Webinars & Workshops

Webinars & Workshops – General Information

A series of FREE Career Guidance Webinars will be available for the next academic year 2023/2024 for parents, students and Guidance Counsellors, click here for schedule.

The Topics will be on general career guidance topics + Careers in…..Series – a total of 36 talks. It includes general insight from Career Guidance Consultant, Julie O’Connor of Synergy Careers, along with 2 or 3 guest speakers from colleges and/or relevant organisations plus personal insight from students, graduates and/or parents

• When: These are scheduled for Monday lunchtime at 12.30 to run for approximately an hour, during school term (with a few exceptions).
• Registration will go live the week prior to the talk. These webinars will be offered via Zoom . Registration will be FREE  to attend but you will be required to book your place.
• Registration Button will come live a few weeks prior to the webinar. A link to the online event will be sent to you, once you register. A recording will be available for a set period of time after the talk to allow for parents/students or Guidance counsellors who maybe unavailable at that time, so no one need miss out. Questions can be sent in advance to ensure all queries are answered.
• Recordings + resources: To access 2021/2022 webinars and have unlimited access throughout the year to all webinars and resources at a basic cost of €25 + for Individual Memebrship Plans, School Plans also exist. Click here for more information
• Social media: Follow Synergy Careers on Facebook Synergy Careers Facebook , Synergy Careers Instagram , Synergy Careers | LinkedIn, Twitter to keep informed of upcoming webinars, what to expect, from content to guest speakers.

ALL Talks are scheduled for Monday Lunchtime @ 12.30 to 1.30pm

(with few exceptions marked ##)

Careers in……. Series of Webinars

These will be scheduled throughout the year as lunchtime talks on Mondays. Registration will come live a week prior to the talk. Registration will be required to access link. A recording will be available for a set period of time after the talk to allow for parents/students or Guidance counsellors who maybe unavailable at that time. Questions can be sent in advance to ensure all queries are answered.

To ensure you do not miss out, check the schedule, mark in on your calendar the topics of interest and set reminders on your phone or email for the relevant dates! Paid subscription will allow for unlimited access.

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Table of Careers in …  Series Webinars

ALL Talks are scheduled for Monday Lunchtime @ 12.30 to 1.30pm (with exception of talks marked ##)

 General Career Guidance Topics Covered

This is a series of talks on general career guidance topics which are scheduled at relevant times of the year, eg CAO talk in November is scheduled the week CAO application system opens for students.

For 2022/23 there are 16 general Career Guidance Topics covered throughout the year.

To ensure you do not miss out, check the schedule, mark in on your calendar the topics of interest and set reminders on your phone or email for the relevant dates!

ALL Talks are scheduled for Monday Lunchtime @ 12.30 to 1.30pm (unless marked with ##)

There will be a variety of speakers at each webinar. I will be hosting and giving a general introduction/overview to each topic; guest speakers from 3rd level, industry and other relevant organisations will join me to give more indepth details. There will be a maximum of 6 speakers per session, including the host. If more than 5 colleges/relevant speakers are interested and wish to book, the webinar will be scheduled at lunchtime on other lunchtimes @ 12.30 on the same week.

School Parents Nights

On site or online talks for school communities: suitable for parent evenings, recordings of webinars can be sent to the school/organisation after to allow those who could not attend access

Option A – Choosing the best career: for senior cycle students and parents

Option B – CAO, college application for 6^th year parents

Option C – Goal setting, Study skills & Exam Technique – geared towards exam students and parents

Option D – Subject Choice and career decisions – for students entering senior cycle, and parents

Schools, Parent Groups or organisations who wish to book these workshops click here

Workshops/topics of interest but not listed, contact me and we can look at creating an option. 

Online Career Guidance Workshops

Online workshops for senior cycle students.

These will provide more in-depth career guidance, with workbooks containing reflective exercises, worksheets on topics listed below. This is more than an information session providing students a more interactive and engaging learning experience.

Each workshop will be organised with workbook of relevant information and exercises to help students explore and offer tips to engage better in each area. This workbook will be sent in advance to be printed for the group. We will invite relevant guest speaker(s) to join,  depending on the aim of the workshop eg local employer and representative from Chamber of Commerce with Job Preparation.

• Career Exploration Workshop
• Career Research Workshop
• Study skills & Goal Setting Workshops
• Subject Choice Workshop
• Job Preparation Workshop
• Exam Technique Workshop

If you are interested in online workshops please send your query using the button below.

Career Guidance Exploration Class Option

We offer Career Guidance small group sessions in the area of Career Exploration.

This option would suit a student group keen to get career guidance on a cheaper budget.

Synergy Careers wishes to offer students a chance to explore their strengths, interests, values and much more via an online group setting using online career guidance tools from the comfort of their own home. We offer a series of 3 classes to goups of senior cycle students. This can be booked by a school, charity, parent group for a minimum of 6 to maximum of 10 students. The lessons will be transmitted through Zoom.

For further enquiries, quote the name of the workshop/group session in the subject line on the contact form.

Schedule of Webinars 2021/2022

We have a huge library of past Synergy Careers webinars for you to view. To access past recordings, you can sign up to our Membership Plans here.

Full Timetable of ALL  Past Talks in 2021/22