gradireland who are they and what do they do

kevin st guy

Please help during my exams i was eating my lunch in the snackery in DIT Kevin St i was given a leaflet about this event http://www.gradireland.com/summerfair/home/. i need help as i know nothing about the event or company for e.g. who are they and what do they do and more importantly are their events any good do i need to bring anything what happens at these sort of events. thanks

philtaylor

Cough - Shill - Cough.

If you really want to know I presume the username: gradireland who has one post and signed up this month will be along in a while to give you a detailed description as to the event and the benefit you will get from attending.

flash harry

philtaylor wrote: »

Cough - Shill - Cough.

If you really want to know I presume the username: gradireland who has one post and signed up this month will be along in a while to give you a detailed description as to the event and the benefit you will get from attending.

hehe

but to be fair they are a collection of career guidance form some of the main colleges and are interested in getting grads the best jobs possible....

Phaetonman

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justfortherecor

Shameless stuff.

Are you a comrade of Irish_Sailor and gradireland by any chance? Stick to handing out your books at uni careers fairs instead of these kinds of underhand publicity tactics.

AARRRGH

The fact that he made such an effort to distance himself from gradireland.com, i.e. his name is "Kevin St Guy" and he is a student in "DIT Kevin Steet", as well as this being his only ever post, makes me think he is a gradireland.com employee.

Phaetonman

How do these people have jobs?
If I was asked to do a bit of shilling you can bet it would work or at least be well under the radar.

You just do your employer more damage when you get it so wrong.

flash harry

Im not sure on that one, and no I have no vested interest in gradireland but is first post so who knows....

gradireland

Sorry to ruin the conspiracy theory, but no, we don’t know who Kevin Street guy is.

We signed up to input info that might be useful to grads looking for jobs or help answer some of the questions, but we will certainly be leaving the opinions on events/jobs etc up to you guys! If we have info to give we may as well be straight about it and have it come from gradireland.

gradireland

oh and to answer his question -

Bring a CV and wear something smart - you could be meeting your future employer. Also register before hand to skip any queues on gradireland.com/summerfair and do a bit of research on companies you are interested in before you come so you arent asking questions like 'what do you do?' ...trust me it happens all the time and companies are not impressed!

gradireland

AARRRGH

philtaylor wrote: »

If you really want to know I presume the username: gradireland who has one post and signed up this month will be along in a while to give you a detailed description as to the event and the benefit you will get from attending.

You were right.

gradireland

Hi there

If you are graduating you might be interested in the gradireland Graduate Careers Fair.

gradireland Graduate Careers Fair
Tuesday 14 October 2008
Main Hall, RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin
11.00 am - 5.00 pm
FREE ENTRY

Register at www.thegraduatecareersfair.ie

gradireland Graduate Careers Fair will feature 170+ companies, including some of the largest graduate recruiters in Ireland and abroad, several postgraduate providers, small to medium size companies and volunteer organisations.
A series of talks and seminars will run throughout the day and careers advisers will be at hand for one-to-one careers advice sessions.

gradireland Graduate Careers Fair starts at 11.00 am . Make sure you are there early so you can make the most of all the services available and get to talk to as many companies as possible.

jaffa20

Why cant this be held at the weekends rather than a Tuesday. I am a graduand and would be interested in attending but i am working so won't be able to make it.:o Oh well, guess i'll apply to the companies directly for the recruitment next year.

Oshare Bones

I'll be heading to this anyway, the merrill lynch stand guy is hilarious. gradireland I don't think bringing a CV is necessary. Last year they all just said "Use our online application form".

AARRRGH

kevin st guy wrote: »

Please help during my exams i was eating my lunch in the snackery in DIT Kevin St i was given a leaflet about this event http://www.gradireland.com/summerfair/home/. i need help as i know nothing about the event or company for e.g. who are they and what do they do and more importantly are their events any good do i need to bring anything what happens at these sort of events. thanks

gradireland wrote: »

Sorry to ruin the conspiracy theory, but no, we don’t know who Kevin Street guy is.

We signed up to input info that might be useful to grads looking for jobs or help answer some of the questions, but we will certainly be leaving the opinions on events/jobs etc up to you guys! If we have info to give we may as well be straight about it and have it come from gradireland.

Then why did you make the same font tag mistake as Kevin Street guy?

Serafijn

And why use this same thread to advertise a new event?

the_syco

jaffa20 wrote: »

Why cant this be held at the weekends rather than a Tuesday.

Cos all grads are jobless bums? Seriously, these graduation fairs are usually a load of bo||ox. The one in Croke Park is good... cos it's at the weekend, when you can actually goto it...:rolleyes:

dedon

Is this worth going to? Has anyone gone before? Just the trek up the Dublin and do the employers take note of you or is it just for people who can just visit their website and find out how to apply for a grad position??

I have applied for the big four already via their website.

Serafijn

There's a few advantages of going along in person. Firstly you have a chance to talk to a real person about the company and ask any questions you maybe wouldn't ask in an interview (it's pretty informal at these events). Also you will see a few companies you might not have heard of/thought about and get a better idea of what they're about. You have the opportunity to make an impression which might get you further than your CV alone.

Most importantly is that you get to swipe a load of free stuff from all the stands...