Over 100 of Ireland's top graduate recruiters are expected to participate in Ireland's largest online graduate recruitment fair- gradireland Careers Fair 2020 - where hundreds of jobs will be on offer to graduates across all sectors.
Irish graduate employers attending include AIB, Enterprise Ireland, Intel, Lidl, Workday, Amazon, Davy and many more. Up to 4,000 graduates have already registered for the first ever virtual gradireland Careers Fair 2020 which runs on Wednesday 30th September and Thursday 1st October 2020.
This year's virtual gradireland Careers Fair 2020 will include a host of new online features to allow participants upload their CV's, book online meetings with prospective employers and access graduate employment opportunities from many of Ireland's leading graduate employers.
And the good news ahead of this year's gradireland Career's Fair is that graduate salaries are continuing to rise. Findings from the 2020 gradireland Graduate Salary & Recruitment Trends Survey show that the average graduate starting salary across all sectors has risen from €30,409 to €31,938. Areas such as engineering, technology, finance, and retail are amongst those offering the highest salaries. The survey also finds that despite the challenges presented by Covid-19 employers are still optimistic about graduate recruitment with 70% of employers planning to maintain or increase their graduate recruitment levels.
Commenting on this year's gradireland Careers Fair, Ruairi Kavanagh, of gradireland, said the outlook for2020 for graduates, despite the challenges, remains positive. He said:
"The Graduate Survey shows that key sectors of IT, Engineering, Banking and Finance, Accountancy, HR and Research & Development remain strong with recruiters seeing sustained growth in graduate jobs."
"This year's survey results should give graduates real confidence as they enter the jobs market and are a perfect backdrop for this year's gradireland Careers Fair 2020. It goes virtual for the first time and will be live from 12 noon to 6 pm on Wednesday 30th Sept. and Thursday 1st Oct. with a packed programme of live events and discussions. We are very excited about the opportunity this gives graduates from all over the country to explore job opportunities, fine tune their CV's, engage directly with recruiters and secure jobs and training that will bring them to the next stage in their careers, particularly during this uncertain time."
"Graduates need to pre-register for the Careers Fair 2020 now to plan their participation over the two days so that they get the maximum benefit from the packed online programme of events. These include graduate jobs, internships, graduate training programmes, CV Clinics, a stellar seminar schedule and the chance to explore further study options."
To find out more about this year's gradireland Graduate Careers Fair go to www.graduatecareersfair.com