TY taster days, school talks, webinars, campus tours Q&A’s in person and online + more. 

Speakers

Thank you to our Guest Speakers Tom Farrell from Careersnews and Rachel Rafferty outlining her career exploration journey as a student. 

Past Speakers include Careersnews Tom Farrell, IADT Kevin Wallace, Carlow College Aoife Fitzpatrick, UCC Maggie O’Sullivan and TU Dublin Lynda Young 2024, Careersnews, Classroom Guidance, Brian Comerford and Angela Lambkin Qualifax 2023; UG, DCU and Careesnews 2022.

Timing

  • 0-45 minutes: Synergy Careers, Julie O’Connor explores various elements of who is best suites, careers research and options to consider
  • 45-55 minutes: Tom Farrell on resources on Careersnews around “How to prepare for a Open Day Event.
  • 55-60 minutes: Rachel Rafferty on her careers exploration experience at leaving cert age going into college to more thorough career exploration and research applying to posgraduate course.
  • 60-63 minutes: Panel Discussion

Resources

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