Event focuses on fantastic females
BE brave, be yourself and be courageous. These were the words of advice given to over 200 female students by Aisling Keegan, Vice-President and General Manager of Dell EMC Ireland at the Fantastic Females event organised by W5 in partnership with Ulster University Business School during its Festival of STEM. The aim of the event...
Pilot project creates new jobs in the creative sector
A UNIQUE pilot employment scheme has supported 89 new entry level jobs in the creative industries. Created by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland the NI Creative Employment Programme (NI CEP) gives young people the opportunity to gain paid work in the sector. The programme, supported by Arts Council of Northern Ireland National Lottery funding,...
Helen Brogan
Role: Sales Account Manager Company: Continu Track Record: Changing industry sectors in her career has helped Helen Brogan learn and adapt to new challenges while gathering transferable skills along the way. HOW I BECAME A SALES ACCOUNT MANAGER Give a brief outline of your career to date. I came to Continu from a retail-based background....
New jobs at technology firm
A TECHNOLOGY firm is set to double its workforce. The North West based MetaCompliance is recruiting 69 new jobs over the next three years to help develop its worldwide sales and market presence. The company develops software and creative content for the cyber security sector and is aiming to triple its turnover by capitalising on...
CIPD NI Awards 2018 set sail
TITANIC Belfast will once again be the venue for a major celebration of Northern Ireland’s HR profession. CIPD Northern Ireland is staging its annual awards gala at the famous Belfast landmark for the third year running on May 10, 2018, with recruitment specialists Grafton as the principal sponsor. Entries for next year’s awards are now...
Tommy McGinley
Sales Manager John Mulholland Motor Group Role: John Mulholland Motor Group has appointed Tommy McGinley to the role of Sales Manager. Track Record: John Mulholland Motor Group has appointed Tommy McGinley to the role of Sales Manager.
Upskilling future business leaders
ULSTER University Business School has launched a programme to help develop the skills of future leaders. The Mini MBA initiative in partnership with American legal firm Axiom is designed to complement the company’s Developing Leaders curriculum and the first cohort will compromise of 15 members of Axiom’s talent pool from the local office in Belfast...
Tim Whittaker
Role: Production Apprentice Company: Forfey Ltd Track Record: Tim Whittaker is learning on the job in his first employed role as a production apprentice. HOW I BECAME A PRODUCTION APPRENTICE Give a brief outline of your career to date. This is my very first ‘real’ job – though when I was younger I was a...
Inspiring the next generation of scientists
OVER £1m is being invested through a partnership agreement aimed at enhancing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) knowledge and understanding among the next generation of budding scientists W5 has secured the Almac Group as its Health and Life Sciences partner for the next 10 years and the collaboration includes plans to open a new...
4 simple strategies to take you from nerves to impact at your next interview
From nerves to making the right impact at interview This is it. You’ve seen a job you would love to go for, you read the spec and think, yes! I can go for this. Then…the little voice in your heard starts. “But you haven’t done an interview in years, don’t be ridiculous, you can’t do...