Careers, Employability and Skills
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Duty Adviser hours are 10.30am-4.30pm
Work Experience
Reference and Takeaway Materials
We have a number of reference materials (listed below) available for you to study in the Careers and Employability Information Area in the Student Guidance Centre. If you have difficulty in locating this information ask at the Careers, Employability and Skills Information Point.
*denotes there are also additional copies for you to take away with you.
A hyperlink denotes an online version is available
| 04.0SUN | Bridging the Gap, a fresh approach to work experience. 13 September 2009. The Sunday Times (feature). |
| 04.1AGC | Gap Year. W Reed. January 2012. AGCAS |
| 04.1 GAP | Going Travelling. 2012. Gap 360 |
| 04.1 GAP | Gap 360 Fact Sheets for Gap Years and Travelling Abroad |
| 04.1 GRI |
Your Gap Year. S Griffith. 6th edition. 2010. Crimson Publishing. ISBN 978185484915 |
| 04.1 IAE | IAESTE: a Global Work Experience Programme. British Council. 2009 |
| 04.1PER | The Gap Year Guidebook 2006. 14th Edition. 2006 Peridot Press. ISBN 1904724213 |
| 04.1YEA | Planning Your Year Out 2012/13. Year Out Group. 2012 |
| *04.2 GTI | Gradireland Work Experience and Time Out 2011. 2010 GTI |
| *04.2 GTI | Target Work Experience 2012. 2011. GTI |
| 04.2 JEN | Why work experience matters! Real Prospects 2009 graduates’ experiences of placements, internships and work experience. K. Jensen. HECSU. November 2009 |
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| 04.4 GRI | Work Your Way Around the World. S Griffith. 2005. 12th Edition. Vacation Work. ISBN 1854583298 |
| 04.4IAEdvd | History of IAESTE, 60th Anniversary. IAESTE. 2008 |
| 04.4 JOR | Work and Travel Canada 2003/04. R L Jordan (eds).2003. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0954043375 |
| 04.4 VAC | Summer Jobs Worldwide 2010. 2009 41st Edition. Vacation Work. . ISBN 9781854585363 |
| 04.4TWI | Work Experience Programmes. TWINGroup. 2009 |
| 04.5 AUS | Worldwide Volunteering. Compiled by R Potter. 2004 4th Edition. How to Books. ISBN 1857039106 |
| 04.5 IVS | Green Volunteers. Edited by Fabio Ausenda. 2009. 7th Edition. Green Volunteers. ISBN 9788889060148 |
| 04.5 IVS | International Volunteer Projects 2009-10. 2009. IVS. |
| 04.5 NVC | The Voluntary Agencies Directory 2005. 2005 NVCO Publications |
| 04.5TCD | Report on a Survey of Voluntary Organisations in Ireland. Careers Advisory Service. Trinity College Dublin. September 2008 |
Online Resources
We recommend looking at the Improve Your Employability section of our website and other useful websites sections:
- Study abroad
- Vacancies
- Work experience including; working for smaller organisations, voluntary work at home and abroad, time out and international placements, work experience after graduating
- Working abroad including; vacation work, placement, internships and exchange programmes abroad
- Developing employability and skills through work experience by Deirdre Deery