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Apply to a company with no vacancy

"What if the job you want hasn't been advertised yet?"

Why this is so fun

Most jobs in Ireland never make it onto a job board — they get filled quietly, by someone who showed up before the role existed. Sending a speculative application feels bold, maybe even a bit mad, but it puts you in a room nobody else bothered to enter. You learn to articulate exactly what you offer, not just what a job description asks for. There is something genuinely electric about getting a reply from a company in Dublin or Cork saying, actually, let us have a chat.

Someone who did this

Aoife (22), Cork — just finished a business degree, obsessively restores vintage runners

I sent a cold email to a small design studio on Drawbridge Street in January, purely because I'd been staring at their Instagram for about a year and a half.

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First 3 steps

  1. 1Pick one company you admire and find a named contact on LinkedIn this week.
  2. 2Write a speculative email showing one concrete idea you would bring to them.
  3. 3Use our cover letter tool to sharpen your pitch before you hit send.
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