Categorised as: Career Advice
-
Getting over the language barrier: how Irish job seekers can improve their career options News
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... -
Dragons’ Den’s Cisco kid to advise start-up hopefuls at Exponential event News
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,... -
IWD at the RDS: breaking down stereotypes and barriers to women in STEM (video) News
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... -
Silicon Republic CEO launches Women Invent Tomorrow, seeks inspiring women in STEM News
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... -
The insider’s guide to getting a job at Apple (infographic) News
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. -
‘Irish engineers are becoming a massive brand in Canada’, says Moving2Canada founder News
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... -
How many cows are in Canada? And other strange interview questions (video) News
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...Categories: Careers and Employment, Career Advice -
Career Zoo returns in February with major focus on tech and upskilling News
28.11.2012 Career Zoo, Ireland’s only career event targeted at professionals and graduates, returns to the Convention Centre Dublin on Saturday, 9 February next year, with a major focus on...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software, Recruitment, Education, Careers and Employment, Career AdviceTags: DIT, Enterprise Ireland, -
Dubstarts job fair to bring graduates and start-ups together tomorrow News
12.11.2012 A start-up jobs fair with a twist will be taking place at the Workman’s Club in Dublin tomorrow evening, with the aim of hooking up undergraduates and graduates with start-ups...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, R&D, Design, Careers and Employment, Career Advice -
CareerZoo: Reports from Ireland's biggest careers event (video, part 2 of 3) News
24.09.2012 At CareerZoo on Saturday, we spoke to young software entrepreneurs: CoderDojo's James Whelton and Shane Curran, as well as senior executives at Enterprise Ireland and the NDRC... -
CareerZoo: Reports from Ireland's biggest careers event (video, part 1 of 3) News
22.09.2012 At CareerZoo today, we spoke to Anne Lanigan from IT's Happening Here, Richard Eardley of Hays Recruitment, Joe Ffrench from Microsoft and Ryan Shanks from Accenture to get... -
STEM Careers Week will highlight career opportunities in med-tech sector News
17.09.2012 Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock, TD, today launched STEM Careers Week, the latest campaign from the Smart Futures initiative to encourage secondary school... -
New website set up to fill 1,500 vacancies in Irish software sector News
12.09.2012 IT’s Happening Here is a new jobs campaign that has launched today to promote IT vacancies in the Irish-owned software sector. -
Career Zoo - IRCSET (Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology) News
22.08.2011 IRCSET (Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology)Tags: IRCSET, -
Skilled IT workers are in demand, but supply is short – report News
25.07.2012 Two reports published today by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) highlight the increasing demand for, and limited supply of, experienced IT personnel in Ireland... -
IIA launches digital inclusion campaign to Digitise the Nation News
17.07.2012 The Irish Internet Association (IIA) is sending a bright orange mobile training unit to a town near you as a new campaign to Digitise the Nation takes to the road to bring basic... -
Irish workers don’t have the language skills to fill half of PayPal jobs in Dundalk News
17.07.2012 Speaking at Dundalk Institute of Technology yesterday, PayPal’s vice-president of global operations Louise Phelan criticised the lack of language skills in Ireland and revealed...Categories: Upskilling, Recruitment, Finding a Job, Enterprise, Education, Careers and Employment, Career Advice