Work Placement CSM4

SanNJay

Hi all,

i'm in CSM4 at the moment and looking for ideas for work placement in terms of companys, past experience etc etc.

help is much appreciated.

Sandra

Genghiz Cohen

There is an insurance company in Carlow right now, they werent taking on programmers last year but this year might be different.

Unum is the name of the company so email here:
UnumIrelandCareers[at]unum[dot]com (Take that spambots!)

Kiith

I did my placement in Wyeth in Grange Castle (near Clondalkin). Was a great job to have, as you get some decent experience in day to day computer work. It is fairly basic stuff though. You wont be working on servers, or doing any programming, but the you will either be on the phones (1st level support) or desktop (2nd level). They have also taken loads of Carlow students over the years.

Also, i got a job out of it after college, which was dead handy.

wheres me jumpa

I trained Kiith to become what he is today, so yes there is a fine history of Carlow IT students going to Wyeth. There will be several placements available via the college, a handful of them are worthwhile. So a good idea is to try source a placement yourself.

SanNJay

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

I trained Kiith to become what he is today, so yes there is a fine history of Carlow IT students going to Wyeth. There will be several placements available via the college, a handful of them are worthwhile. So a good idea is to try source a placement yourself.

hey, thanks for the advice. i am going to try a few companies myself first the college haven't really given us any companys that may suit yet. have to get the CV's done up first.

theres only 12 of us in fourth year so hopefully we'll all get somewhere worthwhile.

what is Wyeth in Newbridge like?

Sandra

johnnybmac

Hey Sandra,

Just thought i'd let you know that there's 35 students in CSM3 who will also be looking for placements this year.

By the way, how come there are only 12 in your class. Please tell me its not from a high fail rate...

SanNJay

Hi
well i dont' know really why theres only twelve of us. There was 28 in our class last year - some failed, some got work, some hated third year so much that they just didn't come back.

i think the third year this year is much better with the work placement module. the project alternative is just a plain nightmare - was for me anyway.

so where are ye all planning on applying to?

johnnybmac

I was going to give wexford hospital a go but the HSE are seemingly planning 1000 redundancies so that will probably be a non starter, will probably try the county and town councils, local IT companies etc...

Kiith

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

I trained Kiith to become what he is today, so yes there is a fine history of Carlow IT students going to Wyeth. There will be several placements available via the college, a handful of them are worthwhile. So a good idea is to try source a placement yourself.

You trained me how to find all the secret break rooms...thats it!

The_B_Man

Also, i think they may have put an end to the tradition of hiring carlow students....

wheres me jumpa

Kiith wrote: »

You trained me how to find all the secret break rooms...thats it!

Yes, that is the most important training of all. Eoinzy didnt get that training and look what happened him!

woodyg

i'd be stunned if they hired any one from carlow this year with all the people there trying to get rid of. That and yea think they would have learned there lesson after having eoizy there!

wheres me jumpa

Well the Newbridge and Grange Castle site are independant. The reason for the layoffs in Newbridge is product related and not entirely recession related.

From an employer point of view, you get a cheap employee for 6 months so it is more than possible they will take on people. Even so it will be tough finding placements for everyone this year.

The_B_Man

Why do i keep gettin mentioned? Particular people in there were highly focused on giving a good impression, and I was friendly to everyone person in there! Perfect gentleman!!

wheres me jumpa

Clearly the perfect employee!

The_B_Man

clearly! but obviously due to unforseen circumstances in the market, and fiscal instability, some cuts had to be made. if u had a choice, who would ya nominate to go; someone who is crap, but ya like, or someone really good, but who ya bully every day and cant stand? obvious answer there. tho ya cant cut them for that reason, ya have to have a watertight reason like "7 minutes".

car

SanNJay wrote: »

Hi
well i dont' know really why theres only twelve of us. There was 28 in our class last year - some failed, some got work, some hated third year so much that they just didn't come back.

i think the third year this year is much better with the work placement module. the project alternative is just a plain nightmare - was for me anyway.

so where are ye all planning on applying to?

God why wasnt there a work placement module when I did CSM3, I failed my project first time around and had to go back and resit it during the summer, that was one of the main reasons why I didnt go on and do 4th year, I had enough of college after the fecking projects

The_B_Man

Were you one of the people in the first CSM class that had everyone go back during the summer? ya woulda started in 2001.

car

no i did the course just over 3 years ago.

The_B_Man

ye that probably woulda been the year im talking about. 1 year ahead of kiith and wheresmejumpa.

woodyg

that was my year, we didnt do anythin like that. the course has been going about 10 years at this stage, i new a few of the original heads from it.

The_B_Man

were u not in the same class as kate and fiona and them? they all repeated their project in the summer, and were the first year to do so.

wheres me jumpa

How are the placements going this year considering the current economic climate? Willl all students be placed?

RedXIV

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

How are the placements going this year considering the current economic climate? Willl all students be placed?

ha ha, no not a chance. they couldn't place 13 of us in the year last year and this year they have 25. never gonna happen

wheres me jumpa

Ouch, thats a pity guys. The placement is incredibly useful for when you finish up.

shabby

And so what happens if not placed on your work experience?! Can you go on the dole or could you skip straight into 4th year as you have a year of nothing ahead!!?

johnnybmac

The work placement is supposed to start in march (just after final exams) and end in september, then back in to 4th year. If we dont find placement, we do an intensive project from march to may. The entire project must be done under supervision, in the college...

wheres me jumpa

shabby wrote: »

And so what happens if not placed on your work experience?! Can you go on the dole or could you skip straight into 4th year as you have a year of nothing ahead!!?

As JBMC pointed out you will have to do a project. A further worry would be the following year. Back when there was a placement to be had, your final year project was based around the work placement. You picked a project and applied it to the company you worked for.

If the class is struggling for placements then Im not sure what your final year project will be based on.

It sounds a bit drastic but has anyone considered offering their time free of charge? Many work placements are unpaid in other colleges so it might be worth considering.

RedXIV

shabby wrote: »

And so what happens if not placed on your work experience?! Can you go on the dole or could you skip straight into 4th year as you have a year of nothing ahead!!?

wheres me jumpa wrote: »

As JBMC pointed out you will have to do a project. A further worry would be the following year. Back when there was a placement to be had, your final year project was based around the work placement. You picked a project and applied it to the company you worked for.

If the class is struggling for placements then Im not sure what your final year project will be based on.

It sounds a bit drastic but has anyone considered offering their time free of charge? Many work placements are unpaid in other colleges so it might be worth considering.

Not in our course Unfortunately for the poor guys who didn't get placed in our course, they have to get it after 4th year when they have their jobs. they can't get their degree until they've served their time