Discover career sectors
As a recent graduate, you may be in employment, further study, seeking work or taking time out. Whatever your situation it is worth exploring different employment sectors to develop your knowledge about the wide variety of jobs available to you. Exploring the labour market, researching occupations and identifying suitable employers can help you to discover career options that appeal to you and inform you about the requirements of specific roles. If you don’t know where to start, visit our career planning pages to help identify a few sectors that could be interesting, to help direct your careers research.
Some questions to consider whilst exploring:
- What industries/companies interest me? What is the work environment like?
- What industries/companies are recruiting from my discipline?
- In what location would I like to work?
- What kind of skills or additional qualifications are employers looking for?
- What skills do I need to obtain and how can I do that?
Check out these resources and identify what interests you the most:
Resources
- MyCareer A careers portal for Trinity students and graduates interested in vacancies, further study options, competitions and events
- Online Tools More information on Profiling for Success, Vault Career Insider and Devex
- Sourcing Vacancies A list of job vacancy websites
- Trinity Career Gate A career portal for students interested in international job opportunities
- Inside careers A useful bank of resources for roles in finance
- gradireland Ireland’s graduate website provides information about writing effective application forms
- Career directions Ireland’s graduate website provides information about writing effective application forms
- Targetjobs A UK graduate jobs website which provides an A-Z of careers that match degrees
- Prospects A large catalogue of various job profiles and occupations in wide range of disciples
- Central Statistics Office Irish national statistical office
- Economic and Social Research Institute Independent body undertaking economic and social research.
- Eurostat Statistical office of the European Union
- Expert Group on Future Skills Needs Produces a variety of labour market publications.
- IBEC Irish Business and Employers Forum. Comments on the Irish Economy
- The Industial Development Authority Irish Government agency responsible for inward investment reports on employment trends