Recruitment Up
MEDICAL company Randox has taken on 260 new staff since the start of the year. The Antrim company said it’s in the process of filling 60 positions this month to add to the 200 it’s already hired since the start of the year,with 90% taken up by new graduates. Randox,which focuses on diagnostics,said the recruit-ment...
Charity rings in the changes with bespoke customer service course
A LOCAL charity has teamed up with Sainsbury’s to upskill people with men-tal health needs or learning disabilities. As part of their New Horizons service, Action Mental Health (AMH), a life-changing mental health charity, is work-ing with the supermarket to create an innovative customer services course. By taking part in this bespoke course provided by...
College’s ‘business links boost employability skills’
QUALIFICATIONS are no longer enough — job applicants need skills and experience, according to a leading educationalist. Ken Webb, principal and chief executive of the South Eastern Regional College was speaking on ‘Supporting Employability and the Economy’ at its recent gradu-ation ceremony at The Waterfront. The event, sponsored by East Down and Lisburn Education Partnership,...
Health Firm To Provide Access NI Checks
LUCAS Love Healthcare is fur-ther delivering for employers and job seekers with the announce-ment that it will be providing Ac-cess NI support services to organisations across Northern Ireland. The agency, which specialises in the provision of permanent, temporary and contract recruit-ment of healthcare profession-als across Northern Ireland, is now an official umbrella body for Access...
How To … Settle into Your First Job
FIVE WAYS TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION WHETHER you’re starting a graduate trainee programme, or embarking on that junior role, settling into the culture of your office is a tricky manoeuvre to master. MIND YOUR (BODY) LANGUAGE~First impressions count, and with the average person making up their mind about you within seconds, it’s important to...
Cotter’s Top Job
DARRAGH Cotter has been appointed as new managing director of Daly Park & Company Ltd. Darragh qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the company in 1997 and was appointed as a Partner in 2003. He is currently responsible for the delivery of services to the firm’s corporate,audit,regulated and voluntary clients from the Newry office and...
300 New Posts
A DUBLIN-based facilities management company is in the process of filling 300 new posts in Northern Ireland. Noonan Services said the move comes after an investment of £500,000 which helped it win a number of new contracts here including one with an international law firm and one with a government department. The company is headquartered...
State of Language
SOUTH West Regional College is working towards creating a closer economic and cultural links between Northern Ireland and China thanks to its unique Mandarin Chinese language course. The Confucius Institute at the University of Ulster selected South West College as Northern Ireland’s only further education college to be awarded ‘Confucius Hub’ status for teaching the...
Baggage Firms Expansion Sees Workforce Double
LOCAL online retailer Uni Baggage, which transports student belongings to university, has doubled its workforce in preparation for its busiest trading period this month. Owner Paul Stewart, who established the company in 2009 while at university, is ramping up internal resources in order to service the 20,000 potential new students that travel outside Northern Ireland...
Drive to Put The Breaks on Young Road Deaths
A LOCAL insurance business has teamed up with a UK charity to up-skill young road-users. Autoline Insurance Group, is working with national road safety charity Brake to train young road safety ambassadors in Northern Ireland. Brake supports families bereaved through road crashes/ incidents and also works to help educate young people and young drivers on...