Graduate Stories - The First Job
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- Advertising / Market Research
- Graduate Account Handler (Leo Burnett Advertising) (BA English Studies)
- Team Lead (Google) (BA English Studies)
- Head of AdSense, South East Asia (Google) (BA English Studies)
- Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry & Fisheries
- Temporary Field Work Assistant (Central Fisheries Board) (BA Mod Natural Science)
- Aerospace
- Pilot (MSISS)
- Transnational ICT Hardware and RFID Procurement (CityJet Ltd) (Business Studies and German)
- Charities & Voluntary Groups
- Editor of Inhouse Magazine (British Deaf Association) (History & Political Science)
- Policies Manager (The Umbrella Foundation) (History & Political Science, Physics with Astro-Physics)
- Civil Engineering contractors, Consultants, Architects & Builders
- Mechanical Design Engineer (Bouygues UK) (BA, BAI Mechanical Engineering)
- Senior Engineer (Byrne & Byrne Ltd) (BAI Civil Engineering)
- Civil Engineer (South Dublin County Council) (BAI Engineering)
- Consultants
- National Perinatal Reporting System Manager (Economic & Social Research Institute) (BESS)
- Education
- National Coordinator for Graduate Language Courses (Institute of Technology, Carlow) (BA Germanic Languages / MA Scandinavian Studies)
Lecturer/Researcher (University of Luxembourg) (L.LM.)
Research Assistant (School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin) (MSc Applied Social Research)
- Environmental Management & Conservation
- Intern (& Promotor) (EUROPARC Federation ) (Geography)
- Financial Services
- Associate Software Engineer (Fidelity Investments) (BA Mod Computer Sc)
- Associate Software Engineer (Fidelity Investments) (MSc Computer Sc (NDS))
- Associate Software Engineer (Fidelity Investments) (BAI Computer Eng)
- IT Analyst (Deutsche Bank) (BA Mod Computer Sc / MSc Computer Sc)
- Lending Executive (Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Ltd) (BBS Lang)
- Portfolio Manager Indexed Equities (Barclays Global Investors) (BA ICT)
- Technical Analyst (Deutsche Bank) (BA, BAI)
- Health Authorities
- Physiotherapist (KK Women's & Children's Hospital, Singapore) (BSc Physiotherapy)
- Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist (Lewisham Social Services ) (MA, BSc. Cur.Occ)
- Social Worker (South Western Area Health Board) (Bachelor of Social Studies & NQSW)
- Hotel Industry
- Sales & Marketing Executive (Mercer Accommodation Group) (BA Business & Sociology)
- IT / Software
- Operations Program Manager (Microsoft) (BA BESS / MSc International Business Administration)
- Product Engineer in Test (Kalido) (BAI Engineering, BA Mathematics)
- Product Engineer in Test (Kalido) (BA Computer Science)
- Software Developer (Murex Advanced Technologies Ltd) (BA (Mod) Computer Science)
- Legal Profession
- Trainee Solicitor (Linklaters) (Law)
- Management Consultants
- Analyst (Accenture) (Mechanical Eng)
- Associate Consultant (Capgemini Consulting UK) (BBS)
- Consultant (Talent & Organisation Performance) (Accenture) (BA Psychology and MSc Occupational Psychology)
- Corporate Citizenship Lead (Accenture) (MSISS)
- Management Consultant (Government Services) (PA Consulting) (BBS & German)
- Management Consultant (Deloitte, London) (BBS International Business & Marketing)
- Newspaper / Magazine Publishers / Book & Other Publishers
- Administrator (The Burlington Magazine) (BA History of Art and Architecture, with French)
- Editor (Headline Publishing Group, London) (BA (TSM) English Literature and Classical Civilisation)
- Poet (Headline Publishing Group, London) (BA English Literature)
- Other Public & Voluntary Bodies
Co-ordinator (Refugee Voice Wales) (MPhil)
Supported Employment Specialist (St John of God Services) (MPhil)
Executive Assistant to the General Counsel (The Metropolitan Opera, New York
)
(MPhil Anglo-Irish Literature)
- Professional Services
- Business Advisor (KPMG) (MSISS)
- Trainee Chartered Accountant (PricewaterhouseCoopers) (BBS Accounting & Finance)
- Trainee Accountant (KPMG) (BBS)
- Trainee Accountant (Ernst & Young) (Bachelor of Music Education)
- Tax Trainee (Ernst & Young) (BESS - Business & Economics)
- Recruitment
- General Manager (Beresford, Blake Thomas Ltd) (BBS)
- Human Resources Manager (Dell) (BBS)
- Human Resources Manager (Unilever) (ICT)
- Sales Executive (School of Sales) (ICT)





