Emer Takes Crown In Science Contest
Queen’s University student Emer Maguire has been crowned winner of the Northern Ireland heat of the FameLab competition. The global science communication competition saw the 23-year-old battle it out against eight other science stars at Belfast’s Black Box. Emer will now go forward to the UK final. Organised by British Council Northern Ireland, in partnership...
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...
Conference urges young people to become engineers
How to encourage young people to take up a career in advanced manufacturing and engineering was the focus of a recent conference. The ‘Engineering a Better Tomorrow’ conference, hosted by SEMTA and Energy & Utility Skills in collaboration with the Department for Employment and Learning, brought together employers, educators and policy makers to address the...
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...
Employment Briefs – New Chamber Role
The Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NI Chamber) has appointed Catriona Saunders as finance manager. Catriona (above) has previously held roles in Moore Stephens and BMW, and joins NI Chamber from NILGOSC. Throughout her career Catriona has been responsible for the financial management of various organisations within both the private and public sectors,...
Jobs boost as tech firm Kainos to take on 400 new workers
Northern Ireland’s tech sector continues to prosper with the news that 400 new jobs are being created at Belfast-based Kainos Software. The firm, which helps the healthcare industry and the Government digitalise their work, has received £4.7 million from Invest NI to help the expansion. The jobs will have an average annual salary of £30,000...
Changes of career the driving force behind job creation in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland workers are feeling increasingly confident about switching jobs with one global recruitment firm witnessing a 40% increase in the number of permanent positions filled here. Recruitment giant Hays saw a 25% increase in the number of jobs over the last six months of 2014. That includes both temporary and permanent roles. The firm has...