10 tips for publicising your personal brand online to increase career success
“In the future, everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes” was the prediction of Andy Warhol. We may not want to be world famous, but if we’re smart we can get our names out there for all the right reasons especially when it comes to our personal brand. Using social media cleverly isn’t just...
Banking on future success
A new apprenticeship programme will offer school leavers the opportunity to get paid work experience in the banking sector while studying for a degree. Danske Futures, a partnership between Danske Bank and Ulster University, is a three-year higher level apprenticeship programme for students who have completed their A-Levels and is the first collaboration of its...
Home grown talent boosts economy
Northern Ireland is starting to see the reversal of the brain drain generation, which saw hundreds of school leavers move away for university and subsequently stay away for better employment opportunities. That is according to the latest figures from recruitment firm, Brightwater Northern Ireland which show a 14% increase in the number of indigenous Northern...
How to… explore graduate work opportunities
If you’ve recently graduated and aren’t having much luck securing employment then don’t panic. There are plenty of career opportunities out there for students willing to display some initiative and imagination. Join a small business Thanks to the massive campus marketing efforts of the major graduate recruiters, it’s easy to forget smaller employers. They may...
Supermarket opening creates 30 new jobs
A new Centra store has opened creating 30 new jobs in the Craigavon area. The major £2.5M investment by retailer Musgrave and the Greene family comprises a new Centra store and Go Fuel forecourt, located at Lake Road, Craigavon, close to Rushmere Shopping Centre. Inside the store, customers will recognise the contemporary new design that...
Hardware giant continues NI expansion
Screwfix is set to open two new stores as part of its latest expansion across Northern Ireland. The company revealed Enniskillen and Cookstown are next on its list of regional towns where it will establish outlets. This new development in its expansion plans is expected to create around 16 new jobs. Screwfix currently has three...
Duddy Group in business link-up with former Lord Sugar aide
One of Londonderry’s most prominent business families has entered into a major multi-million pound business partnership with a former adviser to Lord Sugar. Brendan Duddy Jnr and his brother Lawrence, of the Duddy Group, have joined Propiteer Ltd to acquire both the former Nambarrie Tea Building in Belfast and the Ibis Red Cow hotel in...
10 jobs to be created by Fintech firm
A new development centre is to be opened in west Belfast by a London fintech company. McGinnis Consulting provides financial services and information technology consultancy to leading Tier 1 banks across Europe. Based in the Innovation Factory on the Springfield Road, with a focus on financial services and software development, there will be 10 jobs...
Put a spring in your career prospects
Q Radio presenter Ryan A recently joined Springvale Learning’s Marketing Executive Stacey Whitley to urge young learners to put a spring in their career prospects by signing up for a course at its art college situated on the Springfield Road in Belfast. Established in 1993, Springvale Learning is one of Northern Ireland’s leading providers of...
Join Northern Ireland’s growing IT sector
Graduates interested in developing a career in the thriving IT sector are being offered the opportunity to participate in a ten week training academy. The Deloitte’s Cloud Academy is a pre-employment training programme, backed by the Department for the Economy, to provide graduates with the skills and knowledge to work in the fast growing area...