What do you do for a living? I am a stay-at-home parent From my work through Griffin Career Consultancy and from speaking to friends, I am aware that many stay-at-home parents feel somewhat inadequate when answering this question. After putting their career on pause to care for their children whether that decision was made […]
Following on from the most recent Government announcements re Covid 19, there still seems to be a lot of uncertainty in the country surrounding the Leaving Certificate examinations for 2020. To help clarify some of the related issues, we decided to put to put together a brief summary of how we think the remainder of […]
The Big Day You made it! After years of study and last minute cramming, nervous preparations for class presentations and endless fall outs during group work – at long last, graduation has arrived. Graduation day is not like any other day you will experience throughout your college experience. There is no fretfulness or tension like […]
People ring us at Whitney Career Guidance very often and ask the question “do we do Aptitude Tests”? In most cases I’m pretty sure they don’t know what they are actually asking for. There seems to be an old body of opinion in society that completing an aptitude test is the only way to help […]
Congratulations to all post primary schools who have introduced Computer Science to their Senior Cycle Programme especially our local schools St. Mary’s CBS Enniscorthy and Creagh College Gorey. The introduction of computer science at Senior Cycle is such an added advantage for those students who have an interest in pursuing Computer Science in college. […]
Angela Lee Duckword, a teacher turned psychologist, reveals what factor determines whether a student will succeed or fail. Well worth a review. Copyright TED