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18/19UCD CAREERS NETWORK (BELFIELD)UCD CAREERS NETWORK (BLACKROCK) August 2018- July 2019
ANNUAL REPORT
UCD Careers Network
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
03 Welcome from the Director of Career
Development and Skills
04 CareerEdge
05 About UCD Careers Network
06 Who we are
08 Enhancing the educational and
student experience
09 College Snapshots
11 Personal and Professional Development:
Engaging in Co-Curricular Activities
12 Personal and Professional Development
On-line
13 Being Connected: Delivering Graduate
Outcomes and Graduate Destinations
16 Career Development for Early Stage
Researchers
18 Impact of Services and Graduate
Destinations
WELCOME FROM THE DIRECTOR
“ I am pleased to report a continued upward trajectory in the percentage of students gaining employment upon graduation, standing at 78% for the class of 2018”
Welcome from the Director03
Back in 2011 I reported that 56.9% of UCD graduates
for whom destinations were known had progressed
into employment. I am pleased to report a continued
upward trajectory in the percentage of students
gaining employment upon graduation, standing at
78% for the class of 2018. It is perhaps significant that
this growth occurs not only in a strong job market but
at a time when student engagement with UCD Careers
Network is at an all time high. The 2018/19 academic
year has been our busiest since 2010 with increased
student engagement evident across most areas. The
introduction of the UCD Career Development and
Employability Strategy 2015-2020 in October 2018
was a welcome addition to the strategic landscape at
UCD and we look forward to its implementation across
the University.
Introducing UCD Careers Network
Towards the end of the 2017/18 academic session,
the staff of the UCD Career Development Centre and
the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School’s
Career and Skills Centre came together for a time
of reflection around messaging, brand and identity.
Through a tendering process, IE Brand (a brand agency
for charities, health and education) and IE Digital were
appointed to work with the team.
Our aim is to enhance the Centre’s core messaging
and communications through a new visual identity
and website. Through consultations and workshops,
the UCD Career Development Centre arrived at
a new name and has re-branded as UCD Careers
Network. Encompassing the former Centres at
Belfield and Blackrock, the name is indicative of the
close relationship between the former Centres. It also
reflects the diversity of clients served such as students,
Postdoctoral Researchers, Faculty, University staff,
professional associations, recruiters of graduates
and other organisations. By harnessing the available
expertise across functions and campuses UCD Careers
Network has a significant impact on the student
experience.
At UCD Careers Network, the team is looking forward
to further developments and partnerships across our
client groups.
Members of staff at UCD Careers Network see enhancing personal attributes and constructs such as self-efficacy, self-confidence and self-esteem as core to the success of work undertaken.
We believe that students in possession of higher
levels of self-confidence, self-efficacy and
self-esteem are more likely to actively engage in
the student experience through involvement in
clubs, societies and sports, to volunteer, to adopt
active and independent learning strategies,
to be confident in career and life decision
making and to develop skills and attributes
employers seek and which future leaders need.
Employability
EDGE
CAREER Development Learning
xperience (Work & Life)
egree Subject Knowledge, Understanding & Skills
eneric Skills
motional Intelligence
DDEGREE SUBJECTKNOWLEDGE,UNDERSTANDINGAND SKILLS
EEXPERIENCE(WORK AND LIFE)
GGENERICSKILLS
EEMOTIONALINTELLIGENCE
CAREERDEVELOPMENTLEARNING
REFLECTION AND EVALUATION
SELF-ESTEEM
SELF-CONFIDENCE
SELF-EFFICACY
THE KEY TO EMPLOYABILITYFigure 1. A metaphorical model of employabilityCareerEDGE: The Key to Employability Dacre-Pool, L. and Sewell, P. (2007)
CareerEdge 04
ABOUT UCD CAREERS NETWORK
UCD Careers Network is a professional services unit comprising UCD Careers Network (Belfield) and UCD Careers Network (Blackrock). Professional services are offered to a range of key client groups, including:
• Students and alumni (up to two years postgraduation),
• Academic faculty and administrative staff,
• Employers and organisations who recruit interns, volunteers and graduates.
About UCD Careers Network
• Priority 2: Enhance and develop employability
attributes in our students and graduates.
• Priority 3: Establish and maintain excellent
working relationships with our key
stakeholders.
• Priority 4: Provide opportunities for students
who want to develop their creativity,
innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurial
interests.
• Priority 5: Communicating our strategy to
prospective students and key stakeholders.
The work of the Careers Network supports the
achievement of UCD Strategic Objectives, in particular:
• Strategic Objective 2: Provide an educational
experience that defines international best practice.
• Strategic Objective 5: Attract and retain an excellent
and diverse cohort of students, faculty and staff.
• Strategic Objective 6: Build our engagement locally,
nationally and internationally.
UCD Careers Network is an important catalyst and agent
in the implementation of the UCD Career Development &
Employability Strategy 2015-2025 that was published in
Autumn 2018. This new strategy comprises five priority
areas, each with associated tasks and objectives:
• Priority 1: Incorporate development and
employability related activities in disciplinary
appropriate ways within programmes.
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WHO WE ARE...
Senior Management Team
Career Development & Employability Practitioners
Dr David FosterUCD Director of Career Development & Skills/Director, UCD Careers Network
Ms Leona Barry(Careers Network, Belfield)Colleges of Science, Engineering and Architecture & Health and Agricultural Sciences
Ms Nicola Fortune (Careers Network, Belfield) UCD College of Engineering and Architecture
Ms Sorcha MulcahyDeputy Director (Careers Network, Belfield)
Ms Sarah Brown (Careers Network, Belfield)UCD College of Social Sciences and Law
Ms Amy Fox(Careers Network, Belfield) Colleges of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, PhD and Postdoctoral Researchers
Ms Edel Caraway (Careers Network, Belfield)UCD College of Science
Ms Ger Lardner (Careers Network, Belfield) All Graduate Research Students
Ms Cathy SavageSenior Manager (Careers Network, Blackrock)
Ms Michelle Coen (Careers Network, Belfield)UCD College of Arts and Humanities
Mr Michael McDonnell (Careers Network, Blackrock) MSc students
Mr Mark Cumisky (Careers Network, Belfield)UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences
Who we are
Mr Eamonn Mc Hugh (Careers Network, Belfield)Colleges of Arts and Humanities & Social Sciences and Law
Mr Mark Davies (Careers Network, Blackrock)Full -time MBA students
Ms Naoimh O’Connor (Careers Network, Belfield)All Postdoctoral Researchers (PD1/PD2 contracts)
Ms Leonie Phipps UCD College of Business (undergraduates), Innovation Academy, Access & Lifelong Learning
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Ms Rebecca Boyle (Careers Network, Belfield)Co-Curricular Project Officer
Administration team
Internship Managers
Ms Christine Higgins(Careers Network, Blackrock)CEMS Corporate Relations Manager/ School Internships Manager
Dr Teresa Lee(Careers Network, Belfield)University Internships Manager
Ms Sophie Bonheim (Careers Network, Belfield)Senior Communications and MarketingAssistant
Ms Adrianna Bowman(Careers Network, Belfield)Career Development Assistant
Ms Caroline O’Neil(Careers Network, Belfield)Team Leader (Senior and Executive Assistants)
Who we are
Ms Marita Porter(Careers Network, Belfield)Manager (Service Support)
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Ms Oonagh Sweeney(Careers Network, Belfield)Employer Engagement Manager
Vacant position (Careers Network Belfield) Career Development Assistant x 4
Vacant position (Careers Network, Blackrock)EMBA/MSc students
Vacant position (Careers Network, Blackrock)Career Consultant
Vacant position (Careers Network, Blackrock)Administrative support
Career Development & Employability Practitioners(cont.)
Employer Engagement
Ms Christine Higgins(Careers Network, Blackrock)CEMS Corporate Relations Manager/ School Internships Manager
ENHANCING THE EDUCATIONAL AND STUDENT EXPERIENCE
UCD CAREERS NETWORK (BELFIELD) 2018/19 AT A GLANCE...
UCD Strategic Objective 2: Provide
an educational experience that defines
international best practice
295 career development workshops and seminars delivered to 9501 students
one-to-one career consultations
21 credit bearing full and part modules delivered to 1575 students (College of Arts and Humanities, College of Social Sciences and Law, College of Science, College of Engineering and Architecture)
67 Employer led events on campus attended by 1063 students
59 students were awarded a non- credit bearing Certificate in Skills for Working Life“For over 150 years, we have
produced the leaders in politics, business, industry, the judiciary, the public sector and not-for-profit organisations. UCD graduates are educated intellectually, personally and professionally, possessing the resilience to cope in a changing, technology-enabled world.”
(UCD Career Development and Employability Strategy 2015-2025)
295 9501
4 Recruitment Fairs attended by 204 employers and organisations and 5170 students.
45170
671063
59
211575
2764
Enhancing the Educational and Student Experience
35 students were awarded a non-credit bearing Certificate in Work-Related Learning following weeklong study visits to the City of London
35
106 students were awarded the UCD Advantage Award 106
22 students were awarded the UCD Embark Award 22
08
UCD College of Arts and Humanities
UCD College of Social Sciences and Law
UCD College of Business (Lochlann Quinn Undergraduate
School of Business)
COLLEGE SNAPSHOTS
College Snapshots
41
49 40
203
612 333
159
976 1203
9
7 15
18 17
career development workshops/seminars delivered to 1197 students.
one-to-one career consultations
students attended UCD Recruitment Fairs
students achieved a certificate of participation in Skills for Working Life.
career development workshops/seminars delivered to 1361 students
one-to-one career consultations
students attended UCD Recruitment Fairs
students achieved a certificate of participation in Skills for Working Life
students achieved a certificate in Work-related Learning following a corporate law study visit to the City of London
career development workshops/seminars delivered to 1236 students
one-to-one career consultations
students attended UCD Recruitment Fairs
students achieved a certificate of participation in Skills for Working Life
students achieved a certificate of participation in Work-Related Learning following a weeklong Corporate Finance Study Visit to the City of London
09
College Snapshots
18
36
480
7518
33658
39
269373
4
18
48
143416
964 1082
8
career development workshops attended by 740 students
students attended 5 bespoke Recruitment Fairs
one-to-one career consultations
industry led mock interviews
employer-led presentations attended by 120 students
one-to-one career consultations
students attended UCD Recruitment Fairs
students received a certificate of participation in Skills for Working Life
career development workshops/seminars delivered to students
one-to-one career consultations
students attended UCD Recruitment Fairs
students achieved a certificate of participation in Skills for Working Life
career development workshops/seminars delivered to 1352 students
one-to-one career consultations
students attended UCD Recruitment Fairs
students achieved a certificate of participation in Skills for Working Life
career development workshops/seminars delivered to 719 students
one-to-one career consultations
students attended UCD Recruitment Fairs
career development workshops/seminars delivered to 1541 students
UCD College of Business (Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business)
UCD College of Engineering and Architecture
UCD College of Science
UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences
Other e.g. Innovation Academy, UCD Access and Life Long Learning, UCD Sports etc.
120
544
10
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ENGAGING IN CO CURRICULAR ACTIVITIESThe Careers Network delivered a number of co-curricular programmes to enhance the educational experience, promote personal and professional development and strengthen relationships with alumni, employers, communities within and outside of UCD. Programmes include:
projects selected for funding
SPARC – Supporting Partnership
and Realising Change 12mentoring relationships
established between students
and UCD alumni189students experienced
interactive workshops, business
simulations and networked with
legal and finance professionals
during City of London Study Visits
35students developed
skills and competencies delivered by
national and international graduate
employers leading to a Certificate in
Skills for Working Life
59
Personal and Professional Development: Engaging in Co-Curricular activities
first year students
engaged in co-curricular activities
at UCD and has their experience
recognised through the UCD Embark
Award
22 students recogised for co-curricular
engagement
UCD Advantage Awards were
presented in recognition to students’
engagement in their personal and
professional development, cultural
engagement, UCD and the wider
community and in Health &
Well-being
106
11
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON-LINE
Profiling for Success Verbal, Numerical and Abstract Reasoning Tests, Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire, Career Interests Inventory, Type Dynamic Indicator and Values Based Motivation Inventory.
Job And Internship Vacancies (job vacancies and internships advertised by the Careers Network)
Unique Website Users
Total You Tube Views
Careers Network Facebook Likes
Followers On Careers Network
Twitter Account.
CEI Internships (Database of internships in the USA used by 2393 students.)
3440
3508
38299
4200
14502
6610
2393
Personal and Professional Development On-line
Followers On Careers Network’s
Instagram Account.1220
12
V-MOCK Reviews(Blackrock students only)Electronic service reviewing uploaded student CV’s with feedback and recommendations for enhancements
801
BUSINESS, FINANCE & MANAGEMENT RECRUITMENT FAIR 81 2002
SCIENCE, ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY RECRUITMENT FAIR 58 1544
CAREERS IN LAW RECRUITMENT FAIR 33 595
INTERNSHIPS RECRUITMENT FAIR 32 1029
TOTALS 204 5170
Event Number of Exhibitors Student attendance
BEING CONNECTED: DELIVERING GRADUATE OUTCOMES AND GRADUATE DESTINATIONSUCD Strategic Objective 6: Build our engagement
locally, nationally and internationally.
“We will continue to build our portfolio of strategic, holistic and mutually beneficial partnerships with industry, public service and community organisations.” UCD Strategy 2015-2020
Table 1: Enhancing UCD’s Reputation and Progressing Talent: Locally, Nationally and Internationally
Careers Network (Belfield)
Being Connected: Delivering Graduate Outcomes and Graduate Destinations 13
GENERAL RECRUITMENT FAIR 23 350
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RECRUITMENT FAIR 16 250
SUPPLY CHAIN EVENT 13 31
FINANCE INTERNSHIPS 20 200
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY 10 53
MBA & EXPERIENCED HIRE FAIR 11 80
TOTALS 93 964
Event Number of Exhibitors Student attendance
UCD CAREERS NETWORK (BELFIELD) 67 1063
UCD CAREERS NETWORK (BLACKROCK) 8 120
TOTALS 75 1183
Event Presentations/Workshops Student attendance
Table 2: Careers Network (Blackrock)
Table 3: Employer led workshops and presentations
Being Connected: Delivering Graduate Outcomes and Graduate Destinations 14
Being Connected: Delivering Graduate Outcomes and Graduate Destinations 15
Network, by appointing a dedicated Careers
Professional, was unique in Ireland in establishing
a coherent service to support the mobility of UCD
Graduate Researchers to national and international
opportunities beyond the PhD.
From the outset the service formed key internal and
external working relationships with UCD Research
Institutes, UCD Schools, UCD Colleges, UCD Graduate
Studies Office, UCD Graduate Schools, UCD Research,
Innovation and Impact, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate
Business School, Employers and Professional Bodies.
This sector leading service has been successful in
reaching the graduate researcher cohort, in the main,
doctoral candidates. Feedback has been positive from
staff and students, including:
Student feedback: “I’d like to say a huge thanks to you
for your interview prep two weeks ago. I landed the job
and your coaching played a huge part in that. I forgot
to mention that it was a great PhD connect workshop
last month. I enjoyed your session and tasks!”
“… wonderful to speak with… made me feel comfortable
and gave me a space to express my thoughts and
concerns about my future options. She has a very
dynamic and personable approach - I appreciated how
she thought outside the box, rather than advising the
most logical career pathway that others have advised
me. She also gave me advice on how to manage the
final months of PhD process and job hunting. Highly
recommend this service to other students.”
one to one career
planning and coaching
consultations170
Professional
skills workshops
(cohort-specific and
interdisciplinary)
delivered to 575
students
39
e-zines for PhD
candidates including
500+ career
opportunities and
vacancies
40
CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR EARLY STAGE RESEARCHERS
“Introduce a Career Development process for PhD students and continue to enhance the Researcher Careers Framework for Post-doctoral fellows to ensure provision of career development support and the provision of transferable skills modules.” (UCD Career Development and Employability
Strategy 2015-2025)
Graduate Research Students
Underpinning the individual PhD experience at UCD lies
a well-established infrastructure of Professional and
Career Development supports. In 2018 the UCD Careers
Career Development for Early Stage Researchers 16
Strategic Objective 5: Attract and retain
an excellent and diverse cohort of
students, Faculty and staff.
17Postdoctoral Researchers
The programme remains popular with and critical to
the career and professional progression of around
350 Postdoctoral researchers at UCD. Feedback from
Postdoctoral Researchers about the services on offer
include:
“Overall I feel immensely positive about all programmes
and support offered by UCD Research Careers for
Postdocs. These meetings were very useful to me for
a variety of things, ranging from professional advice,
being aware of opportunities and networking with
others! Thank you so much!”
“The programme is excellent! It has helped me so much
and I am very grateful that it is there. Thank you.”
Snapshot: Career Development for Postdoctoral Researchers
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS(PD1/PD2 CONTRACTED RESEARCHERS)
“We will work to ensure that all members of faculty and staff are enabled to achieve their full potential and are appropriately rewarded for their contribution tour mission, vision and community.”
UCD has the sector-leading Career & Professional
Development Programme for Postdoctoral Researchers.
In recent years, the success and impact of the programme
has been highlighted in the UCD Culture and Engagement
Survey and in a Periodic Quality Review of the then
Career Development Centre when it was commended by
an international quality review panel.
65 events took place, focussed around four competencies: Research & research management, Learning & Mentoring, Teaching, Innovation & Transferable Skills and Personal and Professional Excellence (142 attended)
65
Career Development workshops (160 attended)
13Employer-led Roundtable discussions (124 attended)
101 Researcher- Company Networking Event (20 organisations and over 50 researchers together for presentations and career exploration)
1
176 One-to-one career coaching sessions 176 33 MBTI sessions were delivered 33
4 Postdoctoral Researcher Orientations (161 attended) 4
17
Panel mock interview sessions were successfully delivered
5 e-newsletters for Postdoctoral Researchers were developed and issued
19
I KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS SUBJECT 90 8 2 100
I FEEL MORE CONFIDENT 88 11 1 100
CONTENT WAS PRESENTED IN A CLEAR AND ENGAGING MANNER 96 3 1 100
I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS TO OTHER STUDENTS 94 6 0 100
Yes(%) Somewhat(%) No(%) Total(%)
IMPACT ON STUDENTDEVELOPMENTAND GRADUATEDESTINATION OUTCOMESUCD Career & Skills Consultants (Belfield) evaluate the workshops, seminars and lectures delivered in UCD Schools across their allocated caseloads.
Tables 4 and 5 present summary of evaluation
data collected by Careers Network (Belfield) on
career advisory sessions and on group workshops
delivered in UCD Schools. This analysis provides the
opportunity to continually refine course content to
ensure it remains aligned to student needs.
Table 4: Impact of Career & Professional Development Interventions (feedback, n=2329)
Table 5: Impact of Careers Advisory & Coaching Consultations (n=1079)
Impact on Student Development and Graduate Destination Outcomes 18
NOW MORE SELF-CONFIDENT 61 38 1 100
I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS SERVICE 99 - 1 100
I RECEIVED INFORMATION/RESOURCES NEEDED TO MOVE MY CAREER PLANS FORWARD 61 38 1 100
Yes(%) Somewhat(%) No(%) Total(%)
UCD CLASS OF 2018Graduate Outcomes Survey 2017 (based on 55% known destinations)
Impact on Student Development and Graduate Destination Outcomes
Further Study or Training
Employed
Not available for further study or employment
2%
78%
17%
Seeking employment
4%
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