You are developing skills and gaining experience through your studies, part-time jobs, internships, co-curricular activities and more. To supplement your skills development, the UCD Careers Network offers a range of online courses designed to help you develop your personal and professional skills.
These short online courses can be accessed via MyCareer and cover a wide range of topics including project management, effective team working, presentation skills, IT skills and much more.
Here are some ideas to help get you started:
- Log in to our E-Learning Hub today to get started and complete online courses at your own pace.
- Try the Recruitment Ready programme. This comprehensive employability
programme will guide you step by step through the process of navigating the graduate recruitment market - from learning how to identify opportunities and developing an impactful application, to standing out at interview, and planning your next steps. The recruitment ready programme will offer you practical support to get started today. - Take a Temperament Assesment test. These include a Career Interest Inventory which can help you to figure out what types of careers might suit you, a Type Dynamic Indicator which looks at what type of work might be a good fit for your personality or the Values Based Indicator of Motivation which helps you identify what’s most important to you.
- If you are a graduate research student, you may find the Euraxess Career Orientation tool useful.
- Register for an online induction session to UCD Advantage , UCD's co-curricular skills award. UCD Advantage recognises the skills, knowledge and experience that you gain through participation in co-curricular activities on and off campus. Achieving a UCD Advantage Award will enhance your self-awareness, self-efficacy and self-confidence as well as boosting your ability to communicate your value to potential employers.