Students and Graduates

Meet the Team

The Careers Service is available to help you to make decisions and consider your next steps.  We can help you to explore progression options with your course and help you to apply for opportunities of interest, whenever and whatever they might be. 

ATU Donegal (Careers Office, Student Support Services, (upstairs in the An Dánlann building))
Eileen Patton – Careers Officer
Ellis McCahill – Careers Administrator

ATU Galway Mayo (Room: 10009 (upstairs in the Library))
Fiona O’Donnell – Careers Officer
Aine Kilroy – Careers Administrator

ATU Sligo Careers Officers (Room: B1077 (Opposite the food court, on the main concourse))
Adette Ring – Careers Officer
Deborah Seddon – Careers Officer

Make an Appointment

Appointments can be made through Target/Careers Connect:
ATU Donegal
ATU Sligo
ATU Galway/Mayo

You might book an appointment with a Careers Officer to:

• Increase your awareness of career options with your chosen course.
• Discuss options for postgraduate study and acquire help with the application.
• Consider transfer to a different course or to a different university.
• Discuss and gain support with job hunting and graduate recruitment.
• Be supported in completing applications, compiling CVs and cover letters
• Receive analysis and help preparing for a job interview.
• Create an effective LinkedIn Profile

Careers Fairs & Industry Talks

ATU Careers Service provides you with multiple opportunities to meet potential employers, in-person and online.  We host hundreds of companies each academic year on our campuses, which result in many successful recruitment outcomes every year.  We encourage students to take the opportunity to actively engage and ask company representatives about the services, roles and placement opportunities they have available.

ATU Careers Service host speakers from a wide range of industry sectors each academic year.  We host multiple in person employer talks on our campuses and online, we host weekly ‘Webinar Wednesday’ industry-led careers talks throughout the academic year.

Access Target/Careers Connect

ATU Donegal students access here
ATU Galway Mayo students access here
ATU Sligo students access here (Coming soon!)

Career Readiness Digital Badge

We encourage all students to avail of the opportunity to achieve the ‘Career Readiness’ digital badge. This self-paced e-learning resource will provide you with useful strategies to help you to make effective career decisions and provide you with tools and insights that will be useful whilst at ATU and beyond. 

ATU Galway Mayo students, access here
ATU Sligo students, access here

Access CV Checker

CareerSet is a 24-hour online platform that gives you actionable, personalised feedback on your CV. Use your ATU email address for access and ensure your CV is in PDF format when uploading for review. Access here

Access Psychometric Assessments

ATU Careers Service has licensed tests from Team Focus so that you can explore your abilities, interests, motivations and style using quality psychometrics. 

These tests can help you to clarify your career progression after ATU and essentially help you to prepare for taking similar tests as part of an organisations graduate selection process.

The questionnaires available are:

• Numerical Reasoning
• Verbal Reasoning
• Abstract Reasoning
• Learning Styles Indicator
• Type Dynamics Indicator
• Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire
• Values-based Indicator of Motivation
• Career Interest Inventory

Access here