How To… Get Into The PR Industry
PULSE PR owner Grainne McGarvey shares her hints and tips for getting ahead in PR. The PR industry has changed a lot since I started almost 15 years ago. Back then print media was key, advertising budgets were huge and Facebook was simply a thought in Mark Zuckerberg’s brain. However, this has now flipped on...
College branches out to support MBE recipient
SOUTH Eastern Regional College (SERC) recently held a special tree planting ceremony to mark the achievement of staff member Paula Philpott who was recognised with an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for her services to Further Education in Northern Ireland. Held at SERCs Holywood campus, the ceremony was attended by SERC staff...
Queen’s students selected for Washington programme
SIX students from Queen’s University, Belfast have been selected for the prestigious Washington Ireland Programme (WIP) 2017 to build the next generation of leaders across Northern Ireland and Ireland. They are among thirty students to be selected from hundreds of applicants for the twelve month leadership programme. The programme includes a two month placement in...
Motor apprentice moves up a gear
DONNELLY Group apprentice Timothy Hagan has been named Northern Ireland Auto Skills Apprentice of the Year 2017. Having successfully completed a series of six challenging tasks at an Omagh intercampus competition, judged by David Massie, Skills Competition Manager at the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), Timothy, a student at the South West College, will...
Sonya McAllister
Role: Company Director Company: We Slim Together Track Record: Sonya McAllister’s background in nursing and the caring profession was the foundation to helping others through her role as a slimming coach. HOW I BECAME A WEIGHT LOSS COACH Give a brief outline of your career to date. I founded We Slim Together in April 2013...
Students show vision during entrepreneurial challenge
BELFAST school pupils have wowed a panel of industry leaders with their smart money-making ideas. The business-focused SKILL! Programme, organised by Visionpath Education, invited 40 young year 10 pupils from Ashfield Girls’ High School and St. Joseph’s College to develop clever concepts under the mentorship of professionals from Allen & Overy and PwC. Now in...
Helping businesses get Brexit ready
ULSTER University Business School has launched a threestage programme of activity to help Northern Ireland businesses get Brexit ready. The initiative has begun with the launch of an online Brexit Business Survey to be co-ordinated over the next four weeks in conjunction with FSB. This will aim to identify businesses’ perceptions of Brexit taking into...
Why not consider a career in recruitment?
Abacus Professional Recruitment are a specialist consultancy based in Belfast City who have serviced the needs of Northern Ireland’s largest and fastest growing businesses for the last 14 years. Due to ongoing demand for their services they now wish to promote a range of opportunities that they are now recruiting for. They have requirements for...
How to earn £100,000
It’s easy to earn loads of money, apparently. A quick look of the nijobfinder.co.uk site and some canny – at least in my technologically inept world – ‘advanced searching’ will bring up a plethora of jobs with a salary of over £100,000. More precisely, the top paying role pays up to £490-a-day which works out...
The robots are coming
Ever get the feeling someone is looking over your shoulder and eagerly eyeing your job? Maybe someone from another firm, a colleague or someone who works for you? What about the beady eyes of a robot, one which doesn’t ask for a salary, doesn’t take tea breaks and doesn’t get stuck in traffic? It might...