Description
The 1st webinar in this years Career Guidance Webinar Series hosted by Synergy Careers, looks at goal setting, study skills and exam techniques. We will give tips on setting smart goals, organising study schedules, planning for revision. Highlighting important resources to support your success. We will also look at key tips around good exam techniques, what to watch out for and the importance of practising exam questions.
Speakers
Thank you to our Guest speakers include Ray Langan from “Rayse the Game”, school motivational speaker, ADHD study coach, and teen mentor, Joanne Hanrahan, Guidance Counsellor and Psychotherapist and founder of Training the Wild Atlantic Way, Tom Farrell founder ofCareersnews an essential career guidance information resource and Leaving Certificate student 2026 Aoife talks about what helped her in her studies to achieve medicine in both the LC2026 and HPAT exams.
Past Guest Speakers include Ciara Connolly of Super Generation and Angela Curran on AI in Education and Tom Farrell Careersnews who joined in our panel discussion (2025) Luke Sanders Studyclix, Tom Farrell Careersnews (2024), Joanne Hanrahan Psychotherapist and Guidance Counsellor, Enda O’Doherty Study Skills Ireland (2023), Joe McCormack Ace Solutions Exam Technique and Fedhlim Ni Seasnain Supergeneration (2022). Past recordings are available to ALL Basic or Premium Plans.
Timing
- Recording 1: SC Webinar 0-38 minutes: Synergy Careers, Julie O’Connor explores goal setting exercise and SMART Goals to answering key questions around where you study, who you study with, why study, how to study. We look at tips around reources from apps to help you focus (eg Forest app) to online resources to motivate and enable effective study and provide solution answers (eg Studyclix). Get 10% off using our study clix discount code “SynergyCareers10”. we also provide important tips on learning aids, mind maps, note taking and exam technique.
- Recording 2: Guest Speakers
- 0-15 minutes: Ray Langan founder of Rayse The Game highlights key tools for effective study, especially for students who are neurodiverse diagnosed with ADD, ASD, ADHD etc. Ray also provides workshops for schools, Parents and 1-1 Student coaching.
- 15-26 minutes: Leaving Certificate student 2026 Aoife talks about what helped her in her studies to achieve medicine in both the LC2026 and HPAT exams.
- 26-38 minutes: Joanne Hanrahan, Psychotherapist and Guidance Counsellor, looks at Stree Management Techniques from physical exercise, to breathing techniques and importance of positive self talk and parental support on good and bad days
- 38-48 minutes: Tom Farrell CareersNews and study skill information you can find on Careers News website and how to sign up
- 48-60 minutes: Panel Discussion on importance of organisation, maintaining positive relations, parental support and study reosurces.