How to… choose a career
Whether you are looking for your first job or want to change career, you should understand what type of person you are and what you want from your work and life. Spend time getting to know yourself and research different opportunities to help make the best decision for you. The Careers Service at www.nidirect.gov.uk offers...
35 jobs created as shipbuilding returns to Belfast Harbour
Artemis Technologies are establishing a new facility at Belfast Harbour, creating 35 jobs and marking the return of commercial shipbuilding to the area. Led by double Olympic gold medalist, Iain Percy OBE, the company will use its expertise of world yacht racing to develop new green maritime technologies and build an ‘Autonomous Sailing Vessel’ (ASV)....
£28m factory to create 300 jobs
Camlin has announced nearly 300 new jobs in Lisburn as it opens a new £28m factory. The high-tech electrical manufacturer already employs around 300 people at its Ferguson Drive premises and produces engineering products for the electricity and rail industries. Nearly 100 of the new roles are already in place. Invest NI, the economic development...
David Fusco – Customer Relationship Manager, Electric Ireland, Northern Ireland
The Post: Customer Relationship Manager, Electric Ireland, Northern Ireland The Post Holder: David Fusco HOW I BECAME A CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER Customer relationship manager, David Fusco has worked his way up in the energy industry. Give a brief outline of your career to date. My first full time job was at Clarity Telecom in Belfast...
445 Royal Mail Christmas jobs up for grabs
Royal Mail is launching its annual recruitment drive in a bid to fill 445 temporary positions in Northern Ireland over the busy festive period. The seasonal recruits will help to sort Christmas parcels and cards as well as the growing amount of online shopping orders before they are taken to delivery offices for postmen and...
How to… answer unexpected interview questions
Interviewers often throw in a trick or unexpected question to try and catch you unaware. Quite often there is no right or wrong answer but rather they are trying to gauge your ability to think on your feet. If you were given a box of 10 pencils can you list 10 things that you could...
Amazon relocates NI base to new Belfast Titanic Quarter site
Amazon, the online retailer, has relocated its base in Northern Ireland from Carrickfergus to Belfast. The online retail giant confirmed yesterday that it had moved to the Titanic Quarter in Belfast from its Amazon Logistics centre at Kilroot Business Park in Carrickfergus. 18 jobs were initially based at the Kilroot site, with another 130 driver...
New bar and restaurant at Belfast airport to create 15 jobs
Plans for ‘The Artisan’, Belfast City Airport’s new bar and restaurant, have been revealed. The bar and restaurant will create 15 new jobs and will open as part of a £15m investment at the airport. With work nearly completed on the 280 square metre premises, it is hoped that it will be ready to open...
Grant Thornton expands staff
Grant Thornton, the business advisory firm, has announced it is expanding its staff in a £4m investment. The firm will be recruiting 48 members of staff to add to its existing workforce of 100 in Northern Ireland. The roles include change management experts, IT consultants, economic advisers and cyber-specialists. Economic development agency Invest NI has...
Mary Arthurs – Hotel Proprietor/Bar Owner, The Portaferry Hotel & Dumigans’ Bar
The Post: Hotel proprietor/bar owner, The Portaferry Hotel & Dumigans’ Bar The Post Holder: Mary Arthurs HOW I BECAME A HOTEL PROPRIETOR No two days are ever the same for hotel owner Mary Arthurs. Give a brief outline of your career to date. I started out studying accountancy and after I realised it wasn’t for...