My Services
2nd Level Students. Parents/Guardians. 3rd Level Students & Graduates. Adults & Professionals.
2nd Level Students
“Believe you can and you are half way there.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
Study skills
Motivation tips, setting goals and targets, assessing your learning style, developing study skills, drawing up a study plan and putting it into practice.
Senior Cycle options and subject choice
Look at the options available such as Transition Year, the Leaving Certificate Applied Programme (LCA), Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP), and the traditional Leaving Certificate. Examine the structure of each option, the education options within the programmes and the opportunities available once you have completed them.
Get support in making subject choices for Senior Cycle, looking at your skills set, interests and the impact of choices on possible college courses and future career options.
Identify the entry requirements for college courses, apprenticeships and training opportunities.
Explore your strengths, personality traits, talents, aptitudes, skills, achievements and natural abilities to find the perfect career choice for you.
Course research and college applications for Further and Higher Education
Explore what path you want to take after school. Get clarity on the many options available to you.
Look at specific courses to include in your CAO application and make sense of the detailed information relating to courses and colleges and the application process itself.
Examine options for applying to college outside of Ireland including the UK and Europe. Get help with preparing a personal statement and for interview.
Examine all the options available in Colleges of Further Education to complete Courses for Progression (PLCs) and learn about their links onwards to Institutes of Technology or Universities in Ireland and abroad.
Look at the direct-entry possibilities offered by Teagasc in Agricultural and Horticultural colleges.
Learn about the HEAR (Higher Education Access Route) and the DARE (Disability Access Route to Education) schemes – check your eligibility, the supports available and the application process itself.
Check out the financial supports available for 3rd level students and adults returning to education.
Are you planning to defer your course or to take a gap year? Would you like help in making a plan to ensure that you get optimum benefit from the experience?
Apprenticeships, traineeships/courses for employment and direct entry to the world of work
Delve into the apprenticeship options available to you in the areas of auctioneering, biopharmachem, construction, electrical, engineering, finance, hairdressing, hospitality & food, ICT, motor, logistics and sales. Find out more about how you ‘earn while you learn’.
Have a look at the choice of Traineeships which are developed and delivered by the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) working in partnership with industry representatives and employers nationwide.
Are you planning to go directly into the world of work and in need of a CV, need help with an application form or practice with interview skills?
Parents/Guardians
“Behind every child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first.”
-Matthew Jacobson
As a parent you want to support your son/daughter when they make important choices about their future. The best way to do so is to be well informed yourself. You know them longer than anyone else and have an important role to play in helping them at this stage of their career journey but it can be daunting and sometimes overwhelming to sift through all the information that is available.
Book a one-to-one consultation and I can help you and your son/daughter through the process of:
Choosing what path to take after Junior Cert – Transition Year, Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA), Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) or the traditional Leaving Certificate.
Deciding on what subjects to choose to keep the best options open to them in line with what suits them best bearing in mind careers they are interested in.
Making sense of the many and varied options open to your son/daughter after 2nd level education.
Looking at the strengths, talents, interests, skills, values and personality traits of your son/daughter to see what courses best suit them going forward.
Exploring options when he/she really doesn’t know what they want to do after school or if they really dislike school, are finding it difficult to get focused and motivated or become an early school-leaver.
Applying to the CAO system, UCAS (UK) and universities in other countries.
Exploring the financial supports available to students and in 3rd level.
Assisting with research on eligibility for the HEAR (Higher Education Access Route) the DARE (Disability Access Route to Education) schemes and support with the application process.
3rd Level Students & graduates
“Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life because you become what you believe.”
-Oprah Winfrey
Now that you have made progress on the early part of your career journey, it is helpful to plan for the exciting next chapter.
By booking a one-to one-consultation I can help you to:
Consider alternative courses if you have chosen the wrong course and want to change.
Apply for work placement or co-op education by preparing your CV and working on interview skills for potential placement opportunities.
Explore postgraduate courses and prepare your application.
Embark on finding a job by helping you to start your job hunt, compile your graduate CV, write a cover letter for a specific job, complete an application and prepare for interviews.
Plan a gap year after you complete your course to ensure that you get the optimum benefit from the experience personally and professionally.
Adults & professionals
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.”
-George Eliot
It is never too late to change and develop your career. Whether you wish to progress in your current employment, adapt to a change in your personal circumstances or change your career completely you have come to right place.
Book an one-to-one consultation if you are interested in exploring your options and formulating a personal career plan.
I can help you with:
Working towards making a decision if you are at a crossroads in your career. If you are unhappy or unfulfilled in your current role or simply want to change direction we can work together to look at your past experiences and potential opportunities, enabling you to formulate a personal plan to move forward in your career.
Exploring your skills and competencies, attributes, interests and values to identify your ideal job and put a plan into action to achieve it.
Preparing to return to the world of work after some time out of the workplace.
Searching for a job when you are not sure where to start.
Compiling or updating your CV, writing a cover letter, completing application forms
Preparing you for interviews. I understand how daunting it is to face an interview board in person or virtually. Together we will work on your ability to sell yourself effectively to potential employers. We will prepare and practice interview questions and answers and ensure that you cant approach the interview with a sense of calm and confidence. This will enable you to display your competence more effectively.
Looking at the options open to you if you wish to update your existing education and skills. We can explore the range of full, part-time and online courses, many of which now use a blended learning model which are available to you including over 300 Springboard courses in various institutions around the country.