62% of Northern Ireland workforce will consider moving jobs in 2017
A new survey by NIJobfinder.co.uk has found that 62% of Northern Ireland workers are considering moving jobs in 2017. The survey of 760 Northern Ireland adults also found that 84% of the local workforce looked for a new job in 2016, while 56% would consider moving to a new city or country to land their...
Placement Blog – Thomas Gallen
Name – Thomas Gallen Company – PwC Role – Operations (Finance / Sales & Deployment) Degree – BSc Economics with Finance from Ulster University Talk us through your typical work day? Every morning I’m in the office for 8:20am. The first thing I’ll do when I get in is get my laptop and notebook set...
Emma Smyth – Placement Blog
Name – Emma Smyth Company – Health & Safety Services NI Role – Placement Student Degree – BSc Hons Environmental Health at Ulster University Talk us through your typical work day? A typical work day for me starts with checking my emails every morning on arrival. Generally, the Health and Safety Officer within the business...
CIPD NI Awards return to Titanic Belfast for 2017
OUTSTANDING achievements within the HR profession will be celebrated at this year’s CIPD Northern Ireland Awards. The event, now firmly established as a key awards gala for the Human Resources profession in Northern Ireland, will take place in Titanic Belfast for the second year with recruitment specialists Grafton as the principal sponsor. Held on May...
How To… Find the Perfect Job – Part 1
KEEP YOUR CV UP-TO-DATE The most important thing when looking for a new job is to ensure you have an up-to date CV and LinkedIn page, as this is often the first thing that new employers will go to. If you are making changes to your LinkedIn profile, you may wish to turn off notifications...
Top science achievers recognised at ceremony
FOUR exceptional science students from Northern Ireland have been recognised at the prestigious Hans Sloane Awards ceremony in the Ulster Museum. The Hans Sloane Memorial Fund recognises Northern Ireland’s top achievers in A-level Biology, Chemistry and Physics, and this year’s first place was won by Royal Belfast Academical Institution’s former pupil Omar Helmy, with second...
Students help tackle retail crime
PUBLIC service students from South Eastern Regional College (SERC) have spent their academic term working on a campaign to help tackle retail crime in the Lisburn and Castlereagh District. The students have been working on the project in collaboration with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Lisburn Commerce Against Crime and the Police and...
Titanic recruitment drive creates 60 new jobs
TITANIC Belfast is recruiting for 60 frontline staff as it gears up for its summer high season. Following a record-breaking 2016, having won the World’s Leading Tourist Attraction, welcomed its 3 millionth visitor and experienced its busiest day to date, this recruitment drive is the largest since it opened in 2012. The world-class exhibition is...
Kerry Anderson
Role: Director of Income Generation Company: Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke Track Record: A positive and motivated attitude is essential to Kerry Anderson’s work in the charity sector. Give a brief outline of your career to date. I’ve always worked in the charitable industry and have a real passion for the local non-profit sector....
Continued investment needed in STEM skills
NORTHERN Ireland must do better with continued investment in STEM Skills to maximise economic benefits post Brexit. That was the message from educational charity Sentinus following the announcement that fifteen year olds in Northern Ireland performed slightly better than the global average in international tests in maths, reading and science. The results, recorded by the...