March 2019 Newsletter 
With just one month to go until the National Career Skills Competition deadline the countdown is on!
Your students can enter in English or Irish and win some fantastic prizes including €1,000 for your school! We even have an exciting new vlog category this year so it's easier than ever for all students to get involved!

Closing Date is Friday 12th April 2019. Full details here. 
New this month on CareersPortal ...
Have you tried out our redesigned CareerExplorer tool? 
With over 1,000 occupations to explore you can find out what the job involves, salary range, labour market updates and entry requirements as well as advice from leading employers and organisations.

Try it out here!

Career Guidance News 
Logistics Associate Apprenticeship a success

The new ‘earn as you learn apprenticeship’ is going from strength to strength and covers various employment disciplines within the freight distribution and logistics sectors. Learn more about it here. 

Eucon are currently recruiting a Logistics Associate apprentice - full details here. 

The Freight Transport sector is thriving with career opportunities and is suffering from a serious skills shortage across all levels. 
Explore more on jobs, entry routes, and the sector here. 
The ESB Networks Apprenticeship Programme is now open for applications until Monday 25th March 2019. This year’s programme seeks to recruit up to 70 new apprentices who will commence training in September 2019.
Full application details here. 
Generation Apprenticeship Competition 2019
The competition has been established to promote and celebrate the best teamwork, leadership, creativity and problem-solving skills of Ireland’s apprentices.

Full details here.   
SIMI Careers Newsletter - Click here to read. 

Sheehy Motor Group Apprenticeship Information Evening Wednesday March 20th
Full details here. 
Coillte Forestry Graduate Programme Now Open

Coillte is now offering recently qualified Forestry & Engineering graduates a two year placement to gain invaluable experience across its forestry division. 

Applications close 7th April 2019. 
Your Take on Tax Competition
Are you in first or second year in college? Would you like to win €1,500? 
Closing date -  22 March 2019

Calling all Transition Year students: enter the FanTAXtic competition

A team of 3 students in transition year (2018/2019) academic year should submit a 2-minute video giving their thoughts on a tax issue. The closing date is 16 April 2019 and more information is available here.

Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) and Tax Technician Summer courses  - registration open

Open evening: Tuesday 26 March 5pm – 6.30pm in the offices of the Irish Tax Institute. Register here.
Tax & Risk Advisory Graduate Recruitment Programme 2019

Do you want to work with the largest professional services firm in the world? 
Deloitte has graduate opportunities in Tax (Dublin and Limerick) and Risk Advisory (Dublin and Galway). Apply today - full details here. 

International Women’s Day at Deloitte
Hardware Jobs (Ireland’s first hardware industry specific job board website, powered by Hardware Association Ireland) will be exhibiting at Ireland Skills Live 2019 at RDS Simmonscourt in Dublin from March 21st to 23rd. Full details here. 
Now Accepting Applications for Certificate in Traditional Jewellery and Goldsmith Skills Course

This one year course is designed to offer graduates all of the practical jewellery and goldsmith skills needed to develop a full-time career in the jewellery trade.

If learning how to design and make jewellery is something that interests you as a hobby or a career then explore what the The School of Jewellery has to offer. 

Open Days 

Thursday 28th March 2019 from 5.30pm - 7pm 

Saturday 30th March 2019 from 12noon until 1pm
DesignSKILLS Programme

The ‘DesignSKILLS’ programme aims to develop skills in relation to the design process in post-primary schools in Ireland. The next call out for DesignSKILLS will be after Easter 2019 with projects to start in the next academic year (September 2019).

STEAM CPD Workshop for Junior Cycle Teachers - Dates and locations here. 
Oral Communication in a Foreign Language

When students eventually transition into the workforce, having the ability to communicate, even at a beginners’ level in a foreign language will be seen as a real asset in any field of work.
Explore more on career opportunities with a foreign language here. 
Check out our Career Guidance Events Calendar for a full list of events taking place nationwide this academic year.

FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGES
  • Athlone IT - April 13th Interactive Course Open Day; Design, Technology and Innovation Summer School
  • BIMM Institute Dublin - Open Day 17th April; Late applications now open through CAO for BA (Hons) in Commercial Modern Music courses 
  • Carlow College - Open Evening April 9th; Sociological and Political Workshop for Students
  • CIT - Maths Support Classes for Mature/QQI Applicants - May 20th, 22nd, 24th, 28th, 29th & 31st 
  • DCU - First preference choices reflect high demand for STEM, Humanities and Language course; Open Days; Entrance Exams; Have you considered becoming a language teacher?; Philosophy - New Subject Option on the Bachelor of Arts: Joint Honours programme; New for Entry 2019: Internships or Study Abroad Options; BSc in Data Science - Amendment to Entry Pathway
  • DKIT - DkIT signs Memorandum of Understanding with Sport Ireland Coaching
    April Music Auditions; May 3rd Sports Scholarships Deadline
  • GMIT - Connacht-Ulster Alliance awarded €2.84m to Develop New Flexible Learning Options; March 30th Open Day; May 8th Open Afternoon 
  • GMIT Letterfrack - April 13th Open Day and Design & Communication Graphics and Construction Studies Examination Preparation Course
  • Institute of Art, Design + Technology - IADT launch Strategic Plan 2019-2023;
    March Portfolio Assessment Dates; June 15th Open Day
  • IT Carlow- DFEi and IT Carlow announce new progression pathway
  • IT Tralee - Open Day April 6th 
  • IT Sligo -Major Capital investment announced for IT Sligo under Project Ireland 2040; April 13th Open Day; March Taster Days
  • LIT - LIT confirms plans for new Ennis Campus; €4 million programme to encourage unemployed young people back into the workplace; LIT students unveil Specially Commissioned Transport for Ireland Social Media Video; LIT Thurles hosts its largest ever Games Fleadh showcase; LIT Library wins Best Library Team at the Education Awards 2019
  • Letterkenny IT - Open Evening May 9th; August 21st Information Day; Second Chance Maths - Enabling Maths Course August 22
  • Mary Immaculate College - April 6th Student Teacher Experience Day; April 26th Taster Sessions; Mary Immaculate College launches new Further Education routes
  • Marino Institute of Education - *New Course* Bachelor of Education through the Medium of Irish (Primary Teaching) – CAO Codes (CM003 / CM004); 29th of March, Registration deadline for TEG Meánleibhéal 1 (B1) Exam on the 11th May 2019
  • National College of Art & Design - NCAD Undergraduate Opportunities - Advanced Entry (Year 2+); NCAD Postgrad opportunities - 4 new MA programmes in Design and 5 MA Conversion courses to re-focus your career; NCAD Summer Short Courses
  • Pulse College - Pulse College Alumni
  • RCSI - Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor supports university designation for RCSI
  • St. Angela's College Sligo - Postgraduate/Adult and Continuing Education Programmes
  • St. Nicholas Montessori College - Explore courses in Montessori Education 
  • St. Patrick's College Maynooth - April 6th & 29th June Open Days
  • The Lir Academy of Dramatic Art at TCD - Short Courses at The Lir Academy
  • Trinity College Dublin -New undergraduate degree: Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures TR040; Guidance Counsellor Information Event March 22nd, Music Entrance Test March 30th; Music Interviews May 7th, 8th & 9th
  • TU Dublin - Blanchardstown - Opening Evening April 9th
  • TU Dublin - Dublin City - TU Dublin live at Ireland Skills 2019;  Surveying Week at TU Dublin; TU Dublin and Intel Announce 5 Year Strategic Partnership;
    Open Days; Second Chance Maths Exam Tutorials
  • TU Dublin - Tallaght - Open Day June 18th 
  • UCC - May 15th & 16th Open Days; Theatre and Performance Entrance Tests; Music Entrance Exams
  • UCD - Science Transition Year Workshop; Summer School 
  • University of Limerick - April 25th Graduate Career Info Evening - Direct Entry Engineering; Career Information Evenings; Postgraduate Open Evening March 13th; Portfolio Deadlines April 26th; Latest Newsletter
  • Waterford Institute of Technology - March 29th & 30th Open Days; 

    Bachelor of Business (Hons) Information Event; Hour of Code; Try Science at WIT;
    Mature Student Taster Day; WIT President’s Scholarship Programme – Application Deadline Extended; WIT Sports Scholarship; Spring Campus Tours
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