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Ireland s official graduate jobs and careers information service publications, websites, events and other services are produced through the official partnership between the Association of Higher Education Careers Services and GTI Ireland. This partnership ensures the credibility and accuracy of all gradireland products and services, as well as the support and promotion of these products and services to students and graduates nationwide by their careers services. Why use gradireland? Our position and reach Our partnership with AHECS and all the individual university and IoT careers services across Ireland, north and south, gives us unprecedented access to career-minded Irish students. If you want to promote your employer brand and your graduate opportunities to either the broad mass of Irish students or targeted subsets of the student body, we can advise on and deliver a strategy that will ensure maximum impact and return on your investment. The Association of Higher Education Careers Services gives its wholehearted support to the gradireland products available to students. As our publishing partner, GTI Ireland works in close collaboration with all 27 higher education careers services to develop the gradireland and postgradireland range of publications, online resources and events which are invaluable tools for both careers services and graduates seeking comprehensive careers information. This contribution to graduate employability is vital to the future success of the country. Brendan Baker, Chairman of the Association of Higher Education Careers Services and Head of Careers Service, Maynooth University Galway-Mayo IT IT Tralee NUI Galway, Galway-Mayo IT Cork IT, University College Cork Letterkenny IT IT Sligo University of Limerick, Limerick IT Athlone IT UU Magee IT Carlow Waterford IT UU Coleraine Dundalk IT Maynooth University UU Jordanstown UU Belfast, Queens s University, Belfast, Open University Dún Laoghaire, Institute of Art, Design & Technology DCU, DIT, UCD, National College of Art & Design, National College of Ireland, Open University, IT Blanchardstown, ITT Dublin, Trinity College, St Patrick s College, Drumcondra
Our presence We work hard to make sure we support our partner careers services and their students. We strive to give both careers practitioners and students at all levels of study the best quality service in terms of delivering careers information and graduate jobs in the right format, in the right media, at the right time. Our publications have huge reach; our website is the most used; our database the most extensive; and our presence on campus the most noticeable, both through our own career fairs and events and in attending every regional careers fair. Our credibility Everything we publish is endorsed by the careers services, so our publications, websites, emails and events have great credibility with students. We also work very closely with employers in various steering committees to ensure that the employers perspective is always included. This is a unique mix in Irish publishing. Our marketing is your marketing gradireland products are extensively marketed and promoted on campus, through careers services, classroom presentations, careers fairs, social media, careers service websites and a myriad of other channels. We are the easiest, most reliable and cost effective way to reach your target audience and demographic. Hey @gradireland, I really appreciate all the emails and advice given to me since I began college, keep up the good work!! :) @ PatriciaDowling GTI Ireland 14 16 Lord Edward Street Dublin 2 Tel: +353 (0)1 645 1500 Email: contact@gradireland.com GTI Ireland is part of Group GTI, the world s leading graduate careers publisher, with a presence in six countries. Asia Social media Facebook Come and find us on Facebook at facebook.com/gradireland. Students are finding out about careers fairs, campus events and presentations, competitions, surveys, publication launches and more via our Facebook page. Link up with us, let us know what you are doing, and we will help you use social media to engage with students online in a credible and useful way. Twitter Our Twitter feed is where students, employers, careers advisers and other stakeholders meet to hear about recruitment trends, careers advice, labour market information, breaking news items and other useful content. Follow us on twitter.com/gradireland. Blog The gradireland blog is the place for news and comment on graduate recruitment in Ireland. gradireland.com/blog LinkedIn The gradireland Graduate Careers Network group on LinkedIn provides a platform for students and employers to network and share information. Flickr View and download photos from gradireland events. flickr.com/photos/gradireland YouTube gradireland TV is the official gradireland YouTube channel. View expert seminars, events footage and much more. youtube.com/gradireland. More on Overview
gradireland services Best for targeting students: Over 152,000 opt-in students and graduates registered on our database [November 2014] Unbeatable targeting by sector, institution, year group or discipline Targeted emails and featured jobs = guaranteed response I would recommend gradireland to anyone who wants to recruit the cream of young Irish graduates. Karen Henry, Irish Education Partners Best website: #1 for students researching jobs and careers (source: trendence Graduate Barometer) Ireland s #1 graduate jobs and careers website (source: trendence Graduate Barometer) #1 on Google for graduate jobs and graduate search terms #1 on Google for careers fair #1 on Google for graduate internships Over 1.2 million unique users (over 6 million page impressions) from Sept 2013 to Sept 2014 (source: Google Analytics) Fully optimised for mobile and tablet users Target Featured job email Featured job on gradireland.com Annual online profile New for 2015 Employer Hubs Graduate programmes Online Targeted emails Inside Buzz Internship programmes Homepage banner campaign
Offline Company profile in the gradireland directory Your campaign National Student Challenge partner Events Ireland s 100 leading graduate employers Career sector guides GRADchances partner Enter the gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards Listing and display advert in Careers Service Guides of leading Irish Universities Stand at gradireland Graduate Careers Fair Stand at gradireland Summer Fair Best publications gradireland: Ireland s most-read, most established and most trusted graduate careers directory (source: trendence Graduate Barometer) Ireland s 100 leading graduate employers: target top students. Research-based, packed with employer insights Sector guides: highly targeted, sector-specific guides to reach decided students in your sector Careers service guides: target by university (Trinity College and UCD) Best events: gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards: the most important night of the year for graduate recruiters (30 April 2015) GRADchances bespoke sector-specific invite-only events bringing employers together with top student talent gradireland Summer Fair: access graduates as they are about to leave university (6 June 2015) gradireland Graduate Careers Fair: Ireland s biggest graduate recruitment event (7 October 2015) Our services
gradireland website Key stats Over 1.2 million annual visitors Over 6 million page impressions per year 29 specialist career sector pages. Leaderboard Site fully optimised for mobile and tablet users Searchable jobs MPU Display (Mid Page Unit) Featured jobs gradireland is a great site. We ve been getting tons of qualified applicants for our new Dublin position. Jason Martin, iotum Partner Career sectors Searchable Employer Profiles Site sponsor buttons
Ireland s 100 leading graduate employers Marketing MPU Twitter feed Why use gradireland.com? Unique users year on year growth With over 1.2 million annual visitors and 6 million page impressions per year, gradireland.com is the only site for employers looking for year-round branding and instant response. With more employers than any other Irish careers site and thousands of vacancies advertised each year, gradireland.com is the first choice for jobhunting students. As Ireland s leading graduate website, gradireland.com is home to hundreds of articles on every aspect of graduate career planning, from sector and employer research through application processes to salary surveys and sectoral trend analysis. 29 specialist career sector pages. Over 152,000 students registered as of November 2014. unique users page views 3,788,765 4,401,612 5,552,323 6,191,406 Students find it first gradireland.com is returned at #1 when graduate careers, graduate jobs or just graduate is entered into Google. The strength of the gradireland.com brand amongst users is shown by the fact that 51% of the traffic to the site comes direct to the gradireland.com URL (and a significant proportion of search engine traffic is via branded search). 32% of the site traffic comes from direct links such as careers service websites, and 16% via search engines (source: Google Analytics). 386,127 2011 975,161 1,204,926 583,116 +24% +12% 2012 2013 2014 Our website
Employer hubs Key benefits Video profiles increase time on page by 50% (source: Google Analytics) Over 352,000 annual pageviews Comprehensive guide to your organisation for potential applicants. New Inside Buzz is a peer-to-peer platform designed to give students, graduates and young professionals an insight into the organisations they may want to join. Current graduates working in your company are surveyed on a range of subjects including company culture, interview process, hours, salaries and more. The results are hosted on gradireland within your Employer Hub. Maximise engagement using video Link directly to your graduate careers website Add in links to your social networking sites and blogs
Inside Buzz has been called TripAdvisor TM for graduate recruitment. Peer-to-peer reviews are the best and most credible way to market your organisation to potential hires in the war for Top Talent. Make sure you have the Inside Buzz! Showcase awards and ranking accolades Link directly to your graduate careers website Use QR codes in print titles to link between your offline and online presence Employer Hubs Your online profile is the cornerstone of your annual presence on gradireland.com. Essential branding places your organisation in front of the 1.2 million+ annual visitors who are using gradireland.com to research potential employers and careers sectors each year. Link to all your jobs, internships or recruitment events posted on gradireland.com. Online profiles are accessed from relevant entry points across the site, including sector pages, driving traffic to your own site. Live updates from your blogs and social networking sites feed into your online profile. Showcase profiles of recent graduates currently working in your company for peer-to-peer endorsement. Employer Hubs
Access gradireland s unrivalled student and graduate database excels as a specialist website as it allows both in-bound traffic (students and graduates accessing the website to search for jobs, employers, careers advice and more) and out-bound communication. Our database of over 152,000 registered students and graduates enables us to send targeted messages out on behalf of employers. And because our brand is trusted and our database is created by students setting up their own profile and being in control of the information they receive, our out-bound communications are highly effective. Response We have average open rates of 18%, and often as high as 30% or more, when emails are sent to a carefully targeted subset of our database. Trust We ensure we only send our registered users information they want and value. We do not spam our database. Targeted Out-bound communications back up online, print and event activity perfectly. Let students know about your new online profile; tell them when you will be attending an event; advise them of closing dates or open days. There are a number of ways in which employers can use our database to send targeted communications to students and graduates, and these are outlined on the page below. Total 2015 graduates Universities 79% Other institutions 21% International reach As part of the world s largest graduate recruitment publishing company, GTI can help you attract and recruit internationally. Number of graduates in our database by sectors Accountancy and financial support Agriculture, animal and plant resources Banking, insurance and financial services Charities and voluntary sector Construction, civil engineering and QS Emergency services and armed forces Engineering Environment and natural resources Fund management and investment banking Hosptality, sport, leisure and tourism Human resources, recruitment and training IT and telecoms Languages and cultures Law, legal services and patents Library and information services Logistics and transport Management consulting Management, business, administration Manufacturing and processing Marketing, advertising and PR Media and publishing Medical and healthcare Performing and creative arts Property Public sector and civil service Retail, sales and customer services Science, research and development Social, community and youth Teaching and education Over 152,000 students to target 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000
Reach the gradireland database using featured jobs Your immediate vacancy or graduate scheme appears in a prime position on the homepage, clicking through to the full job posting, which will also be linked to your online profile. In addition, featured jobs are emailed out to relevant registered users in our database. Database and featured jobs
Send targeted emails to the gradireland database Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F 0 2,000 recipients 830* Campus presentation invitations Band A Ensure that you maximise student attendance at your campus presentations through a gradireland targeted email. This will ensure that only the most suitable students for your graduate or internship programme[s] are aware of your offering, and when and where you ll be on campus. *This mail will be sent to a maximum of three campuses that you will be attending, and up to three targeted segments of our database. 2,000 5,000 1,095 How to get hired? Bands B, C or D 5,001 8,000 1,405 If you want to target students and market your firm and your graduate opportunities, why not connect with them directly to brief them on your graduate programme application process through a targeted, how to get hired mail? This highly effective mail will provide students with all the information they need to know about your firm and how to improve their chances of landing that job with your firm. Top-up recruitment Bands C, D or E gradireland is a fantastic resource for targeting graduates. We have worked with the gradireland targeted email on many occasions as it offers the potential of targeting by sectors (such as sales and marketing). The email also reaches a highly relevant audience and this is reflected in the open rate of the emails. A relevant reach and friendly team. Colin Devenny, Blue Cube Interactive 8,001 14,000 2,000 If applicant quantity or quality needs a boost, send a targeted email to relevant candidates through a topup recruitment mail to suitable sub-sections of our talentpool. Immediate response. Campaign announcement/closing deadline/ immediate recruitment/attendance at a careers fair Bands D & E Do you need to engage with students to let them know about your upcoming deadlines or to market an immediate vacancy? Do you need to market your attendance at an upcoming careers fair? If so, then a targeted email to our database will ensure that the right students have the most up to date information on your graduate opportunities. Competitions Bands D, E or F 14,001 20,000 2,550 20,001+ 3,225 If you have a competition offering or special offer for students, this targeted email will ensure the best response to not only market your company and brand, but also drive entries and click throughs to complement your campaign.
Use the gradireland database for brand or product research Student research Bands A, B or C Are you looking to gain an insight into how students perceive your brand or products? Are students opinions important to you? If so, connect directly with students and graduates in Ireland s largest student database through a research based questionnaire and let their views inform your marketing plan. Early engagement/internships Bands D & E With internships becoming increasingly important for students as they make their career choices, as well as for employers in creating and developing a talent pipeline, the internship mail is a costeffective way for you to communicate the benefits of your internship programme to relevant students and to encourage them to apply ahead of your closing deadline. We are extremely happy with the service provided by gradireland. In particular, the targeted emails ensured a large number of applications from strong candidates with the desired profile. Patrick Cadwell, SEKISUI MEDICAL Co. We got a great response to the advert. I will recommend your website to clients looking to employ a graduate. David Lafferty, FCCA We are delighted with the success we have had in attracting applications through the gradireland advertising process. The use of the buttons, banners and targeted emails ensured we received maximum exposure to our target audience and this was reflected in the high level of strong graduates who applied to us. We have also found your personal assistance and advice a huge help throughout the process. Tanya Hunt, The Central Bank of Ireland Targeted emails
gradireland directory the official careers directory The official careers directory for all universities and institutes of technology in Ireland, with a special Northern Ireland edition too 40,000 copies are distributed each year, reaching students on every third-level campus in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Promote your organisation and advertise your vacancies, whatever your size or budget. The only graduate careers directory in Ireland it s guaranteed to be picked up and read. Endorsed, promoted and recommended by all careers advisers. Fully integrated with complement your directory profile with an online profile for maximum effect. All gradireland publications are also available online.
The Lidl Graduate Programme is a feast of experiences and opportunities. Discover a new world of professional learning and early responsibility. Find out what happens backstage in a renowned global retailer and learn about us, the business and about in a heartbeat and in years to come you ll be able to say I was there. jobs.lidl.ie jobs.lidl-ni.co.uk UCD BF&M 30th Sept 2014 UCD Smurfit 10th Oct 2014 CIT 1st Oct 2014 University of Ulster (Jordanstown) 13th Oct 2014 DCU 2nd Oct 2014 LIT 14th Oct 2014 GMIT 6th Oct 2014 UCC 15th Oct 2014 NUI Galway 7th Oct 2014 Letterkenny IT 20th Oct 2014 GradIreland 8th Oct 2014 Queens 21st Oct 2014 UL 9th Oct 2014 University of Ulster (Magee Campus) 23rd Oct 2014 Retail Operations/ Area Management Logistics & Property, Supply Chain Construction Management & Facilities Health & Safety HR Risk/Compliance/ Procurement Legal & Insurance IT Systems Buying THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR LIFE TAKEAWAYS Visual Communications Marketing Public Relations Menu Finance & Accounting Publication display units on every campus High profile cover position advertising within bespoke Northern Ireland edition Contact your account manager for more details. gradireland advertising options to suit all employers, regardless of size or sector Single-page entry in A Z section Employer double page profile Four page or double-page entry in A Z section Display advert in editorial pages Discover THE VITAL INGREDIENT for your career 77 Jameson Brand Ambassadors in 41 International Markets Discover Be part of the Jameson global success story... APPLY ONLINE TODAY www.thevitalingredient.ie Applications close Wednesday 14th of January 2015 Connect with our Brand Ambassadors THE VITAL INGREDIENT for your career Be part of the Jameson global success story... We re looking for top Food Science, Environmental Science and Process and Chemical Engineering graduates to join our distillery in Midleton, Co Cork and our Bottling, Supply and Logistics site in Dublin. APPLY ONLINE TODAY www.thevitalingredient.ie Applications close Friday 31st October 2014 ctory 210x148.indd 1 21/08/2014 14:10 Connect with our Brand Ambassadors Bound-in insert The Lidl Graduate Programme The performance of your life #LidlGrad jobs.lidl.ie jobs.lidl-ni.co.uk The Lidl Graduate Programme The performance of your life Take centre stage with one of the top 4 graduate recruiters in Ireland The Lidl Graduate Programme Take the stage The performance of your life The Lidl Graduate Programme The performance of your life ENTRY (YOU ARE HERE) Coming to a Campus near you. Village Three-page cover gatefold jobs.lidl.ie jobs.lidl-ni.co.uk Limited Places Choose to live a little Take the stage Differentiation is key to making the most out of your entry Careers directory
Ireland s 100 leading graduate employers The 100 most popular employers as voted for in Ireland s largest student poll. Lists the top employers in 11 key sectors of work. Based on an independent research survey conducted by trendence, Europe s leading graduate research firm. Distributed exclusively to students in the top universities through departments and careers services. Acts as an invaluable research tool and reference guide for students, careers services, professional institutions and businesses across Ireland. Promoted through the gradireland National Student Challenge; through print titles and at events; and accessed directly from the homepage. Uniquely insightful editorial
UCD BF&M 30th Sept 2014 CIT 1st Oct 2014 DCU 2nd Oct 2014 GMIT 6th Oct 2014 NUI Galway 7th Oct 2014 GradIreland 8th Oct 2014 UL 9th Oct 2014 UCD Smurfit 10th Oct 2014 University of Ulster (Jordanstown) 13th Oct 2014 LIT 14th Oct 2014 UCC 15th Oct 2014 Letterkenny IT 20th Oct 2014 Queens 21st Oct 2014 University of Ulster (Magee Campus) 23rd Oct 2014 Retail Operations/ Area Management Health & Safety Procurement Buying Property, Construction & Facilities Risk/Compliance/ Legal & Insurance THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR LIFE TAKEAWAYS Logistics & Supply Chain Management IT Systems HR Marketing Visual Communications Menu Public Relations Finance & Accounting Top ten employers 2014 Top ten in IT Top ten in Science Research powered by Europe s leading employer brand report company 1 Google www.google.ie 2 Deloitte www.deloitte.com/ie 3 Accenture www.accenture.com/ie-en 4 Lidl Ireland www.lidl.ie 5 PwC www.pwc.ie 6 KPMG www.kpmg.ie 7 Dept of Education and Skills www.education.ie 8 Microsoft www.microsoft.com/en-ie 9 Jameson-Irish Distillers www.irishdistillers.ie 10 Abbott Ireland www.abbott.ie Google Microsoft Apple IBM Facebook Accenture SAP HP twitter Dell Abbott Ireland Pfizer Boston Scientific GlaxoSmithKline Allergan Pharmaceuticals Medtronic Stryker Ireland Eli Lilly Company Novartis Roche Student research Measure the performance of your employer brand using the trendence Graduate Barometer. Benchmark your graduate offering with our comprehensive annual survey of graduate salaries and recruitment trends. and launched in the Ireland s 100 leading graduate employers advertising options Get maximum impact with a company profile Or with a cover gatefold position The Lidl Graduate Programme The performance of your life ENTRY (YOU ARE HERE) Village jobs.lidl.ie jobs.lidl-ni.co.uk Limited Places Take the stage Coming to a Campus near you. Choose to live a little Page 1 Company purpose and opportunities Page 2 Graduate profile Page 1 Company purpose and opportunities Page 2 Branding advertisement Other advertising options: Four page profile Display advert in editorial Premium cover positions Ireland s 100
The gradireland range of sector guides to target students with sector-specific skills Essential products to reach students focused on specific careers Titles in the series Engineering IT Finance Law Languages Sector guides advertising options Highly focused sector-specific careers information. Distributed to and used by academic departments niche targeting. Written by careers and industry experts. Hugely popular with department heads and career-minded students. Distributed at campus fairs and recommended by careers services. Designed to promote your organisation as a leading player in the sector. Published online in the sector sections within. Double-page entry in employers A Z section with graduate profiles or display Single-page entry in employers A Z section Premium cover positions Target students at leading universities This is an excellent publication and will be of immense value to engineering students. Julie Goggins, Engineers Ireland Highly focused promote your organisation exclusively to students in key universities. Careers advisers promote the Careers Service Guide in their classwork. Perfect for promoting internships as well as advertising vacancies. Written by, used and promoted by individual university careers services.
gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards as voted in media partner research partner gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards 2015 30 April 2015, The Mansion House, Dublin Congratulations on the Awards, you are upping the game every year. Paul Vance, KPMG Nominate your company for the following awards: Best Graduate Recruitment Website Best Innovation on Campus Best Student Marketing Campaign Best Work Experience or Internship Programme The gradireland Diversity Recruitment Award Best Graduate Training and Development Programme Graduate Employee of the Year Graduate Employer of the Year New The gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards and gala dinner in The Mansion House, Dublin is Ireland s premier event to celebrate and recognise the strength of employer brands on campus and excellence in graduate recruitment. The gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards recognise Ireland s most popular graduate recruiters, as voted for in a huge poll of undergraduates, as well as the recruiters with the best marketing campaign, work experience or internship programme, and a host of other categories (see panel on right).there are also sponsorship packages available for companies wishing to associate themselves with the best in Irish graduate recruitment. To reflect the continued growth in quality and quantity of submissions, silver and bronze awards have been added to all nominated awards categories for 2015, widening your chances of success! Well done to you all for putting on such a great night! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Please make sure you let me know as soon as next year s date is secured so I can put it in the diary. Jane Murphy, Google The Graduate Recruitment Awards was a well organised showcase of higher education partnerships with employers. A very successful event. Seamus McConomy, University of Ulster Sector guides & Awards
The most popular careers fairs in Ireland Stand options There are a huge range of stand options available, to suit all budgets. However, stand positions are booked up very early so we would encourage you to contact your Account Manager to reserve your stand location at the earliest available opportunity. Specialist zones help direct students within the hall. Each fair also features Jobs Walls throughout the hall. These display live opportunities for students which they can apply to directly (over 3,000 live jobs were advertised at the October 2014 gradireland Graduate Careers Fair). This is a key factor in driving student attendance and they are carefully positioned to ensure consistent footfall around the hall. graduate careers fair 110 stands 7,000 students interview facilities company presentations Extensively promoted to the gradireland.com database of registered students and by careers services on campuses nationwide to maximise student participation. Meet thousands of career-minded students in one place. Unique sector-based floor plan. Expert CV clinics and extensive range of seminars ensure all-day attendance from students seeking both careers advice and jobs. The official national graduate careers fair in Ireland. Social media support ensured the event trended on Twitter last year. 7 October 2015, RDS, Dublin Pre-event marketing is crucial to drive relevant and prepared students to your stand and create awareness of your unique graduate offering. Options include targeted emails to the gradireland talent pool, advertising in the pre-fair magazine and on the event web pages, and banner/mpu campaigns on. Thank you so much for your help [at the gradireland Graduate Careers Fair]. We thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience and were overwhelmed with the enthusiastic response we received from the students on the day. Eddie Dwyer, Jaguar Land Rover media partner the official graduate careers fair for the following 13 Universities and Institutes of Technology IT Blanchardstown Dublin City University Dublin Institute of Technology Dún Laoghaire IADT Dundalk Institute of Technology Institute of Technology Carlow Institute of Technology Tallaght National College of Ireland Maynooth University Excellent talks by Rowan Manahan (networking) and Holly Fawcett (Social Media) made the gradireland Graduate Careers Fair well worth it. @QM79 St Patrick s College Drumcondra The Open University Trinity College Dublin Waterford Institute of Technology
gradireland event magazine 15,000 copies distributed three weeks before the fair to all campuses in Ireland. Reaches all students, including those unable to attend. Summer magazine handed to students as they leave final exams. At the event it is also important to stand out. Options here include advertising in the event programme, inserting promotional material in the attendee goody-bags, and having drop-down banners around the hall. gradireland fair programmes Given to all attendees at the fair their essential guide. Free listing for all exhibitors. Take a display advertisement to stand out. Post-fair is often a great opportunity to reinforce impressions made at careers fairs. Send a targeted email to attendees following up with additional information and links. Maximise your fair presence summer fair More than 40 exhibitors stands 3,800+ students interview facilities organisation presentations Promote your vacancies to motivated graduates available to start immediately. Perfect for promoting internships to recent graduates or students going into their final year. Held after finals to ensure that attendees are career-focused. Extensively promoted to the gradireland.com database of registered students and by careers services on campus nationwide to maximise student participation. Expert CV clinics and extensive range of seminars ensure all-day attendance from students seeking careers advice as well as jobs. 10 June 2015, RDS, Dublin GRADchances are a series of innovative invite-only events which bring the best and brightest students together with employers. Engage with relevant students via case study scenarios and presentations. Each event is developed exclusively for employers in a specific discipline to network with top students. Targeted invitations to final and penultimate year students guarantee attendance. FD maintain a close link with gradireland and their events as they are targeted, creative and engaging - providing that fun factor which ignites passion in the students when considering their career choices. Liz O Hanlon, First Derivatives Well done on the Summer Fair yesterday great event, great day. There were lots of students around and it went very well. I heard there was a great buzz up in the seminar rooms too! Julie Goggins, Third Level Liaison, Engineers Ireland Careers fairs
gradireland National Student Challenge More on Check out the challenge for yourself at gradireland.com/challenge Now in its fourth year, the National Student Challenge is a unique event from gradireland. It combines online assessment of the business acumen of students in the top universities in Ireland with Final Day event-based challenges in order to identify and recognise Ireland s brightest and most able undergraduates. The students who take part in the online assessment are ranked on an overall leaderboard. The top 60 students then progress to a Final Day contest where they complete a series of challenges which are created in conjunction with cut-e and which reflect partner companies recruitment criteria and core competencies. The overall winning students receive cash prizes and each challenge also produces its own individual winner. It s great to see employers supporting this type of competition and getting some engagement with students. That s probably the most important thing. David Galbraith, National Student Champion 2012 The gradireland National Student Challenge has been designed to allow organisations to partner with gradireland in two ways. The contest will go online in September, with the Final Day taking place in March. So take up the Challenge and partner with us in this bold, innovative and exciting competition. Gold partner Limited to ten organisations, the Gold partnership package will give extensive exposure on campuses and media channels across Ireland. Benefits include: logo featured prominently on all marketing collateral and dedicated website; sponsorship of an individual exercise at the We were delighted to be involved in the National Student Challenge and we all really enjoyed the day! I do think it was a great success and we look forward to participating again next year! Kelly McShane, Head of Recruitment and Recruitment Marketing, EY Partnership opportunities final event; online profile on event site; banners in the Final Day venue; advertising in the event programme; optional and free consultation with cut-e; all student data consisting of Leaving Certificate results, degree subject, email addresses, each individual s online exercise scores and assessment scores of the finalists; and full post event feedback report. Silver partner The Silver partnership package includes: logo featured on all marketing collateral and dedicated website; online profile on dedicated website; advertising in event programme; bag insert in goody bags for all finalists.
Key dates for your diary Make sure you don t miss out on any of the gradireland events in 2015! further study fair 29/january/2015 Dublin city centre 11/February/2015 RDS, Dublin 2/MArch/2015 RDS, Dublin 12/March/2015 UCD Quinn Business School, Dublin STEM 8/April/2015 Dublin city centre summer fair graduate careers fair 30/April/2015 The Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 10/june/2015 RDS, Dublin 7/October/2015 RDS, Dublin For a full list of gradireland s events see gradireland.com/ search/events. To book attendance at any of the events listed above please call your account manager on +353 (0)1 645 1500. Student Challenge and Key dates
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