Gareth Latimer – Director of Recovery and Reorganisation, Grant Thornton
The Post: Director of Recovery and Reorganisation, Grant Thornton The Post Holder: Gareth Latimer No two days are the same for Recovery and Reorganisation Specialist, Gareth Latimer. HOW I BECAME A RECOVERY AND REORGANISATION SPECIALIST Give a brief outline of your career to date. After a few years working in the Civil Service, including five...
ICT apprentices help identify emerging trends
TWELVE students have secured ICT apprenticeships. The new apprentices at Fujitsu have been appointed as part of the firm’s strategy to help boost the local technology talent pipeline and are part of the Department for the Economy’s IT and Telecoms Professional Apprenticeship Programme. Through the programme, the apprentices, who are studying at Belfast Metropolitan College...
Jamie Annet – Food Service Supervisor, Wellington Park Hotel
The Post: Food Service Supervisor, Wellington Park Hotel The Post Holder: Jamie Annet Flexibility and excellent communication skills are essential for Jamie Annet’s role in hospitality. HOW I BECAME A FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISOR Give a brief outline of your career to date. I started working in various parttime jobs from the age of 16 in...
6 ways to crack your interview technique
How’s your interview technique? You’ve spent hours on perfecting your CV, personalising each cover letter and you’ve just received an invite to an interview. There is no worse feeling than being unprepared for an interview. The process can be gruelling, but it means you’re one step closer to your dream job. This week on the...
5 steps to better leadership
How do you know you’re ready to take a step into leadership? Perhaps you think the time is right because it’s the expected next step, or it’s how you earn more money, or you’re ambitious. Are these good reasons? When I first went for a leadership position my reason was probably a combination of all...
Northern Ireland’s Premier Hospitality Event
THERE is still time to visit this year’s IFEX – Northern Ireland’s premier food, drink, retail and hospitality event. Taking place in the Titanic Exhibition Centre, Belfast until March 22 and with thousands of visitors expected to attend, it’s one of the most eagerly anticipated industry events of the year. Salon Culinaire is the heart...
Young people in Northern Ireland encouraged to consider a trade
AS part of National Apprenticeship Week young people in Northern Ireland are being urged to consider a career in the heating industry. OFTEC, the leading trade body for the domestic oil heating and cooking industry across Ireland, is urging young people to consider an apprenticeship or vocational training as the first step to career success....
Bridging the Gap
SOUTH Eastern Regional College (SERC), in collaboration with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), has launched a new programme designed to help shape the leaders of tomorrow. The new Bridging the Gap leadership and management programme has been launched to help tackle the well-documented leadership skills deficit in Northern Ireland. It is focused on building management...
Aisling Bremner – Business Development Director, Bright Young Things
The Post: Business Development Director, Bright Young Things The Post Holder: Aisling Bremner Aisling Bremner uses her business experience of the corporate world to help children and young people build their soft skills HOW I BECAME A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Give a brief outline of your career to date. I completed a degree in Communications,...
Unleash your inner wonder woman on International Women’s Day
This week, Sinead Sharkey, founder of Generation Women shares an inspirational blog to celebrate International Women’s Day. Are you carrying a dirty little secret? I know a lot of women that are and it’s eating them up inside. They sit down in front of me and let me in. Out spills how they feel like...