10 new jobs provided by National Construction Skills Academy
A NEWLY launched National Construction Skills Academy (NCSA) is to provide 10 fulltime jobs for its first intake of students. The NCSA, based at Industry Training Services (ITS) in Portadown provides tuition across several trades including groundworks, joinery, bricklaying, plastering, tiling, structural steel erection and steel-fixing. Its initial course in groundworks – a unique qualification...
Software firm provides online solution to recruitment challenges for pharmacies
A BELFAST software firm has designed a website to help pharmacies across the UK find locum pharmacists at short notice to help cover leave or staff illness. Locum Match Ltd’s website helps pair hundreds of pharmacists around the UK with over 8,000 pharmacies and the company has already secured business with the UK’s four largest...
Wendy Robinson
Role: Head of Academy of Executive Coaching, Ireland Company: Academy of Executive Coaching Track Record: What does your job entail? I am an Executive Coach; I coach business leaders and have also been a Business Psychologist for over 25 years. Latterly I’ve been training other coaches and providing them with professional supervision. Is it 9-5?...
Why you shouldn’t burn your bridges
There comes a time in every employee’s working life when they mull over the process of how they’re going to leave their job. Generally it’s after a particularly bad day when nothing has gone right and everybody is annoying them. Their computer’s crashed and lost all their hard work, the boss has reprimanded them for...
Louise McCambridge
Role: Accountant Company: Henderson Wholesale Ltd Track Record: What does your job entail? I am the accountant for Henderson Wholesale Ltd, the finance team is made up of approx. 40 people. I work closely with the financial controller to prepare monthly and quarterly figures for reporting under tight deadlines. I also prepare and submit VAT...
Alex Long
Role: O2 Guru Company: The Junction Outlet Track Record: Give a brief outline of your career to date I started my career in telecommunications 5 years ago at the tender age of 18 by getting a part-time job in Orange, now EE. This unlocked a passion for technology and allowed me to exhibit that to...
Why uni isn’t always the best route
For some, this week will have included the pat on the back they were expecting after a long, nervous wait over the summer. They’ll have woken up to a set of A Level results which will see them sail on to their chosen university and will spend this weekend celebrating and learning how to cook...
VANRATH Healthcare Partners with Healthcare Ireland to Champion Better Working Conditions for Nurses
VANRATH Healthcare launched in February 2017, and is based on Elmwood Avenue in Belfast, located centrally between Queen’s University and Belfast City Hospital. The agency’s consultants are experts in the healthcare sector, with over 30 years’ recruitment experience: but even more crucially, they understand the personal pressures faced by nurses in the workplace. Mindful of...
Why an apprenticeship could be your ticket to a new career
There aren’t many boardrooms I’d rave about but if you’re lucky enough to get a chance to visit Harland & Wolff’s then grab it with both hands. It is packed with mahogany furniture of the finest quality including one of the longest boardroom tables every created, models of ships it has made and oil platforms...
How to avoid these five common mistakes when applying for a job
Overselling yourself We all know how it is, you’d like to say you’ve been a manager, but in reality, you helped train and orientate interns. Don’t underestimate the experience that it’s given you, as it all adds to your application, but you need to make sure that your application is truthful and shows off your...