The Interview Series: Caroline Kennedy, Head of Careers, National College of Ireland

Declan chats to Caroline Kennedy, Head of Careers at the National College of Ireland about the current state of the careers market for students at all levels. They discuss what organisations and the students are currently looking for, connecting companies with student talent in our current environment, and the interesting ways to build those relationships to create a longer term pipeline for talent….Caroline’s bio and contact details are below…

Bio

Caroline Kennedy is Head of Careers ath national College of Ireland, has a degree and master’s in Psychology together with a postgraduate diploma in Careers Education. She entered the HEI sector 17 years ago. Caroline is a board member of the Association of Higher Education Careers Services (AHECS) the representative body for HEI Careers Services in Ireland, and is on the steering committee of Block W.

The NCI Career Development & Employability team have won the National AHECS Gold Award for Excellence in Employability in 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018. We were highly commended in 2021 and won the Education Award for Career Impact Strategy in 2019

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LinkedIn: http://ie.linkedin.com/in/carolinekennedynci