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.
23.05.2013 One of Ireland’s leading social media personalities Damien Mulley will this Saturday provide a free half-day intensive course in Dublin to students who want to have better experience and knowledge before applying for internships with companies that are looking for digital marketing interns.
22.05.2013 ABN Amro’s chief inspiration officer Jasper Roos talks about the value of inspiration and humour in keeping organisations at the top of their game.
22.05.2013 The only way Europe can emerge from the economic doldrums is for society to encourage young people to be more entrepreneurial, Kumardev Chatterjee, founder of the European Young Innovators Forum told Siliconrepublic.com at this week’s Open Innovation 2.0 Forum at Dublin Castle.
17.05.2013 Entrepreneur and investor Sean O’Sullivan, credited by MIT for co-coining the term ‘cloud computing’, has been appointed chairman of an Entrepreneurship Advisory Forum by the Government of Ireland.
16.05.2013 A graduate IT training programme developed in Ireland 10 years ago has emerged as the key weapon in global financial services company Fidelity’s efforts to overcome the skills gap in the ICT sector.
16.05.2013 The annual forum of the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) Foundation in London marked the launch today of a revised ECDL programme to offer a wider range of models and, overall, make the programme more flexible and suitable to lifelong learning.
14.05.2013 Fortune 100 property insurer Allstate is to create up to 650 high quality technology jobs in Belfast, Derry and Strabane, it emerged today.
14.05.2013 Collegefeed, a new social network led by former Google head of product marketing Sanjeev Agrawal, opens its doors today. The new social network describes itself as a kind of LinkedIn for students aimed at kick-starting their careers by landing them their first jobs.
14.05.2013 A programme geared toward improving the skills of ‘out-of-field’ maths teachers at post-primary level is receiving up to €2m in funding from the Irish Government.
