Careers Support

The Careers Office provides an inclusive service dedicated to helping you make the most of your college experience. We provide a wide range of easy-to-access information, advice and opportunities to support your Carlow College journey – helping you to develop skills, improve your future career prospects and maximise your personal and professional development.

Our Careers Service is open to all our Undergraduate and Postgraduate students and to all graduates who are within two years of graduating from Carlow College.

Delivering Professional Support & Services:

  • Graduate employability and Career Management skills
  • CV clinic and regular drop-in sessions
  • Support for postgraduate and job applications
  • Personal statements and career decision-making
  • Graduate vacancy list
  • Work experience, internships and vacation opportunities
  • Interview skills and practice

Careers Service

Eleanor KehoeTuesday9.00 to 17:00Careers Office
Wednesday9.00 to 17:00Careers Office
Thursday9.00 to 17:00Careers Office

Career Appointments

Arranged by email request to careersoffice@carlowcollege.ie

  • CVs and Covering Letters
  • Job applications (incl. on-line)
  • Postgraduate Study advice
  • Personal Statements
  • Interview Techniques
  • Information resources
  • Career Decision-making
  • Teaching applications
  • Conversion courses
  • Psychometric testing
  • Placement applications
  • Volunteering & work experience

The Careers Office provides individual advice, guidance and support for: 

  • career decision-making 
  • module choice for specific careers 
  • opportunity awareness 
  • CV building 
  • postgraduate study 
  • jobs and recruitment 

Below are some useful links to websites for current vacancies: 

 

Contact Eleanor Kehoe, Careers Officer at careersoffice@carlowcollege.ie 

The Careers Office provides: 

  • Recruitment: a free advertising service promoting job, career, volunteer and work experience opportunities directly to current students and recent graduates.  
     
  • Employer Presentations: facilitating CPD opportunities for teaching and learning sessions with targeted student groups including employability workshops and mock interview panels. 
  • The Careers Office at Carlow College, St. Patrick’s is a professional member of the Association of Higher Education Services.  AHECS is the voice of higher education careers and employability professionals across Ireland and provides access to a range of employer resources including graduate labour market reports.

 

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Contact Eleanor Kehoe, Careers Officer at careersoffice@carlowcollege.ie  

 

Contact

Contact our Careers Officer, Eleanor Kehoe at:

careersoffice@carlowcollege.ie