VANRATH Healthcare Partners with Healthcare Ireland to Champion Better Working Conditions for Nurses
VANRATH Healthcare launched in February 2017, and is based on Elmwood Avenue in Belfast, located centrally between Queen’s University and Belfast City Hospital. The agency’s consultants are experts in the healthcare sector, with over 30 years’ recruitment experience: but even more crucially, they understand the personal pressures faced by nurses in the workplace. Mindful of...
Commitment to Workplace training
ICT COMPANY Fujitsu has been recognised for its outstanding commitment to workplace training and employment opportunities at the Belfast Metropolitan College Skills and Apprenticeships Awards 2017. As well as winning an Employer Recognition Award, a number of apprentices at the company were recognised for professional and technical excellence. Adam Moran who is now a Technical...
Global ranking for Sports Business course
ULSTER University Business School’s MSc in Sport Management has been given a top global rating by SportBusiness International in its 2017 Postgraduate Course Rankings. The 12-month full-time programme, led by Dr Robert Kerr and Dr Paul Kitchin at Jordanstown, was ranked in the Top 20 Global list and also claimed 6th place in the Top...
CBI: Not enough time for tech border answers
THE UK’s business lobby is “sceptical” about technological solutions for the border post-Brexit, but is in favour of “frictionless” trade on the island of Ireland. “Our argument is that there should be a frictionless border,” said Carolyn Fairbairn, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). “We are sceptical about the technical solutions, and we...
£11bn of unpaid work done by public sector
PUBLIC sector workers are putting in more than £11bn worth of unpaid overtime a year, a new study has revealed. The GMB union said its research showed the dedication of nurses, midwives, librarians and other public sector employees. An analysis of official data found that almost one in four staff regularly worked an average of...
Digital – it’s in our DNA
A month has passed since Digital DNA’s event in St George’s Market, Belfast and the event is still making waves. Here at NIjobfinder.co.uk, we have a passion for development, growth and helping people find their dream job! For those of you who don’t know, Digital DNA organises Ireland’s largest digital technology event which takes place...
Union in appeal to battle 1% pay limit
WORKERS in the public sector, from school principals to health workers, must receive support in their fight for better pay, a trade union has said. And Unison, the biggest public sector union in Northern Ireland, said its health members are determined to challenge the UK government’s 1% pay cap. Anne Speed, Unison’s head of bargaining...
Young Engineers Award
TWO engineering students from South Eastern Regional College (SERC) are celebrating after winning the title of Northern Ireland Young Engineers 2017 at the Sentinus Young Innovator awards. Matthew McKeown and Tarique Greene have worked tirelessly since the beginning of term designing, building and perfecting their project which was a self-navigating robot. Each received £200 as...
170 New Jobs for Belfast
A TEXAS based company is setting up a new European base in Northern Ireland with the creation of nearly 170 new jobs. Bazaarvoice, Inc. the provider of consumergenerated content (CGC), advertising, and personalisation solutions, is making a multimillion pound investment in a new office in Belfast and will be recruiting the new staff over the...
Digital Innovation Brings Jobs to North Coast
NORTHERN Ireland’s first Enterprise Zone, Atlantic Link Campus, has been officially launched at an event hosted at Ulster University. The Campus, a core element of the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s vision for a digital causeway to international investment, represents an investment of £2.7 million by the Council and presents a significant economic development...