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2014 Our Lady and St Patrick’s College
Careers Convention
Date: Thursday 20th November 2014
Time: 7.30-9.30pm
Location: Sports Hall, College Hall
and Drama Studio
Welcome to our 2014 Careers Convention
I would like to personally welcome each of you to our 2014 Careers Convention.
It’s an exciting time for the Careers Department as we continue to grow and adapt, at all
times remaining motivated and responsive to the needs and interests of our students.
This event aims to provide students and parents with the opportunity to obtain valuable,
current information on further training, study and possible career choices here in Northern
Ireland or further afield. Great care has been taken in ensuring we have a diverse range of
employers and further and higher education establishments represented at this year’s
Careers Convention.
School staff and business partners have continued to meet the challenges of providing
effective and up-to-date careers advice and information to students across all year groups.
Whilst we are aware that this Convention may not provide all the answers, it should help
enlighten students and empower them to make sense of what the future may hold for them.
I hope that you find the Convention both enjoyable and informative. I would like to thank
each of you for attending this year’s event, but may I also extend my thanks to all of the
exhibitors present here this evening for taking time out of their busy schedules to support
the Careers Department at the school. We could not accomplish what we do without your
support.
Mr James Davey - Head of Careers
Topic
Location
Time
Medicine at Queen’s University
Drama Classroom
7.45pm
Teaching at St Mary’s University College
English 1
7.45pm
Trinity College & CAO Applications
English 2
8.00pm
The Importance of Languages in Modern
Business
English 1
8.15pm
Careers in Law
Drama Classroom
8.30pm
Top Tips and Sample Questions
Careful planning and preparation in advance of the event are important.
 Decide on 3 or 4 career areas that interest you, taking your academic ability, aptitudes
(things you are good at) and interests into account.
 If you have already decided on the specific career area that interests you, it would be
advisable to investigate other career areas that are in some ways similar.
 When you have decided which exhibitors to visit, make a written or mental note of the
specific questions that you intend to ask, and use this programme to find out exactly
where their stand is located.
Please see below for a list of sample questions:
1.
What GCSE / A Level subjects did you study at school?
2.
Did you stay in school until Year 14?
3.
Do you need a degree to do your job?
4.
Did you have any work experience before you got your job?
5.
What qualities / skills are important in your job?
6.
What does a typical day involve?
7.
When did you know what career you wanted?
8.
Do you have any advice for someone interested in pursuing this career?
9.
What is the best / worst thing about your job?
10.
What advice would you give a 14 year old choosing their GCSEs?
11.
Would you still do your job if you won the lottery?
 If you have any time left, stroll around the remaining stands. Don’t be afraid to listen to
any adviser speaking to someone else because what you hear may be relevant and
important to your career plans.
 Many of the exhibitors will have leaflets, which you can take but only take leaflets
relevant to the career area you are investigating.
List Sectors & Exhibitors
Area of Expertise
Organisation
Represented
Exhibitor
Stand
No.
1
Accountancy & Finance
BDO
Ms Helen Allen
Mr Niall Brady
1
2
Accountancy & Finance
Chartered Institute of
Management
Accountants
(CIMA)
Mr Kevin Gormley
31
3
Accountancy & Finance
Deloitte
Mr Gary Ormsby
3
4
Accountancy & Finance
PriceWaterhouse
Coopers (PWC)
Ms Paula Murnin
Mr Mark McArdle
12
5
Anaesthetics
Royal Victoria Hospital
Mr David McNamee
48
6
Architecture
Chartered Institute of
Architectural
Technologists
Mr Gareth Alexander
Mr David Traynor
55
7
Aecom
Mr Ciaran Fitzgerald
57
8
Architecture & Civil
Engineering
Armed Forces
RAF Careers
Sgt Dave Isley
41
9
Banking & Finance
Danske Bank
Ian Duddy
34
10
Catering, Health Records &
Administration
Belfast Health & Social
Care Trust
11
Civil Engineering
ARUP
Mr John McGill
Ms Emma McFarland
Ms Tara O’Neill
Mr Conor Molloy
Ms Rachel Murnaghan
64
12
Civil Engineering
Institution of Civil
Engineering
Mr Kieran Owens
Mr Conor O’Hagan
Dr Sreejith Nanukuttan
26
13
Dentistry
Dr Ed Mulhern
18
14
Dentistry
Mr Greg Blaney
21
15
Dietetics
Ulster Hospital
Ms Fiona Armstrong
35
16
Digital Media
Nerve Belfast –
Creative Learning
Ms Meabh McCaffrey-Lau
30
17
Engineering
Bombardier
Ms Fiona Nugent
Mr Tony Monaghan
51
18
Engineering
Northern Ireland
Electricity (NIE)
Ms Michelle Doone
Mr Neil Johnston
53
44
19
Engineering
Schrader Electronics
Ms Lisa Gepp
Ms Laura Jayne Watson
28
20
Engineering
Whale Pumps
Mr James Friel
Mr Adam Hirsk
32
21
Engineering
Apprenticeships
Entrepreneurship
Engineering Training
Council
Invest NI
Mr Jim McIlveen
37
Ms Catherine O’Neill
Mr Frankie McCourt
50
23
Estate Agency &
Management
John Minnis Estate
Agency
Mr John Minnis
Ms Leah Griffin
49
24
Further Education
Belfast Met
Mr Michael McCamley
4
25
Further Education
South Eastern
Regional College
(SERC)
Ms Leonora Little
Ms Lisa Kelly
47
26
Higher Education
Liverpool Hope
University
Ms Emma Fereday
8
27
Higher Education
National University
Ireland – Galway
Ms Grainne Dunne
10
28
Higher Education
St Mary’s University
College
Ms Susan Morgan
17
29
Higher Education
Trinity College
Dr Sean O’Reilly
39
30
Higher Education –
Agriculture, Food &
Horticulture
College of Agriculture,
Food & Rural
Enterprise (CAFRE)
Mr Nigel Hill
5
31
Higher Education –
Queen’s University
School of Psychology
Professor Peter Hepper
32
Higher Education –
Queen’s University
Creative Arts
Drama
Studio
33
Higher Education –
Queen’s University
Chemistry & Chemical
Engineering
Drama
Studio
34
Higher Education –
Queen’s University
English
Drama
Studio
35
Higher Education –
Queen’s University
Law
Drama
Studio
36
Higher Education –
Queen’s University
Management School
Drama
Studio
37
Higher Education Queen’s University
Mechanical and
Aerospace
Drama
Studio
38
Higher Education –
Queen’s University
Modern Languages
Drama
Studio
22
Drama
Studio
39
Higher Education –
Queen’s University
Nursing and Midwifery
Drama
Studio
40
Higher Education –
Queen’s University
Planning &
Architecture
Drama
Studio
41
Higher Education –
University of Ulster
Art, Design & Built
Environment
Dr Robert Eadie
Mrs Ursula Walsh
62
42
Higher Education –
University of Ulster
Art, Design & Built
Environment (Energy
& Building Services)
Dr Jayanta Mondol
Dr Aggelos Zacharopoulos
Dr Mervyn Smyth
63
43
Higher Education –
University of Ulster
Art, Design & Built
Environment
Mr Mark Hamill
13
44
Higher Education –
University of Ulster
Computing &
Mathematics
Dr Gaye Lightbody
60
45
Higher Education –
University of Ulster
European Business &
Languages
Ms Teresa Lennon
52
46
Higher Education –
University of Ulster
Life & Health Sciences
Mr Frank McCann
38
47
Higher Education –
University of Ulster
Ulster Business
School - Accountancy,
Finance & Economics
Mrs Judith Wylie
Mr Andrew Darlington
19
48
Information Technology
Intel
Mr Barry Donnelly
Mr Stephen Gallagher
54
49
Information Technology
Bring It On
Ms Kate Wilson
42
50
Information Technology
CME Group
Mr Roger Moore
45
51
Information Technology
Euronext
52
Information Technology
Kainos
Mr Jonatham Holmes
Mr Christopher McKavanagh
Ms Sandra Woods
27
53
Information Technology
Liberty IT
Ms Virginia Toombs
Ms Gillian Armour
Ms Mairead O’Cuinn
56
54
Information Technology &
Telecommunications
BT
Ms Lauren Murtagh
Mr Michael McMorris
Mr Sean Burns
59
55
Law
Pinsent Masons
Ms Donna Matchett
Ms Sarah Stewart
58
56
Law
Tughans
Mr John McGuckian
Mr Adrian O’Connell
25
22
57
Law (Barrister)
Bar Library
Mr Niall J Hunt
20
58
Law (Barrister)
Bar Library
Ms Sheena Mahaffey
23
59
Marketing & Advertising
Castlereagh Borough
Council
Ms Emma Kelly
46
60
Maths & Statistics
NI Statistics &
Research Agency
(NISRA)
Mr Iain Bryson
Dr Deborah Brown
16
61
Media
UTV
62
Medicine
63
Medicine – GP /
Community
64
33
Dr Louis Lau
29
Saintfield Health
Centre
Dr Sheila Gunn
40
Optometry
McElholm Opticians
Mrs Edel McElholm
61
65
Pharmacy
Queen’s University
Belfast
Ms Heather Tunney
9
66
Pharmacy - Hospital
Ms Maire McGrady
7
67
Pharmacy – Community
Medicare Pharmacy
Group
Mr Michael Guerin
7
68
Physiotherapy
South Eastern Health
& Social Care Trust
Ms Jane Davidson
36
69
Police Service
PSNI
Sgt John Hanna
Const Michael Gibson
11
70
Scientific & Medical
Research
Centre for Public
Health
Dr Helen McAneney
Ms Eimear Barrett
24
71
Social Work
Belfast Health & Social
Care Trust
Mr Theo Raykoske
6
72
Student Finance
South Eastern
Education & Library
Board (SEELB)
Ms Jenifer Scott
Ms Joanne Faloon
Ms Berna McStravick
14
73
Various Apprenticeships &
Graduate Roles
Belfast City Council
74
Veterinary Medicine
SiSaf
Mr Simon Doherty
15
75
Voluntary Work / Gap Year
Volunteer Now
Mr Scott Cooper
Ms Rachel Pollock
43
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