PRESENTATIONS ON CAMPUS
Each year, a number of employers choose to offer recruitment presentations on campus. We are happy to coordinate this for employers by booking rooms with the equipment needed. When necessary, for example if catering is requested, we will refer you to the most appropriate member of staff. We promote presentations actively to maximise your potential audience. Presentations targeted at specific subject groups will be located in the relevant School (if possible) and those employers seeking applications from all degree disciplines will be hosted in a central location on campus.
Please note that employers seeking to deliver a presentation during the peak recruitment period of October must make arrangements at least four weeks in advance. At all other times of the year, presentations need to be booked a minimum of two weeks in advance in order to ensure appropriate scheduling and marketing to your target audience.
If you wish to deliver a presentation at the main UCD campus, please contact Aoife Collins at careersevents@ucd.ie.
To deliver a presentation at the Smurfit Graduate Business School, please contact Cathy Ní Luanaigh at cathy.niluanaigh@ucd.ie.WORKSHOPS ON EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
During the 2011/12 academic year, we offered a ‘Skills for Working Life’ programme targeted at prefinal year students. This consisted of a series of two-hour interactive workshops, delivered by graduate employers, covering a variety of employability skills, for example networking, leadership, teamwork and emotional intelligence. A non- credit-bearing Certificate is awarded to students who engage with these workshops.
This academic year, we are looking for employers to offer a two-hour workshop in areas such as team work, leadership, negotiation, making business presentations, effective applications and interviews.
If you have a business game, case study or other relevant activity and wish to be included in this programme, please contact Aoife Collins at careersevents@ucd.ie.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
September 2011 saw the launch of the second UCD Career Guide, which is produced by specialist publisher GTi. This one-stop-resource aims to help students plan their career, make effective applications, better understand the graduate recruitment process, recognise, develop and articulate their employability skills.
The Guide presents employers with an excellent platform to promote their company, internship and graduate opportunities to the full range of students at UCD. The UCD Career Guide was distributed to around 5,000 students during 2011/12.
Longer term deals to sponsor Careers Fairs are available. This provides employers with prominent branding alongside UCD Career Development Centre, free slots at Careers Fairs and inclusion in promotional activities in the run up to the event. We have opportunities for employers to sponsor smaller items such as our range of professionally produced leaflets and pamphlets.
If you are interested in sponsoring an event or product, please contact Dr David Foster, Director at david.foster@ucd.ie.