Up-skilling firm is sticking to its roots
A local company is celebrating its first batch of graduates from a unique in-house apprenticeship programme recently launched to give staff the chance of new skills and qualifications. Award winning Ballyclare firm The Landscape Centre treated 28 staff to a special lunch and certificate presentation to mark their success in completing their City and...
A CRAFT-y initiative to help our young jobless
JOB-SEEKING young people are to be given a helping hand into to work – thanks to the YMCA. A pilot programme launched this week entitled CRAFT (Careers Related Advice and Further Training) is a joint initiative between North Down YMCA, the Department for Employment and Learning and the South Eastern Regional College (SERC). Speaking...
Council Awarded
Belfast City Council has been awarded corporate accreditation for Investors in People. At a reception in City Hall this afternoon, the Lord Mayor congratulated staff on the achievement and paid tribute to Belfast City Council for ‘raising its game’. Alderman Gavin Robinson said: “This ‘Team Belfast’ approach will hopefully allow us to celebrate even...
Potential students invited to open days
More than 15,000 prospective students are expected to attend University of Ulster open days 2012. This month’s events will allow visitors from across Northern Ireland and further afield to experience first-hand the courses and learning facilities on offer at the campuses. As well as recent school leavers, the events are aimed at mature students...
Youth Support
Certificates of achievement have been presented to young unemployed people who have completed the Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre Youth Initiative Scheme. The eight week project aims to help 16 to 24-year-olds identify and overcome personal and other barriers in the way of training, further education and employment, such as apprenticeships. Presenting the certificates, Employment Minister...
Job Ambassadors
The Prince’s Trust in Northern Ireland has announced the recruitment of three young people as job ambassadors. They are the first three of 18 to be employed in Northern Ireland in the next three years, and will work to help another 1,800 young people to find work. The Trust launched its Job Ambassador scheme in...
How to … Enhance your CV
TIPS TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR SKILLS To boost your CV and employability, it is important that you take the correct steps to fill any gaps you have in skills and qualifications within your CV. Some effective ways to address this are: 1) Voluntary work Partaking in an unpaid job, similar to the role...
Queen’s Researchers In Public Spotlight
Queen’s Members of the public flocked to Queen’s at lunchtime last Thursdayto meet and hear from the people behind some of the biggest scientific, medical and technological breakthroughs of recent times. In a special lunchtime research showcase in the University’s Whitla Hall,entitled Local Talent, Global Impact, members of the public discovered how Queen’s researchers are...
How to… Know where to look.
There are a host of places where you can search for available jobs, including newspapers, websites, recruitment agencies and many more. It is important however that you cast your net as wide as possible so that no suitable jobs slip past you. Do not limit yourself to one form of job searching. Below are some...
Scheme Helping Young People
YOUNG unemployed people who have completed the Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre Youth Initiative Scheme have been presented with certificates of achievement. The eight week project aims to help 16 to 24-year-olds identify and overcome personal and other barriers in the way of training, further education and employment, such as apprenticeships. Employment Minister Stephen Farry said:...