Careers Calling...

Mairead O’Connor is the Skills Development Senior Manager with The Wheel, Ireland’s national association of community and voluntary organisations, charities & social enterprises. Mairead talks to Careers Calling about how you can start your career in the non-profit sector and tips on the skills you should work on to succeed. You'll find there's a range of opportunities available, regardless of what you may have studied in university. 

If you want to find out more about The Wheel, visit https://www.wheel.ie/. And, if you are interested in working in the non-profit sector, also check out the below links.

https://www.activelink.ie/

https://www.forpurpose.ie/

Verizon Connect's, Claire Mooney, tells us why you can't have diversity without also considering inclusion. Listen to find out what is unconscious bias and how to overcome it, why Verizon Connect is on the forefront of promoting a diverse and inclusive work environment, and what you can do to help create a more inclusive, creative and beneficial workplace for all.

Find opportunities with Verizon, here.

What is it like being a woman in tech? We ask Niamh McEniff from Guidewire. 

Niamh graduated from UCD in 2017 with a BSc in Computer Science and has been working for Guidewire as a software consultant ever since. If you're interested in finding out more about roles with Guidewire, click here. 

Karyn Harty is a well known commercial litigator, with involvement in several high profile Commercial Court actions throughout her career.  We talk to Karyn about female progression in the workplace and how companies like McCann Fitzgerald can help foster female talent from the earliest stages of a graduates career. 

If you want to find out more about graduate opportunities with McCann Fitzgerald, visit; https://www.mccannfitzgerald.com/careers/graduates

In this episode, we speak to Diane Sutherland from Fishawack on starting a career in communications. We discuss how Covid-19 has impacted Fishawack and why it's beneficial for a company to provide good, clear communication to its stakeholders.

Sinead Moloney from ESB, began her career in Recruitment in 2013. Now an Early Careers Talent Acquisition Team lead in ESB, she has experience in every facet of early careers – specialising in full life cycle apprentice, intern and graduate recruitment. Sinead and her team are responsible for building ESB’s future workforce to lead the transition to a low-carbon energy future.

If you're interested in learning more about the ESB Graduate Programme (deadline 2 November, 12pm), click here.

Tom Tully is currently the Industry Talent Manager for Bord Bia, but he's had 20+ years of a diverse career in media, tech and the food & drink industry. Tom talks about the "War for Talent" and how it effects everything from talent acquisition to retaining a company's top employees. Find out how the "War for Talent" effects you, and the ups and downs of the food & drink industry during COVID.

If you're interested in applying for the Bord Bia Talent Academy, click here.

Siobhra Disdale is the Senior Learning & Development Specialist and the Graduate Programme Manager for Lidl Ireland. Siobhra talks to the UCD Careers Network about Graduate Programmes and how you know if a Graduate Programme is, or isn't for you. You might be surprised by what she says.

Siobhra has achieved the City & Guilds/ILM accreditation for the Lidl Graduate Programme, the only graduate programme with this accreditation in Ireland.  And the Lidl Graduate Programme was also recently shortlisted for the Irish Institute of Training & Development Awards in “Best Leadership Development Initiative”. If you interested in finding out more about the Lidl Graduate Programme, click here.

Lidl is sponsoring the UCD Virtual Business, Finance & Management Fair 2020/21. Register for the fair today!