Helping Students Switch On
SOUTH Eastern Regional College’s (SERC) new website will allow prospective students to view the interactive prospectus and apply online. The online self-service system will also allow users to register for courses, submit qualification results, print course information and check courses grades 24/7 via their desktop, smartphone or tablet. In addition, the dedicated business engagement section...
Randox Launches training Scheme
A NEW industrial training programme will create up to 40 oppurtunities for STEM and business management syudents. Global biotechnology firm Randox Laboratories, in partnership with Queen’s University Belfast, is offering the new Randox Apex Scheme to full time undergraduate students at Queen’s. The training will see selected students awarded paid, full-time summer work experience throughout...
BT creates 1,000 new jobs across UK cities
Telecoms giant BT is to create 1,000 new apprenticeships and graduate jobs this year, offering careers ranging from business analysis to software development. The places will be spread across the country in cities including London, Glasgow, Belfast, Cardiff, Newcastle, Manchester and Leeds. BT is also providing up to 1,000 vocational training and work experience placements...
Londonderry bus firm adds six new coaches in £400k move
Londonderry bus firm Airporter is adding six new coaches to its fleet in a £400,000 expansion. The company runs a transfer service between Belfast’s airports and Londonderry – carrying more than 100,000 passengers a year. And it’s set to add new staff in the next few months, and has already taken on a dozen workers...
New jobs announcement adds a further boost to Northern Ireland tech sector
A software company has created 25 new jobs as part of its expansion. Fieldmotion has added the new posts across its sales, marketing and operations departments. The Newry company — which specialises in mobile workflow management software — is fast expanding into a market leader in Northern Ireland. It has grown from just five staff to 30 in the...
Two new categories in this year’s HR awards
HR professionals, teams and organisations in private, public and voluntary sectors are being urged to enter this year’s CIPD NI Awards 2015. Supported by headline sponsor Brightwater Recruitment Specialists, with nijobfinder as media partner, the awards ceremony will be held in Belfast’s City Hall on May 14 and deadline for entry is March 20. With...
Exhibition on merits of Higher Education
ALMOST 9,000 students will benefit from a higher education exhibition held next week. Taking place in the King’s Hall Pavilions, Belfast on March 4 and 5, the UCAS Convention is the largest higher education event in Northern Ireland. Over 8,700 sixth form and further education students are expected to visit with almost 150 exhibitors taking...
Giant Occasion for Peninsula
PENINSULA Care Services have welcomed 31 new employees to the business. The new jobs were created at the start of the year as part of a recruitment drive and coincided with the opening of Peninsula’s new offices and training academy in Newtownards. The company, set up six years ago, Part of the Lakesmere Group specialises...
Employment Briefs – Dole Queue Drops
The latest figures from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency show unemployment figures have fallen for the third year in a row. The number of people claiming unemployment benefit in Northern Ireland fell by 1,700 in January — the biggest monthly fall since May 1999 — and now stands at 48,200. This is the...
Employment Briefs – Maeve’s Bank Job
Maeve McMahon has been appointed Ulster Bank’s first director of customer experience and products. Maeve holds a degree in Business and French and a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing and joins Ulster Bank from GE Capital International. With a wealth of experience across markets and product types from companies as diverse as GE Capital, MasterCard and...