Maynooth University Careers Service offers a free advertising service to employers.
Recruitment Agencies, also Teaching Agencies, please go to your specific section on this webpage.
The MU Careers Service now uses the "Connect" platform
Use Careers Connect to advertise
- Graduate Jobs, Graduate Programmes, Graduate Internships
- Entry Level jobs, Immediate Start Graduate jobs
- Relevant part-time jobs (admin etc)
for general FT/PT student jobs email details to employers@mu.ie
- Careers and Graduate Recruitment Events
To advertise Work Placements, Summer Internships, Summer jobs, Micor Internships, Insight Days, Competition etc
please go to the relevant section on this page to find out which other departments to advertise with.
Please Post your Graduate Programmes, Graduate Jobs, Graduate Internships on Careers Connect
(You can Register and Post Jobs at the same time here - When registering, the company website address must be entered using http:// e.g. http://www.company.ie )
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If you require further information on Graduate Programmes, Graduate Jobs, Graduate Internships, relevant p/t work please contact Lorraine Kelly employers@mu.ie
(Graduate Employer Liaison, Careers Service) - for all Placements, Summer Internships, Summer Jobs, Micro Internships, Insight Days, Competitions visit the relevant section on this webpage for further contact details.
Employer testimonials
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"I got a great response to my last advert'" Graduate recruiter
Degrees that include an accredited Placement:
Over 48 Maynooth University undergraduate and postgraduate courses include an accredited Placement (Internship) period where students gain work/professional experience as a requirement of their degree.
Placements in the following courses are managed by the Placement Office i.e. Accounting Business, Computer Science, Chemistry, Data Analytics, Design Innovation, Economics, Electronic Engineering.. To find out more visit The Placement Office website
Placements in the following subjects - Biology, Education (Early Childhood, Primary, Post Primary), Law & Criminology, Psychology, Youth & Community Work, Social Work are managed by the individual academic departments – List of Courses with Placements managed by directly by Academic Departments
Use ‘Future Ready Connect’ to advertise -
- Undergraduate Summer Internships
- Summer Jobs, Micro Internships
- Undergraduate Insight Days
- Competitions & related events
Please post your opportunities on Future Ready Connect
You can Register and post Opportunities at the same time
For more information please email: maire.buckley@mu.ie Employer Engagement Coordinator, Experiential Learning Office
For general student full-time and part-time work
Please email the details to studentlife@msu.ie
Recruitment Agencies:To advertise please let us know the name of the organisation you are hiring for- the organisation name will not be disclosed to applicants -email details to Lorraine Kelly (Graduate Employer Liaison, Careers)
Teaching Organisations (UK &Abroad): Due to the extremely high number of teaching vacancies received, we have set up a section on our website with links to the organisations rather than individual vacancies. In February and May this page is advertised to teacher education students - for now email details to Lorraine Kelly (Graduate Employer Liaison, Careers)
Joint Careers Fairs with gradireland
Maynooth University Careers Service joins gradireland and our colleagues in a number of other third level institutions in hosting a number of graduate careers fairs throughout the year.
During the Covid 19 pandemic gradireland have migrated their career events online through a virtual platorm designed to deliver for students and employers
Visit the gradireland website here
Annual Placement and Internship Virtual Fair 2021 - Wednesday 13th October from 11am to 3pm.
Hosted on the GraduateLand Platform. Promote your organisation’s placements, internships and short term work experience opportunities.
Limited places. Cost €200 (vat does not apply). Fair Registration link or
email enquiries with Placement & Intenship Fair in the subject line to
The Experiential Learning Office (maire.buckley@mu.ie) or The Placement Office (placement@mu.ie)
The Annual School of Business Virtual Careers Fair & The Annual Accountancy Virtual Showcase 2021 - 4th October 2021
For final year and postgraduate students
The event will again this year be held online via the Graduateland platform
School of Business Careers Fair contact niall.foster@mu.ie
Accountancy Showcase contact Fionnuala Doris - accountancyshowcase@mu.ie
The Annual Law Society Virtual Law Careers Fair 2021- 8th October 2021, 10am - 4pm
Hosted on the Graduateland Platform
Contact the Law Soceity: using Law Society Careers Fair in the subject line law@mulife.ie
Promote your organisation's opportunities by submitting information, links or content on any of the following and with strong advertising connections with both the students and academic departments, the Careers Service will actively promote these.
How to guides on
- video CVs
- telephone interviews
- video interviews,
- virtual interviews
- online assessment centres
- tacts virtual assessment centres
Offer Work Placements as part of students academic courses or Summer Internships:
Over 38 MU undergrad and postgrad courses include a built in Placement/internship period where students gain work/professional experience as a requirement of their degree
For less than 3 month internships contact maire.buckley@mu.ie
Graduate Career Stories:
Students find it extremely beneficial to hear from former graduates and this creates awareness of your organisation via the homepages of Academic Departments and the Careers Service, yet this resource is currently underused by employers. Using our ‘online Graduate Career Story form’, submit max 4/5 stories from MU Alumni currently on your staff (at different stages of their career and/or in different roles) .