Employer branding and graduate recruitment online, in print and in person

Product information 2015 #1 graduate careers website

#1 talent pool database

#1 graduate careers publicationsThe official graduatecareers products forIreland, north and south

Ireland’s official graduate jobs and careers information service

publications, websites,events and other services are producedthrough the official partnership betweenthe Association of Higher EducationCareers Services and GTI Ireland.

This partnership ensures the credibilityand accuracy of all gradireland productsand services, as well as the support andpromotion of these products andservices to students and graduatesnationwide by their careers services.

Why use gradireland?Our position and reachOur partnership with AHECS and all the individualuniversity and IoT careers services acrossIreland, north and south, gives us unprecedentedaccess to career-minded Irish students. If youwant to promote your employer brand and yourgraduate opportunities to either the broad massof Irish students or targeted subsets of thestudent body, we can advise on and deliver astrategy that will ensure maximum impact andreturn on your investment.

IT Sligo

Dundalk IT

NUI Galway,

Galway-Mayo IT

University of Limerick,

Limerick IT

Cork IT,

University

College Cork

Athlone IT

Waterford IT

IT Carlow

IT Tralee

Galway-Mayo IT

Letterkenny IT

UU Magee

UU Coleraine

UU Jordanstown

UU Belfast,

Queens’s University,

Belfast,

Open University

DCU,

DIT,

UCD,

National College of

Art & Design,

National College of

Ireland,

Open University,

IT Blanchardstown,

ITT Dublin,

Trinity College,

St Patrick’s College,

Drumcondra

Dún

Laoghaire,

Institute of

Art, Design &

TechnologyMaynoothUniversity

The Association of HigherEducation Careers Services gives itswholehearted support to the gradirelandproducts available to students.

As our publishing partner, GTI Irelandworks in close collaboration with all 27higher education careers services todevelop the gradireland andpostgradireland range of publications,online resources and events which areinvaluable tools for both careers servicesand graduates seeking comprehensivecareers information.

This contribution to graduateemployability is vital to the futuresuccess of the country.Brendan Baker, Chairman of the Association ofHigher Education Careers Services and Head ofCareers Service, Maynooth University

“

Our presenceWe work hard to make sure we support ourpartner careers services and their students.We strive to give both careers practitionersand students at all levels of study the bestquality service in terms of delivering careersinformation and graduate jobs – in the rightformat, in the right media, at the right time. Ourpublications have huge reach; our website isthe most used; our database the mostextensive; and our presence on campus themost noticeable, both through our own careerfairs and events and in attending everyregional careers fair.

Our credibilityEverything we publish is endorsed by thecareers services, so our publications,websites, emails and events have greatcredibility with students. We also work veryclosely with employers in various steeringcommittees to ensure that the employers’perspective is always included. This is aunique mix in Irish publishing.

Our marketing is your marketinggradireland products are extensively marketed and promoted on campus, throughcareers services, classroom presentations,careers fairs, social media, careers servicewebsites and a myriad of other channels. Weare the easiest, most reliable and costeffective way to reach your target audienceand demographic.

GTI Ireland14–16 Lord Edward StreetDublin 2

Tel: +353 (0)1 645 1500Email: contact@gradireland.com

Social media

FacebookCome and find us on Facebook at facebook.com/gradireland. Studentsare finding out about careers fairs, campus events and presentations,competitions, surveys, publication launches and more via our Facebookpage. Link up with us, let us know what you are doing, and we will helpyou use social media to engage with students online in a credible anduseful way.

TwitterOur Twitter feed is where students, employers, careers advisers andother stakeholders meet to hear about recruitment trends, careersadvice, labour market information, breaking news items and otheruseful content. Follow us on twitter.com/gradireland.

BlogThe gradireland blog is the place for news and comment on graduaterecruitment in Ireland. gradireland.com/blog

LinkedInThe gradireland Graduate Careers Network group on LinkedIn providesa platform for students and employers to network and share information.

FlickrView and download photos from gradireland events.flickr.com/photos/gradireland

YouTube gradireland TV is the official gradireland YouTubechannel. View expert seminars, events footageand much more. youtube.com/gradireland.

More on

Hey @gradireland, I really

appreciate all the emails and advice given to

me since I began college, keep up the good

work!! :) @ PatriciaDowling“

GTI Ireland is part of Group GTI, the world’sleading graduate careers publisher, with apresence in six countries.

Asia

Overview

Best for targeting students:� Over 152,000 opt-in students and graduates

registered on our database [November 2014]� Unbeatable targeting by sector, institution, year

group or discipline� Targeted emails and featured jobs = guaranteed

response

Best website:� #1 for students researching jobs

and careers (source: trendenceGraduate Barometer)

� Ireland’s #1 graduate jobs andcareers website (source:trendence Graduate Barometer)

� #1 on Google for ‘graduate jobs’and ‘graduate’ search terms

� #1 on Google for ‘careers fair’ � #1 on Google for ‘graduate

internships’� Over 1.2 million unique users

(over 6 million page impressions)from Sept 2013 to Sept 2014(source: Google Analytics)

� Fully optimised for mobile andtablet users

Target Online

I would recommend gradireland

to anyone who wants to recruit the cream

of young Irish graduates.

Karen Henry, Irish Education Partners“gradireland services

Homepage banner campaign

Graduate programmes Annual online profile

Internship programmes Inside Buzz

Featured job ongradireland.comFeatured job email

Targeted emails

New for 2015

Employer Hubs

Best publications� gradireland: Ireland’s most-read, most established and

most trusted graduate careers directory (source:trendence Graduate Barometer)

� Ireland’s 100 leading graduate employers: target topstudents. Research-based, packed with employer insights

� Sector guides: highly targeted, sector-specific guides toreach decided students in your sector

� Careers service guides: target by university (TrinityCollege and UCD)

Best events:� gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards: the most important night

of the year for graduate recruiters (30 April 2015)� GRADchances – bespoke sector-specific invite-only events bringing

employers together with top student talent� gradireland Summer Fair: access graduates as they are

about to leave university (6 June 2015)� gradireland Graduate Careers Fair: Ireland’s biggest graduate

recruitment event (7 October 2015)

Offline EventsYour campaignCompany profile in thegradireland directory

National StudentChallenge partner

Stand at gradireland Summer Fair

Ireland’s 100 leadinggraduate employers

Listing and display advert in CareersService Guides of leading Irish Universities

Career sector guides

GRADchances partnerEnter the gradireland

Graduate Recruitment Awards

Stand at gradireland Graduate Careers Fair

Our services

gradireland website

Searchable jobs

Featured jobs

Leaderboard

MPU Display(Mid Page Unit)

Site sponsor

SearchableEmployerProfiles

Career sectors

Key stats� Over 1.2 million annual

visitors � Over 6 million page

impressions per year� 29 specialist career

sector pages.

gradireland is a great site.

We’ve been getting tons of qualified

applicants for our new Dublin position.

Jason Martin, iotum“Partner buttons

Site fullyoptimised for

mobile and tablet users

Unique users – year on year growth

Marketing MPU

2012 2013 2014

386,127583,116

975,161

3,788,765

4,401,612

5,552,323

Why use gradireland.com?� With over 1.2 million annual visitors and 6 million page impressions per year,

gradireland.com is the only site for employers looking for year-round branding andinstant response.

� With more employers than any other Irish careers site and thousands of vacanciesadvertised each year, gradireland.com is the first choice for jobhunting students.

� As Ireland’s leading graduate website, gradireland.com is home to hundreds ofarticles on every aspect of graduate career planning, from sector and employerresearch through application processes to salary surveys and sectoral trendanalysis.

� 29 specialist career sector pages. � Over 152,000 students registered as of November 2014.

Students find it first� gradireland.com is returned at #1 when ‘graduate careers’, ‘graduate jobs’ or just

‘graduate’ is entered into Google. � The strength of the gradireland.com brand amongst users is shown by the fact

that 51% of the traffic to the site comes direct to the gradireland.com URL (and asignificant proportion of search engine traffic is via branded search). 32% of thesite traffic comes from direct links such as careers service websites, and 16% viasearch engines (source: Google Analytics).

Twitter feed

Ireland’s 100 leadinggraduate employers

+24% +12%

unique users

page views

Our website

2011

6,191,406

1,204,926

Key benefits� Video profiles increase

time on page by 50%(source: Google Analytics)

� Over 352,000 annualpageviews

� Comprehensive guide toyour organisation forpotential applicants.

Employer hubs

Maximiseengagementusing video

Add in links to your socialnetworking sites and blogs

New � Inside Buzz is a peer-to-peer

platform designed to givestudents, graduates andyoung professionals aninsight into theorganisations they maywant to join. Currentgraduates working in yourcompany are surveyedon a range of subjectsincluding companyculture, interviewprocess, hours, salariesand more. The results arehosted on gradirelandwithin your Employer Hub.

Link directly toyour graduatecareers website

Employer Hubs� Your online profile is the cornerstone of your annual

presence on gradireland.com.� Essential branding – places your organisation in front of the

1.2 million+ annual visitors who are using gradireland.comto research potential employers and careers sectors each year.

� Link to all your jobs, internships or recruitment eventsposted on gradireland.com.

� Online profiles are accessed from relevant entry pointsacross the site, including sector pages, driving traffic toyour own site.

� Live updates from your blogs and social networking sitesfeed into your online profile.

� Showcase profiles of recent graduates currently working inyour company for peer-to-peer endorsement.

Employer Hubs

Use QR codes in print titles tolink between your offline andonline presence

Link directly toyour graduatecareers website

Showcase awards andranking accolades

� Inside Buzz has been called“TripAdvisorTM forgraduate recruitment”.

� Peer-to-peer reviews are thebest and most credibleway to market yourorganisation to potentialhires in the war for TopTalent. Make sure youhave the Inside Buzz!

Access gradireland’s unrivalled student and graduate database

excels as a specialist website as itallows both in-bound traffic (students and graduatesaccessing the website to search for jobs, employers,careers advice and more) and out-boundcommunication. Our database of over 152,000registered students and graduates enables us to sendtargeted messages out on behalf of employers. Andbecause our brand is trusted and our database iscreated by students setting up their own profile andbeing in control of the information they receive, ourout-bound communications are highly effective.

� Response We have average open rates of 18%,and often as high as 30% or more, when emailsare sent to a carefully targeted subset of ourdatabase.

� Trust We ensure we only send our registered usersinformation they want and value. We do not spamour database.

� Targeted Out-bound communications back uponline, print and event activity perfectly. Letstudents know about your new online profile; tellthem when you will be attending an event; advisethem of closing dates or open days.

There are a number of ways in which employers canuse our database to send targeted communications tostudents and graduates, and these are outlined on thepage below.

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Accountancy and financial support

Agriculture, animal and plant resources

Banking, insurance and financial services

Charities and voluntary sector

Construction, civil engineering and QS

Emergency services and armed forces

Engineering

Environment and natural resources

Fund management and investment banking

Hosptality, sport, leisure and tourism

Human resources, recruitment and training

IT and telecoms

Languages and cultures

Law, legal services and patents

Library and information services

Logistics and transport

Management consulting

Management, business, administration

Manufacturing and processing

Marketing, advertising and PR

Media and publishing

Medical and healthcare

Performing and creative arts

Property

Public sector and civil service

Retail, sales and customer services

Science, research and development

Social, community and youth

Teaching and education

Total 2015graduates

Number of graduates in our database by sectors

Over 152,000students to target

International reachAs part of the world’s largest graduate recruitment publishingcompany, GTI can help you attract and recruit internationally.

Universities79%

Otherinstitutions21%

Reach the gradireland database using featured jobs

� Your immediate vacancy or graduate scheme appearsin a prime position on the homepage, clicking through to the full job posting,which will also be linked to your online profile.

� In addition, featured jobs are emailed out torelevant registered users in our database.

Database andfeatured jobs

Send targeted emails to the gradireland database

Band A Band B Band C Band D Band E Band F

How to get hired? Bands B, C or DIf you want to target students and market your firm and your graduate opportunities, why not connectwith them directly to brief them on your graduate programme application process through a targeted,‘how to get hired’ mail? This highly effective mail will provide students with all the information they needto know about your firm and how to improve their chances of landing that job with your firm.

Top-up recruitment Bands C, D or EIf applicant quantity or quality needs a boost, send a targeted email to relevant candidates through a top-up recruitment mail to suitable sub-sections of our talentpool. Immediate response.

Campaign announcement/closing deadline/immediate recruitment/attendance at a careers fair Bands D & EDo you need to engage with students to let them know about yourupcoming deadlines or to market an immediate vacancy? Do youneed to market your attendance at an upcoming careers fair? If so,then a targeted email to our database will ensure that the rightstudents have the most up to date information on your graduateopportunities.

Campus presentationinvitations Band AEnsure that you maximisestudent attendance at yourcampus presentations througha gradireland targeted email.This will ensure that only themost suitable students foryour graduate or internshipprogramme[s] are aware ofyour offering, and when andwhere you’ll be on campus.

*This mail will be sent to amaximum of three campusesthat you will be attending, andup to three targeted segmentsof our database.

Competitions Bands D, E or F

If you have a competition offering or special offer for students, this targeted email will ensure the bestresponse to not only market your company and brand, but also drive entries and click throughs tocomplement your campaign.

14,001–20,000€2,550

20,001+€3,225

8,001–14,000€2,000

5,001–8,000€1,405

2,000–5,000€1,095

0–2,000 recipients€830*

gradireland is a fantastic resource for

targeting graduates. We have worked with the

gradireland targeted email on many occasions as it

offers the potential of targeting by sectors (such as

sales and marketing). The email also reaches a

highly relevant audience and this is reflected in the

open rate of the emails. A relevant reach and

friendly team. Colin Devenny, Blue Cube Interactive

“

We are delighted with the success we have had in attracting applications

through the gradireland advertising process. The use of the buttons, banners and

targeted emails ensured we received maximum exposure to our target audience and

this was reflected in the high level of strong graduates who applied to us.

We have also found your personal assistance and advice a huge help

throughout the process. Tanya Hunt, The Central Bank of Ireland

“

Early engagement/internships Bands D & EWith internships becoming increasingly important for students asthey make their career choices, as well as for employers in creatingand developing a talent pipeline, the internship mail is a cost-effective way for you to communicate the benefits of yourinternship programme to relevant students and to encourage them to apply ahead of your closing deadline.

Use the gradireland database for brand or product research

Student research Bands A, B or C

Are you looking to gain an insight into how students perceive your brand or products? Are students’opinions important to you? If so, connect directly with students and graduates in Ireland’s largest studentdatabase through a research based questionnaire and let their views inform your marketing plan.

We are extremely happy with the

service provided by gradireland. In particular, the

targeted emails ensured a large number of

applications from strong candidates with the

desired profile. Patrick Cadwell, SEKISUI MEDICAL Co.“ We got a great

response to the advert. I will

recommend your website to

clients looking to employ a

graduate. David Lafferty, FCCA“

Targeted emails

gradireland directory – the official careers directory

The official careers directoryfor all universities andinstitutes of technology inIreland, with a specialNorthern Ireland edition too

� 40,000 copies are distributed each year, reachingstudents on every third-level campus in Ireland andNorthern Ireland.

� Promote your organisation and advertise yourvacancies, whatever your size or budget.

� The only graduate careersdirectory in Ireland – it’sguaranteed to be picked up and read.

� Endorsed, promoted andrecommended by all careersadvisers.

� Fully integrated with– complement

your directory profile with anonline profile for maximum effect.

� All gradireland publications arealso available online.

Four page or double-page entry in A–Z section

Single-page entryin A–Z section

High profile cover positionadvertising within bespokeNorthern Ireland edition

Contact your accountmanager for more details.

Differentiationis key tomaking themost out ofyour entry

Display advert in editorial pages

Employer double page profile

gradireland advertising options to suit all employers, regardless of size or sector

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University of Ulster (Jordanstown) – 13th Oct 2014

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� The 100 most popular employers as voted for inIreland’s largest student poll.

� Lists the top employers in 11 key sectors of work.

� Based on an independent research surveyconducted by trendence, Europe’s leading graduateresearch firm.

� Distributed exclusively to students in the topuniversities through departments and careersservices.

� Acts as an invaluable research tool and referenceguide for students, careers services, professionalinstitutions and businesses across Ireland.

� Promoted through the gradireland National StudentChallenge; through print titles and at events; andaccessed directly from the homepage.

Ireland’s 100 leading graduate employers

Uniquely insightful editorial

Ireland’s 100 leading graduate employers advertising options

Get maximum impact with a company profile Or with a cover gatefold position

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Property,

Construction

& Facilities

Marketing

IT Systems

Public Relations

Visual

Communications

Procurement

Retail Operations/

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Buying

Risk/Compliance/

Legal & Insurance

Logistics &

Supply Chain

Management

Finance &

Accounting

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CIT – 1st Oct 2014

DCU – 2nd Oct 2014

GMIT – 6th Oct 2014

NUI Galway – 7th Oct 2014

GradIreland – 8th Oct 2014

UL – 9th Oct 2014

UCD Smurfi t – 10th Oct 2014

University of Ulster (Jordanstown) – 13th Oct 2014

LIT – 14th Oct 2014

UCC – 15th Oct 2014

Letterkenny IT – 20th Oct 2014

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Research powered by Top ten employers 2014 Top ten in ScienceTop ten in IT

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Europe’s leading employer brand report company

Student research

Measure the performance of your employerbrand using the trendence GraduateBarometer. Benchmark your graduate offeringwith our comprehensive annual survey ofgraduate salaries and recruitment trends.

Other advertising options:Four page profile • Display advert in editorial • Premium cover positions

Abbott IrelandPfizerBoston ScientificGlaxoSmithKlineAllergan PharmaceuticalsMedtronicStryker IrelandEli Lilly Company NovartisRoche

GoogleMicrosoftAppleIBMFacebookAccentureSAPHPtwitterDell

Ireland’s 100

1 Google www.google.ie2 Deloitte www.deloitte.com/ie3 Accenture www.accenture.com/ie-en4 Lidl Ireland www.lidl.ie5 PwC www.pwc.ie6 KPMG www.kpmg.ie7 – Dept of Education and Skills www.education.ie8 Microsoft www.microsoft.com/en-ie9 Jameson-Irish Distillers www.irishdistillers.ie

10 Abbott Ireland www.abbott.ie

The gradireland range of sector guides – to target students with sector-specific skills

� Highly focused sector-specific careers information.

� Distributed to and used by academic departments – niche targeting.

� Written by careers and industry experts.� Hugely popular with department heads

and career-minded students.� Distributed at campus fairs and

recommended by careers services.� Designed to promote your organisation

as a leading player in the sector.� Published online in the sector

sections within .

Essential products to reach students focused on specific careers

Titles in the series• Engineering • IT • Finance • Law • Languages

� Highly focused – promote your organisationexclusively to students in key universities.

� Careers advisers promote the Careers ServiceGuide in their classwork.

� Perfect for promoting internships as well asadvertising vacancies.

� Written by, used and promoted by individualuniversity careers services.

Target students at leading universities

Double-page entry inemployers’ A–Z section withgraduate profiles or display

Sector guides advertising options

Single-page entryin employers’ A–Zsection

Premium cover positions

This is an excellent

publication and will be of immense

value to engineering students.

Julie Goggins, Engineers Ireland“

gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards 201530 April 2015, The Mansion House, Dublin

The gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awardsand gala dinner in The Mansion House, Dublin isIreland’s premier event to celebrate andrecognise the strength of employer brands oncampus and excellence in graduate recruitment.

The gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awardsrecognise Ireland’s most popular graduaterecruiters, as voted for in a huge poll ofundergraduates, as well as the recruiters with thebest marketing campaign, work experience orinternship programme, and a host of othercategories (see panel on right).There are alsosponsorship packages available for companieswishing to associate themselves with the best inIrish graduate recruitment.

To reflect the continued growth in quality and quantityof submissions, silver and bronze awards have beenadded to all nominated awards categories for 2015,widening your chances of success!

Nominate your company for the followingawards:� Best Graduate Recruitment Website � Best Innovation on Campus � Best Student Marketing Campaign � Best Work Experience or Internship

Programme� The gradireland Diversity Recruitment Award� Best Graduate Training and Development

Programme� Graduate Employee of the Year� Graduate Employer of the Year

The Graduate Recruitment Awards was a well

organised showcase of higher education partnerships

with employers. A very successful event.

Seamus McConomy, University of Ulster“Well done to you all for putting on

such a great night! I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Please make sure you let me know as soon

as next year’s date is secured so I can put it

in the diary. Jane Murphy, Google“

research partnermedia partneras voted ingradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards

Congratulations on the Awards, you are upping

the game every year. Paul Vance, KPMG“

Sector guides & Awards

New

110 stands • 7,000 students • interview facilities • company presentations

� Extensively promoted to the gradireland.com database of registeredstudents and by careers services on campuses nationwide to maximisestudent participation.

� Meet thousands of career-minded students in one place.� Unique sector-based floor plan.� Expert CV clinics and extensive range of seminars ensure all-day

attendance from students seeking both careers advice and jobs.� The official national graduate careers fair in Ireland.� Social media support ensured the event trended on Twitter last year.

the official graduate careers fair for the following 13 Universities and Institutes of Technology

media partner

graduate careers fair

The most popular careers fairs in Ireland

Stand optionsThere are a huge range of stand options available, tosuit all budgets. However, stand positions are bookedup very early so we would encourage you to contactyour Account Manager to reserve your stand locationat the earliest available opportunity.

Specialist zones help direct students within the hall.Each fair also features Jobs Walls throughout the hall.These display live opportunities for students whichthey can apply to directly (over 3,000 live jobs wereadvertised at the October 2014 gradireland GraduateCareers Fair). This is a key factor in driving studentattendance and they are carefully positioned to ensureconsistent footfall around the hall.

Pre-event marketing is crucial to drive relevant andprepared students to your stand and create awarenessof your unique graduate offering. Options includetargeted emails to the gradireland talent pool,advertising in the pre-fair magazine and on the eventweb pages, and banner/MPU campaigns on

.

Thank you so much for your help [at the

gradireland Graduate Careers Fair]. We thoroughly enjoyed

the whole experience and were overwhelmed with the

enthusiastic response we received from the students on

the day. Eddie Dwyer, Jaguar Land Rover“

7 October 2015, RDS, Dublin

Excellent talks by Rowan Manahan

(networking) and Holly Fawcett (Social

Media) made the gradireland Graduate

Careers Fair well worth it. @QM79“IT Blanchardstown Dublin City

UniversityDublin Institute

of TechnologyDún Laoghaire IADT Dundalk Institute

of TechnologyInstitute of

Technology CarlowInstitute of

Technology TallaghtNational College

of IrelandMaynoothUniversity

St Patrick’s CollegeDrumcondra

The Open University Trinity CollegeDublin

Waterford Institute of Technology

More than 40 exhibitors’ stands • 3,800+ students • interview facilities • organisation presentations

� Promote your vacancies to motivated graduates available to startimmediately.

� Perfect for promoting internships to recent graduates or students goinginto their final year.

� Held after finals to ensure that attendees are career-focused.� Extensively promoted to the gradireland.com database of registered

students and by careers services on campus nationwide to maximisestudent participation.

� Expert CV clinics and extensive range of seminars ensure all-dayattendance from students seeking careers advice as well as jobs.

summer fair

� GRADchances are a series of innovative invite-only events whichbring the best and brightest students together with employers.

� Engage with relevant students via case study scenarios andpresentations.

� Each event is developed exclusively for employers in a specificdiscipline to network with top students .

� Targeted invitations to final and penultimate year studentsguarantee attendance.

gradireland event magazine� 15,000 copies distributed three weeks before the

fair to all campuses in Ireland.� Reaches all students, including those unable to

attend.� Summer magazine handed to students as they

leave final exams. � At the event it is also important to stand out.

Options here include advertising in the eventprogramme, inserting promotional material in theattendee goody-bags, and having drop-downbanners around the hall.

gradireland fair programmes� Given to all attendees at the fair – their essential

guide.� Free listing for all exhibitors.� Take a display advertisement to stand out.

Post-fair is often a great opportunity to reinforceimpressions made at careers fairs. Send a targetedemail to attendees following up with additionalinformation and links.

Maximise your fair presence

10 June 2015, RDS, Dublin

Well done on the Summer Fair

yesterday – great event, great day. There

were lots of students around and it went

very well. I heard there was a great buzz up

in the seminar rooms too!

Julie Goggins, Third Level Liaison, Engineers Ireland

“

Careers fairs

FD maintain a close link with gradireland and

their events as they are targeted, creative and engaging -

providing that fun factor which ignites passion in the

students when considering their career choices.

Liz O’Hanlon, First Derivatives“

Now in its fourth year, the National Student Challengeis a unique event from gradireland. It combines onlineassessment of the business acumen of students in thetop universities in Ireland with Final Day event-basedchallenges in order to identify and recognise Ireland’sbrightest and most able undergraduates.

The students who take part in the online assessmentare ranked on an overall leaderboard. The top 60students then progress to a Final Day contest wherethey complete a series of challenges which are createdin conjunction with cut-e and which reflect partnercompanies’ recruitment criteria and corecompetencies. The overall winning students receivecash prizes and each challenge also produces its ownindividual winner.

The gradireland National Student Challenge has been designed toallow organisations to partner with gradireland in two ways.

The contest will go online in September, with the Final Day takingplace in March. So take up the Challenge and partner with us in thisbold, innovative and exciting competition.

Gold partnerLimited to ten organisations, the Gold partnership package will giveextensive exposure on campuses and media channels across Ireland.Benefits include: logo featured prominently on all marketing collateraland dedicated website; sponsorship of an individual exercise at the

final event; online profile on event site; banners in the Final Dayvenue; advertising in the event programme; optional and freeconsultation with cut-e; all student data consisting of LeavingCertificate results, degree subject, email addresses, each individual’sonline exercise scores and assessment scores of the finalists; andfull post event feedback report.

Silver partnerThe Silver partnership package includes: logo featured on allmarketing collateral and dedicated website; online profile ondedicated website; advertising in event programme; bag insert ingoody bags for all finalists.

Partnership opportunities

Check out the challenge for yourself at

gradireland.com/challenge

It’s great to see employers supporting this type of

competition and getting some engagement with students.

That’s probably the most important thing .

David Galbraith, National Student Champion 2012“

We were delighted to be involved in the National Student

Challenge and we all really enjoyed the day! I do think it was a

great success and we look forward to participating again next year!

Kelly McShane, Head of Recruitment and Recruitment Marketing, EY“

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Key dates for your diary

Make sure you don’t missout on any of the gradirelandevents in 2015!

Student Challengeand Key dates

2 9 / j a n u a r y / 2 0 1 5Dubl in c i ty centre

1 1 / F e b r u a r y / 2 0 1 5RDS, Dubl in

2 / M A r c h / 2 0 1 5RDS, Dubl in

1 2 / M a r c h / 2 0 1 5UCD Quinn Bus iness School , Dubl in

8 / A p r i l / 2 0 1 5Dubl in c i ty centre

3 0 / A p r i l / 2 0 1 5The Mans ion House, Dawson St reet , Dubl in

1 0 / j u n e / 2 0 1 5RDS, Dubl in

7 / O c t o b e r / 2 0 1 5RDS, Dubl in

further study fair

STEM

graduate careers fair

summer fair

For a full list of gradireland’sevents see gradireland.com/search/events. To bookattendance at any of theevents listed above pleasecall your account manageron +353 (0)1 645 1500.

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