The new 2017 points system made easy ...


Calculate your Leaving Cert Points on our new 2017 points calculator here.

For current Senior Cycle Students ...

Our CAOCalc App is available as a Smart Phone App. It allows users to instantly calculate CAO points on their mobile devices and then check their results against previous year's course points.

This app is unique!

Why?

It links to the live CAO CourseFinder+ so students can search the most up-to-date CAO course list along with the points for each.

New filters now available include a course search option for which Maths is not a requirement!

Welcome to the August 2016 edition of the CareersPortal.ie monthly Newsletter.

This month's newsletter follows hot on the heels of the Leaving Certificate results - our congratulations to the class of 2016 on a job well done! In the lead-up to the CAO course offers season, we bring you advice on the range of options available to students, as well as the latest news on apprenticeships, training, job opportunities and career events. 2016 CAO Points will be updated and available on CareersPortal from 6.00am on Monday 22nd August. The new developments section this month features MyFuture⁺ a web-based career learning and management tool designed to support adults with their career planning and decisions. It's available for for use in services and organisations providing one-to-one education and employment support. Check it out below ...

Trainee Military Aircraft Technician with the Irish Air Corps

Unique shared apprenticeship scheme for Wet Trades

A group of four contractors (Cleary Doyle / Anthony Neville Homes / Clancy Construction / Mythen Construction) are part of an innovative pilot scheme to boost apprenticeship registrations in the wet trades. The four companies are working together as a co-operative to take on apprentices and ensure that they finish their training.

CIF have also launched a new website (www.apprentices.ie) dedicated to promoting the opportunities available to young people who take up apprenticeships and the careers that are available in the construction sector.

Accounting Technician Apprenticeship Open Day

The Insurance Institute - request for feedback

Guidance Counsellors - We value your feedback

The Insurance Institute recently launched the Insurance Practitioner Apprenticeship, a level 8 degree ‘earn and learn’ apprenticeship programme aimed at school leavers, graduates and career changers.

Give your feedback on what insurance careers resources you would like to see and how they can help you and your students by completing this survey.

650 Traineeships with the European Commission

CPA Business Accounting Traineeship launches in Cork

Cork students can kick start a lucrative career in accountancy with an internationally renowned qualification from the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA Ireland) that will enable them to pursue their dream job anywhere in the world.

This one year course is fully funded to support students who cannot afford the cost of fulltime education at college or university.

Professional Three Month Certificate Cookery Course

The professional Three Month Certificate cookery course at Lynda Booth’s Dublin Cookery School in Blackrock, Co Dublin starts on Monday 12^th September 2016. Aimed at those who are looking to move and progress towards a culinary career, this course is widely recognised as a practical and credible route to acquiring the expertise and skills to pursue a career in the food industry.
For further details about this course or to arrange a visit to see the school, please phone Dublin Cookery School on +353 (0)1 2100 555 or email info@dublincookeryschool.ie

If you’re thinking about studying Chartered Accountancy this year, the final deadline for completed enrolments for 2016/17 is fast approaching.
Apply by: Thursday 1 September 2016.

Analog Devices Graduate Recruitment 2017

Analog Devices Graduate recruitment applications open online in the coming weeks for intake in 2017.

Analog Devices offer graduates exciting opportunities to develop and grow their careers in an environment where continuous learning is ‘the norm’. Many of their graduates have progressed to senior levels either in management or as senior individual technical contributors.

Transition Year Engineering Programme

Analog Devices also offer opportunities for TY students to take part in their Transition Year Engineering Programme.

SAP Ireland Recruiting for over 150 Positions

At SAP we are seeking recent graduates and experienced talent for technical IT roles in software development, engineering and support.

We are also looking to hire in the areas of customer care and business partner development roles, many with a 2nd European language requirement.

Click here for more information on current job vacancies.

Chartered Tax Adviser Winter Course

Finished college and want to progress to the next level?

Register for the Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) Winter Course now!

Lecture locations: Dublin, Cork, Athlone and online

Suitable irrespective of your degree discipline. Flexible payment options available. Contact 01 663 1748 or email mhone@taxinstitute.ie

Over 50 Jobs with Opening of New McDonald's store

McDonald’s East Wall Road opened on the 10^th August 2016, the company's 90^th restaurant in Ireland.

All food is made fresh to order in the brand new kitchen platform which also allows people to customise their orders as they please.

Customers can order their food on digital kiosks which are displayed on the lobby. The restaurant has a Playland area to entertain the children and digital tablets for customers to use.

Over 50 people were recruited to work in the new store, bringing the total number now employed by McDonald's in Ireland to 4,850. Check out Current Vacancies with McDonald's here.

BioPharmaChem MedTech and Engineering Fair

Biopharmachem Ireland in conjunction with the Midlands Regional Skills Forum, Department for Social Protection (DSP) and Skillnets is delighted to announce ‘Life Science Career Opportunities - Biopharma, MedTech & Engineering Fair’.
Date: Wednesday 28th of September in Athlone Institute of Technology from 9.00-16.00

Free STEM Career Talks for Schools

Smart Futures offers free career talks to all secondary schools in Ireland to give guidance counsellors and students the chance to ask practical questions about working in STEM. These inspiring talks aim to encourage students to look beyond stereotypes and introduce them to the variety of careers open to them in STEM. Talks are typically 40 mins and volunteers are also available to attend parent-teacher evenings.

For more information you can register via the ‘Resources’ section of www.SmartFutures.ie

Order Now for September 2016!

REACH + is Fully iPad & Mobile Compatible

The REACH+ Career and College Preparation Programme is Irelands' most comprehensive, in depth, multi-format careers programme available. Much more than any textbook, it is a complete, integrated, classroom learning environment that supports Students and Guidance Counsellors. Get the Work Experience Diary & Workbook too!
New REACH+ Developments for 2016 /17:

Customise your online programme for student groups
Our advisory group asked for the option for Guidance Counsellors to be able to tailor the students Career File to include only those Apps appropriate to their programme. So TY students, for example, can access a different set of Apps to LC students, or even LCVP students. This facility will be optional for those wishing to use it.

New student online Appointments Diary and Calendar
Users will now be able to manage their appointments diary and calendar online.

End-of-year student reports
Students and GCs will now be able to print a summary of the key portfolio items undertaken.

Read what current programme users have to say here.
Contact the CareersPortal Team on 01-440 2314 for further information or to place your order.

Click here for 2016/17 Order Form

We are now booking for REACH+ Training sessions. Contact us on 01-440 2314 to book your place or to talk about hosting a training session in your school. See current dates [Left].

NEW CourseFinder on CareersPortal

CareersPortal now includes an even more powerful and unique full undergraduate course search facility for the CAO and HEI sector.

It is possible to filter courses using any combination of Career Interests, Career Sectors, Regions, Colleges, CAO points, Entry Requirements, availability of progression routes and particularly useful options such as, courses that do not require maths.

The PLC and Further Education sector will also be enhanced shortly in a similar fashion.

To explore the new course search tool, click here.

CAO points on the CourseFinder will be updated for 2016 entry from 6.00am Monday 22nd August 2016.

CareersPortal has just launched a newly developed web-based career learning and management tool designed to support Adults with their career planning and decisions, called MyFuture⁺

The online suite of resources aims to assist individuals to explore themselves in relation to career, education and employment opportunities. Two versions are available:

MyFuture⁺ FURTHER EDUCATION
This programme is designed for use in colleges/centres of further education where the learners are organised into groups with assigned Tutor/s.
Learners work under the supervision/guidance of their Tutor and staff assigned to career preparation and development. The suite of career tools and resources includes relevant QQI modules as delivered by the provider.

MyFuture⁺ NEXT STEPS
This programme is designed for use in services and organisations providing one-to-one education and employment support. Clients are assigned to an individual staff member, who uses the resources to support the clients’ career planning and goal setting.
Clients remain on the programme for as long as is necessary for them to be supported in pre-employment and career decision-making processes.

For more information, or to organise a presentation, contact Bernadette Walsh on 01-4402314 or e-mail bwalsh@careersportal.ie