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Our Mission: To enable students and recent graduates to proactively manage their careers (set realistic goals, make informed career decisions and develop the skills necessary to accomplish their goals) by offering a range of professional services including careers information, education, advice and guidance.

The Careers Service is available to you throughout the summer months, we will keep you updated on events/job opportunities
- E-Newsletter
- DCU Vacancy

For individual queries and requests the following options are available to you:
- E-Query: advice, cv check etc.,
- Drop in appointments 2pm-4pm (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)

We take this opportunity to wish you a most relaxing and enjoyable summer break. Over the summer months we will be busy planning exciting new workshops and events especially for you.

Happy holidays!
Careers Service Team

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To register for vacancy alerts on GradIreland please click here

  The Department of Foreign Affairs is inviting applications for internships in its Conflict Resolution Unit and I would be grateful if you could bring this notice to the attention of your students and alumni.

As set out in the Programme for Government, the Government is committed to developing Irish engagement in international conflict resolution as an important new dimension of Irish foreign policy. The internship will be for a maximum duration of 11 months, commencing in August/September 2009. The internship is designed to provide the individual selected with the opportunity to gain practical experience in policy development and in the work of the Conflict Resolution Unit.

Qualifications/Experience:

* A first or second class honours degree in International Relations, History, Politics or another relevant discipline is required
* A strong interest in conflict resolution is desirable, as demonstrated by previous work experience in this area, specialized studies or academic training
* A postgraduate degree with a focus on conflict resolution and/or peace and security studies is desirable
* High level of oral and written communication skills are essential
* Good interpersonal, administrative and organizational skills
* Flexibility and capability to work independently and as a member of a team

Application Details:- Application Form was e-mailed to all 3rd Year and Final Years Students.
If you require an Application Form please e-mail careers@dcu.ie stating clearly in the Subject Box: CRU INTERN APPLICATION FORM REQUEST

Completed application forms, clearly marked, CRU INTERN APPLICATION, should be received by close of business on 9 July 2009 and addressed to:

Mr. Colin Davy,
CRU (Internships),
Department of Foreign Affairs,
80 St. Stephen’s Green,
Dublin 2.

Email: colin.davy@dfa.ie

Selection will be on the basis of a competitive interview. If a large number of applications is received, candidates will be short listed for interview on the basis of information supplied in their application.

The pay rate applicable to all interns is that of the Executive Officer grade in the Civil Service which is currently €30,566 per annum as at date of this notice.

  The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs is offering two scholarships to enable Irish graduate students to study or research in Mexico during the academic year 2010.

This year applicants should register on line from 15 July - 15 August and the deadline for the receipt of completed applications is 31 August 2009.

Further information regarding eligibility criteria, the application procedure and the application form 'A' can be obtained from the website:
Please click here for Application Form A.
Please direct any queries regarding this scholarship offer to the Embassy of Mexico in Ireland- telephone: (01)6673105 and Email: info@embamex.ie

  - Sanofi-aventis - Business Analyst - Closing date: 10th July 2009. For further details please click here

- Creme Software Ltd - User Interface Developer - Closing date: 10th July 2009. For further details please click here

- Astellas Ireland - Quality Control Lab Analyst - Closing date: 10th July 2009.
For further details please click here

- Sentential - Graduate Software Engineer - Immediate Start
For further details please click here

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Based in Ireland, we also have offices in the UK. With a workforce of 35 + staff we
place a strong emphasis on professionalism and compliment this with the ability to
enjoy ourselves. We offer a great working environment, regular company funded
social activity and a strong sense of team spirit.

We are currently offering a 12 month Internship for an enthusiastic and recently
graduated 3rd Level Student to join our Applications Development Team based in
City West Dublin.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the design, development and
implementation of ASP.Net components and controls to integrate with and extend
the existing application.

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic self-starter with the right attitude
and capability to have a significant input into the development direction of a market
leading technology platform.

The ideal candidate will have some previous commercial or practical experience in
the development of public facing web applications with at least 6 months proven
experience in ASP.Net and C#.

Experience:

* ASP.Net and C#
* ADO.Net
* MS SQL and Transact-SQL
* XML \ AJAX
* HTML \ Javascript \ CSS and associated technologies
* Source Control (Subversion \ SourceSafe etc.)

The ideal candidate will also be familiar with:

* Working within a Windows Server Environment
* TCP/IP Network Infrastructure
* OO Design Principles & Patterns and UML
* Requirements gathering processes and documentation

Other Requirements:

* Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
* An ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
* Proven problem solving skills

Please send your CV and covering letter to careers@pigsback.com.

  For the latest edition of the Prospects digital magazine, click here.
It’s a magazine for jobs, courses, advice and information for graduates. In this edition, there are articles about making connections online and bloggers at work.