Schemes Let Young Make Their Mark
AN employability scheme is offering 20 young people the chance to upskill and turn their lives around. The M&S and Prince’s Trust ‘Make Your Mark’ scheme offers unemployed young people aged 16-24 training and mentoring to help them find a job. All 11 Northern Ireland participants who took part in and passed each element of...
Jewellers Shines Bright With New Staff Training Scheme
Jewellers shines bright with new staff training scheme LUNN’S Jewellers is celebrating after receiving an award for excellence in retail. Oxford Cambridge and RSA (OCR) is a leading UK awarding body which provides qualifications for learners of all ages providing a framework for employers to deliver a recognised qualification to staff. All 27 members of...
Staying with CIM
The University of Ulster’s Marketing manager Lydia McClelland has been re-elected to the Ireland board of The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). Lydia has held the senior marketing position at the university since May 2012 and is responsible for the marketing to and recruitment of undergraduate and postgraduate students from the UK and Ireland. Her...
Work Shortlisted
Research into the mass of documents disclosed to the Hillsborough Independent Panel, led by Professor Phil Scraton from Queen’s University Belfast, has been shortlisted for a national award — the Times Higher Education Research Project of the Year. The research findings revealed serious flaws in previous investigations, inquiries and inquests into the disaster, in which...
Employment Briefs
Companies Upskill LOCAL companies have taken steps to boost their competitiveness by upskilling in sustainability know-how. Representatives from 17 businesses from Belfast, Carrickfergus, Lisburn and Newtownabbey council areas completed the BITES (Business Improvements Through Environmental Solutions) programme which is part financed by the councils, Invest Northern Ireland and the European Regional Development Fund under the...
Professional Help
THE Ulster Business School (UBS) has announced the appointment of two new visiting professors — Tracy Hamilton (above right), cofounder and director of Mash Direct and Ian McConnell, partner with PwC. Both are alumni of Ulster Business School and will assume their voluntary roles for a four-year period. Dean of Ulster Business School, Professor Marie...
Charity rings in the changes with bespoke customer service course
A LOCAL charity has teamed up with Sainsbury’s to upskill people with mental heal needs or learning disabilities. As part of their New Horizons service, Action Mental Health (AMH), a life-changing mental health charity, is working with the supermarket Sainsbury’s to create an innovative customer services course. By taking part in this bespoke course provided...
Social Media Misuse Harms Job Prospects
EMPLOYEES may be risking their work prospects through inappropriate social media use, it was claimed today. According to international digital agency Trademark Productions, 37% of employers vet candidates through sites like Facebook and Twitter. The majority of these employers (65%) are looking to see if a prospective employee is professional or not, while others want...
Vocational Skills ‘Vital For Economy’
VOCATIONAL qualifications have a key role to play in rebuilding the local economy. That was the message from Employment and Learning minister Stephen Farry at a recent awards ceremony to mark Vocational Qualification (VQ) Day 2013. At the ceremony, held in Parliament Buildings, Jacqueline McCaughey; an employee of the charity MindWise, scooped the Northern Ireland...
Company Hires 37
MORE than 30 manufacturing jobs have been created at a Portadown-based company. The 37 jobs at the Glen Dimplex Group are supported by the firm’s Quantum Energy System, a unique and efficient heat storage system. Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said the jobs will deliver an extra £500,000 annually in salaries for the local economy.