Trinity College Dublin Open Day
Employability of B.E.S.S. graduates

During your time as a Trinity student, you will get the opportunity to develop key attributes and skills that will help you to succeed in your future career, as an individual, and as a member of society

What do B.E.S.S. students do after
graduation?	Where do they work?	

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Gained Employment Further Study	

◼	Class of 2018

Seeking Employment		

What jobs do they do?

Where and what do they study
after graduation?

Course Titles:
•	Accounting
•	Aviation Finance
•	Behavioural Economics
•	Comparative Politics
•	Computer Science
•	Development Practice
•	Digital Marketing
•	Economics
•	Fashion Buying and Management
•	Finance
•	Food Business Strategy
•	Gender and Women’s Studies
•	International Economics
•	International Management
•	International Relations
•	Law and Diplomacy
•	Management Consultancy
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Music Production
•	Political Science and Political Economy
•	Professional Masters Education
•	Public Policy
•	Social Entrepreneurship
Institutions:
•	Dublin City University
•	Geneva Graduate Institute
•	London School of Economics
•	Technological University Dublin
•	Trinity College Dublin
•	Tufts University
•	University College Dublin
•	University of Bath
•	University of Wales, St David’s
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How does B.E.S.S. support your development and prepare you for your
future career?

Knowledge
•	B.E.S.S. provides students with a solid foundation in each discipline over the first two years. These initial years highlight the interrelatedness of the four fields of Business, Economics,
Political Science and Sociology.
•	Reflecting their particular interests, in their third year, students focus on two subjects, while in their final year, they may focus on one or two.
Attributes
•	Helps you to develop the Trinity Graduate Attributes - to think independently, to communicate
effectively, to act responsibly and to develop continuously.
•	The four disciplines of B.E.S.S. offer students an excellent training in the social sciences.
•	Various forms of continuous assessments - such as essays and project work - facilitate original thinking and nurture the ability to think independently.
•	Throughout this programme, students gain experience in communicating their work to others, through either individual presentations or classroom discussions.
•	Group assignments give students experience in collaborative work and in incorporating disparate viewpoints into their own analyses.
•	Studying B.E.S.S. gives students an appreciation of the value of diversity and of the potential gain from synthesizing information from different sources.

B.E.S.S. Skills at a Glance

Experience to enhance Employability

Analytical thinking
Critical thinking
Interpersonal skills Presentation skills Report writing
Research skills
Synthesis of information across
disciplines
Team working skills

•	Erasmus/Exchange programmes: in leading universities around the world
•	Vacation work experience with employers: opportunities advertised on MyCareer, our online careers portal
•	Capstone: independent project in final year
•	Clubs & Societies: involvement in Trinity’s 120+ student societies and 50+ sports clubs
•	Participate: in Employability Awards or Scholarship Programmes
•	Enterprise & Innovation: Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace
•	Volunteering: e.g. Student2Student,
mentoring, voluntary tuition programme

Trinity Careers Service, www.tcd.ie/careers, supports you to fulfil your career potential. We offer support for career planning and preparation, career guidance, career education and provision of
careers information. See more information in our Employability Guide on our website.