Profiling for Success offers psychometric tests which are very useful in career planning, helping you understand more about your strengths and how these might shape your career and personal choices.

When you complete a test, a report is automatically generated and emailed to you. The report comes in the form of a pdf document attached to the email, and includes an explanation of your results. You can take each test as often as you wish.

There are a variety of tests available including verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning assessments. These types of assessments are often used in graduate recruitment processes so provide a good opportunity to familiarise yourself with the format and do some practice.

To obtain the access codes for this, go to Careers Connect: Home tab – Welcome Heading – Online Resources for UCD students

We run an “Identify your strengths” workshop a couple of times each semester. This can be very helpful if you are trying to figure out what you have to offer an employer. This workshop helps you to build self-awareness through exploring your interests, values and personality preferences with the aim of enabling you to evaluate career options more effectively and make choices that are right for you. You will also be better able to market your strengths in your CV and applications. Keep an eye on Careers Connect for details of upcoming workshops.

AHECS have developed a suite of videos to promote graduate recruitment. Interviews were conducted with AOL, CPL, Guidewire, Jameson, ESB, Car Trawler, Citi, Hedgeserv, Musgrave, Glanbia, Accenture, IBEC Global Graduates, Aryzta, Engineers Ireland, KPMG and Enterprise Rent a Car in relation to recruitment strategies. See the results on their You Tube channel or section by section below!

Making the most of Careers Fair – Hedgeserv, Aryzta, KPMG, IBEC Global graduates, Jameson, Guidewire, Engineers Ireland, Car Trawler, Enterprise Rent a Car, Glanbia, Accenture, AOL, Musgrave

Vault is a comprehensive online career resource designed to help you look into potential careers, research top employers and find out about trends in your industry.

 GradAustralia launched the 2nd Edition of Australia's Top 100 Graduate Employer Guide in 2016. For opportunities in Australia the links below are useful:

http://www.graduatecareers.com.au 

http://au.gradconnection.com

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UCD Career Zone is a non-credit bearing, self-study optional online module for UCD students. Click on 'UCD Career Zone' above and use your UCD Connect credentials to begin the module.

Key Features:

• On line module
• Accessible anytime, anywhere!
• Students can learn in their own time at their own pace

Structure:
The on-line module is divided into four sections;

1. Career planning
2. Creative job search
3. Winning job applications
4. Interview strategy

Each section provides a structured step-by-step approach to the topic such as planning your career or producing an effective CV and contains an introduction and summary as well as built in exercises.