Mentoring scheme develops leadership skills in charity sector
THE Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland is launching a new mentoring scheme that will pair senior bank colleagues with top charities to help develop the skills of leaders in the third sector. The scheme comes after the grant making foundation discovered charities’ need for support is not just financial, but also in areas of leadership...
Paul Isherwood
Role: Director of Asset Management Company: Northern Ireland Housing Executive Track Record: Good communication skills are essential for Paul Isherwood’s role as a a director of asset management with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. HOW I BECAME A DIRECTOR OF ASSET MANAGEMENT Give a brief outline of your career to date. I have worked in...
Discover who you could be, how to get there and find the job you love.
Discover who you could be, how to get there and find the job you love. Here’s how Skills NI might help. Skills Northern Ireland, an interactive and innovative two-day careers, jobs, skills and apprenticeship event for 14-19 year old students, parents and teachers, is a great way to help students make their future job and...
Emma Carroll
Role: Consultant Clinical Psychologist for Staff Wellbeing Company: Northern Health and Social Care Trust Track Record: Clinical psychologist Emma Carroll uses her own past experiences to help others. Give a brief outline of your career to date. I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 2010 and my first post was in Belfast Trust Adult Health...
Social Workers Invited to Contribute to New Project
SOCIAL workers in the voluntary sector across Northern Ireland are being invited to contribute to a new publication which is the first of its kind here. Extern, the social justice charity, supported by the Department of Health, has created a new virtual book project which is being written by social workers for social workers. Over...
Improving Online Performance of Businesses
A RECENT digital conference gave advice to businesses on how to maximise their online performance. The Google Digital Garage opened to more than 700 members of the local business community as part of the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NI Chamber) Annual Networking Conference and Business Showcase at St George’s Market in Belfast....
What is your personal brand?
Today marks the first day of our new biweekly blog from Sinead Sharkey of Generation Women, this week she explores your personal brand and how to get it right. Sinead is the Founder of Generation Women and is a Career and Leadership Coach. She has almost 20 years’ experience of developing leaders in global corporates....
How To… Avoid Interview Pitfalls
WITH competition fiercer than ever for good graduate jobs, you need an edge. This means interview preparation and learning to avoid pitfalls. Director of LifeSkills, Kirstie Mackey shares the biggest interview errors and her tips to avoid them. Showing off It’s natural to want to impress in your interview but instead of reeling off achievements,...
Top accolade for engineering student
A SOUTH Eastern Regional College (SERC) apprentice has been crowned the UK’s best Heavy Vehicle Engineer. Michael Kelly from Ballynahinch travelled to Stephenson College to compete at the National Qualifiers of the IMI Skills Auto Competition which took place from July 5-7. The competition, organised by the Institute of the Motor Industry, aims to find...
‘STEAM’ ahead for job prospects
BY incorporating the Arts into the STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) curriculum Northern Ireland can use creative innovation to ensure a prosperous future, according to local teachers. “For some time the focus has been on STEM subjects but now a movement is gaining momentum in the UK, in the wake of what’s happening in...