Why choosing the right career path early saves years of worry

We all know someone who’s not happy in their job – likely more than one. Sadly, this seems to have become the norm: the idea of trudging miserably through Monday to Friday, only to escape to the weekend for two days of freedom and joy. When you consider that the average person spends close to a fifth of their total …

What to do when your child doesn’t want to follow your career choice

How can parents accept that their children may not follow in their footsteps? Should children be able to choose a career in which they’re happy or passionate? As parents, we consciously or unconsciously guide our children toward certain choices and away from others. But parental pressure on career choice is another matter, with parents expecting their children to choose a …

Make Your Teaching Lessons Stick

How to help your students discover their ideal career

It isn’t easy to choose a career and figure out what you want to do in life. It often takes years of struggle and hard work to discover what makes you happy. Helping young people find their passions can make a big difference and can help in choosing a career path. If people pursue work they don’t enjoy, no matter …

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The 6 Traits That Will Make Your Teaching Lessons Stick

Ideas that stick are those that are understood and remembered. As an educator, you are at the frontline of stickiness. You have a limited time to help your students learn, understand and remember concepts and ideas. And that is pretty challenging. Most of your students aren’t running into school eager to learn about sedimentary rocks, trigonometry or compounds. But there …

Picking College Courses

3 Useful Tips to Help Your Students Pick the Right Course

Overall, about one in six college students in Ireland do not progress to second year. However, the dropout rate is as high as 70% for many courses and fields such as construction, engineering and business studies have some of the highest dropout rates. Dropping out of college can be traumatic and costly for the student and their family and it …

An Incredible Story – Teaching Children About Prejudice

Children start understanding prejudice by the time they turn three and by the time they enter pre-school, they can already see how characteristics such as skin colour or gender affect how people perceive them and their peers. Given that the Immigrant Council of Ireland recently stated that Muslims living in this country continue to suffer physical and verbal abuse as well as widespread discrimination, …

How to Prepare Your Students for the World of Work

How to Prepare Your Students for the World of Work

For the past 20 years, employers have stated that they want employees who are able to display the 4 Cs – critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication skills. Secondary schools have a significant role in helping students develop these skills to prepare them for the world of work. In this blog post, we have listed four areas that need to …

How Young People Make Career Decisions

How Young People Make Career Decisions

Research from the ESRI found that nearly 50% of young people regretted their post-leaving cert college and work choices and 53% said that they would not follow the same path again. This is reflected in the high college dropout rate (Around 1 in 6 students drop out in their first year). Research from sources such as Waterford Institute of Technology and the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching …

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5 Career Guidance Tips for School Leavers and Recent Graduates in Ireland

As many college graduates and school leavers enter the workforce in Dublin and Ireland for the first time, this blog post provides 5 career guidance tips to help them (the advice applies to others as well) navigate and excel in their career. 1. Hit the Ground Running From day one, you should do everything you can to add value to …