07.06.2013 This month thousands of students will turn over their maths and physics papers in State examinations. Are we doing enough to encourage young minds, and particularly young women’s minds, to engage with the subjects and study them at third level and beyond? Theoretical physicist Prof Sinéad Ryan believes that more role models could particularly encourage girls to get involved.
30.05.2013 A survey of young people aged 16 to 34 shows the impact their use of social media can have on their careers – but this won’t stop them from using it.
23.05.2013 Following a survey of 38 major multinationals and SMEs employing more than 25,000 people in the IT sector in Ireland, Fastrack to IT (FIT) has today launched its ICT Skills Audit, offering a granular view of the IT skills gap.
12.04.2013 Ireland has become a base for a number of global tech companies, including major multinationals like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and PayPal. This booming technology sector has brought with it increased demand for multilingual staff in sales, support and customer service, though supply continues to be short.
13.03.2013 NUI Galway students, as well as members of the public, will be able to get the scoop on all it takes to start a business at an event in Galway City featuring Barry O’Sullivan, senior vice-president at Cisco Systems and one of the new investors on RTÉ’s Dragons’ Den programe.
12.03.2013 International Women’s Day has been and gone, but Silicon Republic’s Women Invent Tomorrow campaign has just begun. We spoke to visitors to Accenture Ireland’s International Women’s Day event in the RDS last Friday to find out how we can inspire more women to enter the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths.
08.03.2013 Today was a landmark day for Silicon Republic with the launch of our year-long campaign to highlight the role that women play in the areas of science, technology, engineering and maths, and to inspire more to follow in their footsteps.
02.03.2013 Want a job at Apple? So do a lot of other people, but a new infographic offers up the intel on how to snag a position at the consumer tech giant.
01.03.2013 Ruairi Spillane, the man behind Moving2Canada (a website that has given free guidance and advice to more than 35,000 Irish people looking to make the move to Canada), tells us why he decided to add recruitment services to his repertoire and offers tips on how Irish job seekers can find success abroad.
11.01.2013 According to Glassdoor, one in five employees plan to look for a new job in the next three months, but what would these job seekers say in an interview if they came up against one of the site’s Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions for 2013?
