Search is on to find first Apprentice star at Queen’s
Queen’s Students’ Union has launched the first ever QUB Apprentice Competition at the University. In addition to the coveted title, contestants also have the chance to win a prestigious two-week placement with Deloitte as well as £200 worth of vouchers. Star of this year’s BBC series The Apprentice, Jim Eastwood, has teamed up with Queen’s...
Now you can check out just how qualified you are for that job at a centre near you
Employment and Learning Minister, Dr Stephen Farry, today launched an innovative new qualifications comparison service for workers from outside Northern Ireland. The Qualifications Comparison Service offers individuals from outside Northern Ireland the opportunity to call into one of Department for Employment and Learning’s Employment Service offices and have their qualifications compared against the UK equivalent....
Employers seek confidence not clichés, reveals recruiter
A string of zingy one-liners may have powered ‘Jedi Jim’ towards Alan Sugar’s boardroom, but local job hunters should drop clichés to get ahead, according to Northern Ireland employers. That’s the advice from Belfast-based Recruitment Specialists Brightwater in a new publication drawing on more than 10 years’ expertise and knowledge of local employers’ preferences and gripes. ...
Computer and Online Basics programme helps users increase their employability
Two learners studying through the Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust (PRRT), Holywood, Co Down have become the first in the UK to complete the Computer and Online Basics qualification from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. Carole McMurty, centre manager, PRRT, said: “We are delighted that two of our learners have become the first to...
Job skill boost for our volunteers
Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry has launched a new training programme which will continue the work of the Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland (CVNI) in providing skills for employment. The Minister announced the Training for Employment programme whilst at an awards event where the NI regional winners of the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers...
Good leaders need to put together a good team
Henry Ford once said: “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” Another writer put it this way: “The fact that you have been knocked down is interesting, but the length of time that remain down is important.” Most Leaders will have experienced probably not one but several failures, however, the successful leaders are...
Advanced training a source of success
International business process out-sourcing company Firstsource Solutions is rolling out globally a training programme developed with its Northern Ireland workforce. The programme has already been used with its 2,000-plus employees across its sites in Belfast and Derry, providing inbound customer service management and technical support for international clients. Inspired by the processes used in the...
Business placement aims to fill Gap for the unemployed
More than 250 unemployed graduates in Northern Ireland have gained valuable work experience through a business placement scheme. Business in the Community’s Graduate Acceleration Programme (Gap) has been running for around 18 months, linking university leavers with businesses. More than 250 graduates have now been placed at a variety of firms and not-for-profit organisations across...
Out of a job? Preparation is the name of the game!
I think it’s fair to say that most of us want what successful people have, and in a sense there is nothing wrong with this. The problem is we’re just not prepared to pay the price they paid to achieve it. One of Michelangelo’s greatest successes was his sculpture of David. He worked on it...