Internships offer a great opportunity to get some experience of the working world, preferably in an area in which you want to work, or something closely related. They provide the opportunity to learn how their studies can apply in a professional setting and it’s an important part of building a core of experience that can help you in identifying or choosing your career path. Between Tues 26th January and Thurs 4th February some of Ireland top employers will be delivering bespoke webinars for UCC students. The webinars will focus on Summer Internship opportunities and our Employer Q&A panels will give you an opportunity to learn more about how to make your application stand out from the crowd.
What you should do to get prepared:
Do your research: learn about the companies who will be attending and have some questions ready. Find out more about participating employers below.
Browse opportunities:our Summer Internship brochure includes all of the information you need about the opportunities our participating employers have to offer. The remainder of the guide is a directory of opportunities. Explore!
Register to attend Summer Internship Webinars on Connect by logging in with your student IT details. The unique registration link for each event can be found below.
In each of the following boxes you will find details of all upcoming Summer Internship Festival webinars. Learn more about each event and regsiter to attend:
Every year, the Court of Justice of the European Union offers a limited number of paid traineeships in the chambers of Members of the Court of Justice and the General Court and in the administrative departments of the Court.
Join us for a webinar and Q&A with staff from CJEU to hear about the programme and the application process. We will be joined by members of both the Irish language team and the English language legal-translation unit
There are two traineeship periods:
From 1 March to 31 July (applications to be made between 1 July and 15 September of each year)
From 16 September to 15 February for the traineeships in the Members' chambers and 1 October to 28 February for the traineeships in the administrative departments (applications to be made between 1 February and 15 April of each year)
Learn more about the JRI-America Internship Opportunities at this event. JRI-America (JRI-A) provides IT services for SMBC Group and its entities from our offices in the Kerry Technology Park, Tralee, as part of a global IT team with centres also in New York and London. We support Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC); SMBC is Japan's second-largest bank and a Fortune Global 200 company which offers a broad range of financial services both within Japan and internationally. JRI-A provides the IT services for the bank and wider group supporting operations across the Western Hemisphere (including the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa), while it's parent (JRI) provides the same in Japan and across Asia.
Since the Tralee office was established in 2011 we have grown rapidly, attracting both talented experienced staff as well as taking graduates and training them to develop into high quality professionals. The entirety of IT services required by a multi-national financial services firm are provided by JRI-A.
We look to continue to expand and strengthen our capability and to develop our next generation of IT developers, engineers, architects, analysts and administrators across the wide range of IT domains. We are seeking interns from Computer Science, Data Science, BIS and Business to join us this summer. Learn more about working at JRI-America and the application process at this webinar!
JRI America talks about operating in Kerry(IDA launch of JRI office in Tralee)
Learn more about the Deloitte Summer Internship Programme at this webinar and Q&A session with the Deloitte Early Careers team who will share their top tips for your application. They will also be joined by the Deloitte campus ambassador from UCC who will share their experiences working for Deloitte. Deloitte is a leader in professional services and consulting with a global network of 312,000 people in 150 countries. Deloitte's Irish team is made up of over 3,000 talented and driven individuals.
Deloitte is looking for students who are keen to keen to find out what's like to work in Professional Services and play an important role in their firm. An award-winning workplace, they offer challenging work and meaningful development opportunities.
Deloitte offer 7 types of internship Programmes:
Audit & Insurance
Consulting
Northern Ireland
Restructuring Services
Risk Advisory
Tax
Technology
Sourcing a Summer Internship
Wednesday 27th January
1-2pm
Join our Career Consultant Mary Coghlan for a talk on the kinds of internships that are available to undergraduate students. She will give hints and tips for finding the perfect internship and what you need to include on your application to be successful. Mary has over 20+ years’ experience in Career Services including Work Placement, Graduate Recruitment and Professional Services. As a Career Consultant she supports undergraduate and postgraduate students from all Colleges to make informed career decisions.
We will be joined by Emmet Fenton Leogue, Audit Manager at KPMG who will be giving inside hints and tips about how to stand out in interviews and on an internship with KPMG. If you’re interested in applying for an internship with KPMG this webinar could be your key to success!
If you’re thinking about a career in accountancy, but are not sure what it is all about KPMG is the place for you. KPMG hire 300 Interns each year from all degree disciplines. Their Summer Internship Programme offers you a fantastic opportunity to discover at first-hand what it is like to work at KPMG and help you to answer the questions you will be asking as you consider your career options.
Learn more about the EY Summer Internship Programme at this webinar. A Summer Internship with EY will give you quality hands-on training that has real-world application. You’ll work as part of a team, meet with clients and make a real contribution to EY projects. The students who join EY for the summer to make a real impact. You’ll receive specific training in a different business area to ensure that by the end of the summer, you will have a wealth of new skills. You may even be offered a graduate programme at the end of your internship!
If you are interested in learning more about summer internship opportunities and working with EY don't miss this event. Representatives from EY will share their top tips in applying to their summer internship programme.
Learn more about the EY Summer Internship Programme at this webinar. A Summer Internship with EY will give you quality hands-on training that has real-world application. You’ll work as part of a team, meet with clients and make a real contribution to EY projects. The students who join EY for the summer to make a real impact. You’ll receive specific training in a different business area to ensure that by the end of the summer, you will have a wealth of new skills. You may even be offered a graduate programme at the end of your internship!
If you are interested in learning more about summer internship opportunities and working with EY don't miss this event. Representatives from EY will share their top tips in applying to their summer internship programme.
Q&A Panel Presentation with the Maples Group, Hidden Hearing and JRI America
Q&A Panel Presentation with the Maples Group, Hidden Hearing and JRI America
How can you make your application stand out from the crowd? Learn some top tips from our panel of experts to help you apply for your Summer Internship 2021.
Learn more about Internships with Hidden Hearing. With a national network of 82 clinics, Hidden Hearing is Ireland’s leading provider of hearing healthcare solutions. If you are interested in a career in audiology, are passionate about making a real difference and enjoy working as part of a team then please join us for a webinar and Q&A with Hidden Hearing to hear about their short internship opportunities.
To learn more about the The Maples Group Professional Internship Programme please join us for this webinar where current staff will give a comprehensive overview of the programme, tips for completing your application and the virtual interview process.
The programme aims to give you an idea of what it is like to work as a trainee at the Maples Group in Dublin and is the primary recruitment process for future traineeships, providing an excellent platform for those interested in securing a training contract.
The programme has two intakes of four weeks each, during June and July. In 2020 the programme was adapted to take place on a fully virtual basis. It includes a mix of remote training; department, committee and global talks; various workshops, Q&A sessions and a number of social activities.
All internship placements in the programme are paid and offer you the opportunity to work alongside Partners, Associates and Trainees in one of our core practice areas - Corporate, Employment, Finance, Funds & Investment Management, Litigation, Property and Tax - for the duration of your internship.
Q&A Panel Presentation with PwC Ireland, Pinsent Mason and Cúirt Bhreithiúnais an Aontais Eorpaigh
Q&A Panel Presentation with PwC Ireland, Pinsent Mason and Cúirt Bhreithiúnais an Aontais Eorpaigh
How can you make your application stand out from the crowd? Learn some top tips from our panel of experts to help you apply for your Summer Internship 2021.
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