Placements ‘Are a win-win for Employers and Students’
ROGER Gilpin, director of executive search company Gilpin, explains how a placement is a win-win situation for both employers and students alike. It’s a chicken and egg situation for many people seeking employment. You can’t get a job with-out a degree and graduates can’t get a job without experience. There’s a growing impetus for employers...
Organisations updated over employment law
More than 100 organisations attended a recent employment law event. The Employment Law Update Breakfast, hosted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development NI branch in association with nijobfinder.co.uk was attended by over 150 delegates in the private, public and voluntary sectors. Companies and organisations in attendance included Sport NI, Newtownabbey Borough Council, The...
Opens days are a great time to find out if that university really is for you
Wondering what to do once you’ve received those university offers? Cecily Fleming explores the options AFTER spending the last few months obsessively checking inboxes, for most students the UCAS anxiety is almost over. Choosing a university is a different experience for every-one. Some might have a firm idea of where they want to go, but...
Employment Brief – Farry Praises Event
Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry has offered his congratulations to those involved with the inaugural Northern Ireland Science Festival. The 11-day event, which took place in venues throughout Northern Ireland, set two new world records, with the highest attendance at a Turing Lecture and the largest ever simultaneous science lesson. The Minister said: “The...
Employment Brief – Bosses Win Awards
TotalMobile has been named as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed’ companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Programme. The awards ceremony, held in association with Barclays Bank Ireland, was attended by over 800 members from the Irish business community. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, TD, gave a keynote address at the...
Employment Briefs – Local Firm Expands
Portadown-based Dawson Manufacturing & Engineering is expanding its premises by 40%, investing in new laser cutting machinery, and employing six new people with the help of finance from Ulster Bank. The company, which currently employs more than 30 people, is one of Northern Ireland’s leading manufacturers of bespoke stainless steel products. Its clients include food...
Woman are Urged to take up STEM Jobs
“IF we fail to inspire our young females, we are cutting ourselves off from an enormous pool of potential talent.” That was the message from the Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry as he addressed an event hosted by SEMTA NI to celebrate the success of the Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics),...
Brand Deal Is a Beautiful Move
BEAUTY school owner Oonagh Boman is celebrating after securing the UK and Ireland rights to a luxurious Italian skincare range. The Domina brand joins Oonagh’s already impressive beauty portfolio under her company SNOB Distribution Ltd. Five years ago, Oonagh brought the LA-based Senna Cosmetics to the Irish and UK Market and she is confident the...
Analytics programme could lead graduates to employment at PwC
ENTRY is now open for this year’s Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) Analytics Training Academy. Now in its second year the programme aims to provide graduates with the skills and experience required to take up exciting new opportunities being created by PwC in data analytics, a key growth area in the information and communications (ICT) industry....
It’s Hats off to Three-time Winner Louise
A MARKETING student is celebrating after scooping a hat-trick of awards. Louise Foster, from Whitehead, who recently gained an MSc in Marketing from the Ulster University Business School, has been named Best Overall Student, Best Overall Global Marketing Student and also won the prize for the Best Dissertation at this year’s Ulster University Business School’s...