The Careers Service

The Careers Service is available to all undergraduate and postgraduate DCU students. The team is committed to providing a wide variety of professional services to support you in making the career decisions that are best suited to your qualifications, interests, abilities and aspirations. Our Careers Advisors work with you at various points in your student journey, whether you have no career plans at present, have some ideas on your career plan, or have specific career goals.

The Careers Service will continue to offer a full service to students and employers during the university closure period.

DCU Careers Team Award

Vision
Successful global citizens, equipped with employability skills and career resilience to navigate the future world of work.

Mission
Empowering you to shape your future. We want to inspire you to realise your potential, discover your future options and take the action needed to help you succeed.

Goals

Engage and inspire all students to develop lifelong, flexible and adaptable career management skills
Be a leading partner in our talent development community
Be recognised by students, faculty and employers as the ‘go-to’ centre of excellence in employability

We do so by offering the following initiatives:

Quick Query & CV Clinics
Skills Sessions on a range of topics including Interview Skills, Assessment Centres, Mock Interviews and the future of work. Details are advertised on our Events page during semester.
Workshops on SMART Job Search Strategies and Branding
Integrated classroom work on such topics as Career Planning, getting ready for the workplace, and career decision making
Jobs Board
One-to-one career guidance
Aptitude Tests / Psychometric Assessments
A suite of Careers How To Guides on Loop
Mentoring for second year students
Careers Fairs
Employer Networking Events
Employer panel and insider insight events
Dedicated Springboard Careers Service