How to apply for a job
Let’s face it, getting a job is difficult. Unemployment rates might be pretty low but it’s still not easy to land the role of your dreams. Even if you’ve ticked all the “essential criteria” in the application form, getting to the interview stage can sometimes seem like a bit of a lottery. It shouldn’t. By...
Ulster University awards to celebrate innovation and impact
Ulster University is to celebrate the transformational impact its students, graduates and research are having on societies and economies across the globe at its inaugural Impact Excellence Awards. Taking place this Thursday, Ulster University’s new Impact Excellence Awards are sponsored by NIJobfinder.co.uk. The Awards will recognise Ulster University’s collaborations with partners in the private, public...
Celebrity chef brings tasty ideas to NWRC’s Foodovations top table
CELEBRITY TV chef Tony Singh made a flying visit to North West Regional College’s (NWRC) Foodovation Centre recently where he praised the innovations being made. A regular on British television shows such as The Great British Menu, Saturday Kitchen and Ready Steady Cook, the chef, known for lively personality and for designing quirky dishes, emphasised...
Schools Need Help If Girls’s Salary Expectations To Be Raised, Says UTU
NORTHERN Ireland schools need the resources and support to ensure women and girls reach their full potential if the gender pay gap is to be eradicated, according to local teachers. Avril Hall Callaghan, General Secretary of the Ulster Teachers’ Union, was responding to the new mandatory pay gap reporting recently introduced for companies with over...
How To… Boost Your CV – May ’17
THE competition for top graduate jobs is rife. More students are leaving university with amazing grades, from good universities and great career prospects – but how can you make sure you stand out? The Graduate Recruitment Bureau has the following advice. HINTS AND TIPS: 1. GET A PART-TIME JOB ‘Get’ obviously makes this sound easier...
Construction Apprentices Building Skills
STUDENTS from Southern Regional College (SRC) have won a record haul of awards at Northern Ireland’s premier construction skills competition. A total of 17 awards were presented to SRC during Skillbuild NI, the annual construction industry awards for apprentices. At the event, held at the SRC campus in Portadown, more than 80 promising students from...
New Home For Entrepreneurs
A NEW business centre is offering entrepreneurs a vibrant working environment where they can share space, creativity and business ideas. The Foundry at City East Business Centre is the first social enterprise to offer independent business owners an opportunity to do business in a space perfect for blending privacy with collaboration. The visionary behind The...
Earn as You Learn IT Opportunities
LAW firm Allen & Overy has recruited two IT apprentices on a two-year earn while you learn scheme led by the Department for the Economy. Stacey Bryce and Didac Fernandez-Girona completed an intensive five-week boot camp, coordinated by Belfast Met College, before joining the firm’s Belfast IT team. Now in its fourth year, the apprenticeship...
New Tenant Work Scheme Boosts Employability
A NEW programme aims to propel participants towards sustainable employment, further education or training. WorkChoice, a collaboration between Choice and Bryson FutureSkills, will work by providing practical work-based and accredited learning that are aligned with individual aspirations. The first phase of the sixmonth WorkChoice scheme will see eight tenants complete the full OCR level 1...
Food Chain Serves Up New Jobs
A HEALTHY, fresh food outlet is to create up to 50 new jobs in Northern Ireland. The Canadian-based global chain, Freshii has just opened its first Northern Ireland store in Belfast with plans to open four more branches in the coming months. The chain has more than 300 outlets worldwide, including six in Dublin, and...