Youth Support
Certificates of achievement have been presented to young unemployed people who have completed the Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre Youth Initiative Scheme. The eight week project aims to help 16 to 24-year-olds identify and overcome personal and other barriers in the way of training, further education and employment, such as apprenticeships. Presenting the certificates, Employment Minister...
Job Ambassadors
The Prince’s Trust in Northern Ireland has announced the recruitment of three young people as job ambassadors. They are the first three of 18 to be employed in Northern Ireland in the next three years, and will work to help another 1,800 young people to find work. The Trust launched its Job Ambassador scheme in...
Investing in people brings added rewards
Thirty-five businesses from across Northern Ireland are celebrating their ‘additional’ accreditation at Gold, Silver and Bronze levels in the prestigious Investors in People (IiP) framework. Hosting an event at Belfast Castle recently, Dr Stephen Farry, Minister for Employment and Learning, said the additional accreditation was the result of an extended IiP framework introduced in 2009....
Get More Skills
The Department for Employment and Learning is calling on all prospective learners to sign up to a free Essential Skills course. Essential Skills courses in numeracy, ICT and literacy can help not only with day-to-day family life and everyday tasks but also help with future career choices. David Berrisford, a regional winner at the Essential...
Circle Expanding
Full Circle Management Solutions Ltd in Belfast is expanding to meet the growing demand for its professional services as a result of new business secured from Invest Northern Ireland’s trade missions to India, Sri Lanka and the Baltics. To facilitate further export growth and its plans to target new international markets, Full Circle has just...
Firm’s Fund Boost
Invest NI’s Jobs Fund will help a Tyrone company double its turnover in the next three years, according to Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster. Announcing 70 new jobs recently at water treatment facilities firm TES NI Ltd in Cookstown she said: “Invest Northern Ireland has offered support through its Jobs Fund to enable the company to...
Pay Tracker App
Ever wondered if your pay is keeping pace with those in other sectors… wonder no more as a new app will reveal current salary levels in Northern Ireland across a range of disciplines. Brightwater, the recruitment agency behind the app, has published Northern Ireland salary surveys for the last decade but this is the first...
Ideal Job For High-Flying Eagle
AIRCRAFT engineers, local government workers, store managers, bar staff and a new chief executive of industrial and fair employment tribunals are amongst hundreds of jobs being advertised today. The posts – paying up to £102,000 – are amongst over 400 in our NI JobFinder supplement. Also recruiting is the Citizens Advice Bureau and Royal British...
Lucas Love Healthcare: 30 Nurses, 30 Days Week Two
Lucas Love Healthcare: 30 Nurses, 30 Days Week Two Benefits of being a Nurse There are many reasons why a person chooses to become a nurse. One might argue that it is one of few the recession-proof career choices. One might also argue that one can make a decent living as a nurse. While...
New Social Projects To Create 23 Jobs
Three new social enterprises will create 23 jobs in Northern Ireland’s social economy sector. Announced by Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster they are being backed by Accept Care Social Firms Ltd in Bangor. Two new Daisies Cafés will be established in Belfast and Lurgan as part of this expansion, creating 11 new jobs. The 12 remaining...