Starting out on your career journey can be difficult and confusing. We're here to help you – whether you'd like help in generating some career ideas, exploring your interests, skills and motivations or just finding out what we do and how we can help – it is never to early to talk to us.
Use the tabs below to find information to help you explore your options and begin the process of gathering information about yourself in order to make an informed career decision.
If you are keen on finding employment related to your degree subject, use the links below to explore options with your degree
Did you know that, apart from professions requiring specialist training such as engineering and science etc. there are few career options closed to you through your choice of undergraduate subjects? While in general, different career paths are followed by graduates of different faculties, there is a wide range of options open to those of any discipline. These include:
With up to half of graduate jobs open to any discipline, the quality of your degree and your experience is far more important than your subjects.
Maynooth University graduates tell their Career Stories. Find out what they are doing now, how they got there and what advice they would give to current students and recent graduates.
Careers Interest Tests, Psychometric Tests & Self-Assessment Tests: use the Assessment Tests below to identify your characteristics and to generate career options that match.
Prospects Planner
As a job exploration tool, Prospects Planner aims to help you to:
Profiling for Success
This is an assessment tool which explores skills, interests, personality and learning styles. Use your Maynooth University email address to log in here: Profiling for Success. When you have completed the tests your report will be emailed to you.
Available Tests:
Choosing or Changing Course
Use the Careers Interest Tests to identify career interests and use the Qualifax Course Search to search for courses of interest to you. Qualifax provides comprehensive information on further and higher education and training courses as well as a calendar of career events and information on educational grants (we advise that you confirm all course information with the relevant course provider too).
At Maynooth University, your education extends beyond your degree and the classroom. It's not only about acquiring academic expertise through your program but also about actively participating in experiences that cultivate essential skills and valuable insights, empowering you on your career journey. Starting to think about your career can be overwhelming, but sometimes by getting involved in activities is the best first step, as it helps you realise your values, interests, and motivations. Our advice is to get involved.
Getting fully involved in campus life and all it has to offer will help you to grow and develop skills which increase your employability and readiness for the world of work. The experiences you gain can help to guide your future career.
Make friends, develop, and build networks while you are in Maynooth University by getting involved in clubs, societies, and campus initiatives to gain an understanding of different career sectors, be aware of upcoming opportunities, and develop the social skills you will need to launch your career.
As well as using the Careers Interest Tests available above, here are a few ideas on how to generate further career ideas:
Our Careers Advisers are available to meet with you to talk. You don't have to know what you want to do before you meet with us. We are happy to talk to students who have no idea where to go or how to start – we'll do our best to help you make a plan to get started in exploring some options – you can work at your own pace and come back to meet with us several times if you'd like.