Schemes Let Young Make Their Mark
AN employability scheme is offering 20 young people the chance to upskill and turn their lives around. The M&S and Prince’s Trust ‘Make Your Mark’ scheme offers unemployed young people aged 16-24 training and mentoring to help them find a job. All 11 Northern Ireland participants who took part in and passed each element of...
Anthony McGrath
Role: Domestic Student Recruitment Officer Company: Queens University Track Record: ME AND MY JOB What does your job entail? My job is a marketing and customer care based role within the domestic student recruitment team.We work with colleagues across Queen’s to ensure that courses are packaged and marketed to our target audience.The domestic team is...
Eddie Cullen
Managing Director Of Corporate And Institutional Banking Ulster Bank Role: Track Record:
College Revamp to Help Students Fulfil Potential
North West Regional College last week unveiled a £1.2m building investment programme at its Derry Road Campus. The development comes as the college marks its 75th year in the district, and now boasts a range of newly refurbished facilities and additional new buildings to accommodate its increasing numbers of students. The latest resources include state-ofthe-...
Denise Farrell
Role: Ulsterbus Driver Company: Ulsterbus Track Record: ME AND MY JOB Denise FarrellULSTERBUS DRIVER What does your job entail? I’m a Translink bus driver based in Newtownhamilton, where I deliver school transport and normal timetabled bus services in the Newry and Armagh areas. The job is very customer-focused; everyday I deal with people of all...
Lianne McConville
Customer Service Executive Ogilvie Fleet Ltd Role: Lianne will support the sales team by ensuring customer queries are followed up and service expectations are fulfilled. Track Record: Lianne will support the sales team by ensuring customer queries are followed up and service expectations are fulfilled.
What’s It Like To Study … Criminology
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO STUDY … CRIMINOLOGY FANCY A FUTURE DELVING INTO CRIMINAL MINDS? What courses? Criminology; criminological studies; criminology and criminal justice; applied criminology. It’s often offered as part of a joint honours. Popular combinations include sociology and criminology, social sciences and criminology, and psychology and criminology. What do you come out with? A...
Finding a job as a graduate isn’t that easy
Finding a job as a graduate isn’t that easy In today’s competitive labour market, graduates are finding it more difficult to secure employment than in previous years. Anne Richardson from the Department for Employment and Learning’s Careers Service advises that help — and jobs — are out there… IT has to be acknowledged that many...
How To Be A … Recruitment Consultant
HOW TO BE A … RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT IT’S VITAL TO SELL YOURSELF FOR THIS ROLERecruitment is a growing industry which offers job satisfaction and development for career-driven professionals, according to Francis Gilmore, head of accountancy and finance at Lucas Love Recruitment. “There are no qualifications which are essential to becoming a recruitment consultant; many degree...