SOFT skills and customer-facing skills are becoming increasingly important, according to Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry. He made the comments during an address to a European Employment Forum in Brussels recently, where he spoke on the issue of youth unemployment. He said: “We are all facing the twin challenges of driving up skill...
ACCURATE, up to date careers information is crucial for job hunters seeking employment, according to Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry. He was speaking at the launch of a series of careers information fact sheets, available on the NI Direct website, providing information on employment opportunities, qualification requirements, wages and job trends within a...
SOUTHERN Regional College student Stephen Rooney from Kilkeel beat almost 6,000 entries from across the UK to become Best Young Landscape Artist of the Year. Awarded by the prestigious SAA (Society for All Artists), what makes Stephen’s story more incredible is that he was, throughout his studies, a fulltime carer for his dad. He said:...
TEN jobs have been created at a new pizza restaurant in Belfast city centre with more opportunities to come in the new year. The eaterie Pizza Jazz has opened on Great Victoria Street after two years of planning and an investment of over £200,000. The 40-seat restaurant offers gourmet pizzas, Italian cuisine and music, and...
THE Right to Work: Right to Welfare group has lobbied Belfast City Council to ensure public works schemes address the long term unemployed. Made up of unemployed people from across Belfast, the group presented over 1,500 signatures gathered at every dole queue in the city to councillors seeking the motion ‘Real Jobs Now’. The motion...
A NEW collaboration will create a number of job opportunities while providing support for people with learning difficulties. Niamh (the Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health) has joined forces with Oaklee Homes Group for their new venture, Inspire. This is the largest local collaboration between a housing association and a mental health charity and currently...
A NEW online training resource has been launched to assist health and social care workers move up the career ladder or take their first steps to a rewarding profession. The free e-learning courses and online resource have been developed by nursing agency, Lucas Love Healthcare. Director and registered nurse manager Sinead Polland said: “We have...
MORE than 700 families will benefit from an initiative designed to provide learning and job search advice. The Community Family Support Programme will benefit 720 families in areas of greatest need across Northern Ireland, offering employment advice, mentoring and help searching for a job. Following a successful pilot earlier this year the initiative, from the...
A new online training resource has been launched to assist health and social care workers across Northern Ireland move up the career ladder or take their first steps towards a rewarding profession. The free e-learning courses and online resource has been specifically developed by Northern Ireland’s fastest growing, registered Nursing and Domiciliary Agency Lucas Love...
Higher Education in Northern Ireland is competing with the best in the world, but needs to be adequately resourced if it is to continue to do so. That was the message from Northern Ireland’s three universities at a special event held in Parliament Buildings. The unique showcase, the first time The Open University, Queen’s University...
