Tagged: Skills & News
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FIT’s ICT Skills Audit pinpoints skills needed to fill more than 4,500 tech jobs News
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...Tags: Digital Media, Virtualisation, Cloud, Project Management, Developers, Recruitment, Jobs, Training, ICT, Skills -
Finance giant Fidelity attributes Irish ingenuity in efforts to beat the IT skills gap News
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... -
New ECDL programme launched in London News
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,... -
Allstate delivers 650 software jobs bonanza across Northern Ireland News
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. -
The five minute CIO: Vincent Nolan News
10.05.2013 Smyths Toys is one of Ireland’s fastest-growing retailers. Its head of IT Vincent Nolan talks about changing the mindset from an SME to an enterprise, and why IT operations... -
Interview with CoderDojo Diva Limerick’s Karen O’Connell (video) News
25.04.2013 Today is Girls in ICT Day and the perfect occasion to highlight an interview with Karen O’Connell, mother of three and a former Dell worker, who helps run CoderDojo Divas in...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Software, Education, Economy, Development, Design -
NGOs, IBM and businesses team up to tackle digital literacy News
23.04.2013 A new website that makes basic online tasks easy for new users has been launched through an initiative spearheaded by Business in the Community Ireland and collaboration between... -
Ireland will need even more skilled immigrants to plug IT skills gap - ISA chair News
16.04.2013 Ireland will have to go even further than the reforms of the past week to fill the IT skills gap by encouraging even more skilled migrants to locate in the country, the new...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Recruitment, Leadership & Management, Engineering, Engineer, Economy -
Irish Government pumps €1.4m into BenefIT training scheme News
15.04.2013 Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte has revealed €1.4m in grant opportunities for digital skills trainers under the new BenefIT... -
Career memes of the week: SEO specialist News
16.04.2013 Spare a thought for the SEO specialist, who in essence works to increase a website’s visibility on the internet. It’s a challenging task, considering just how much the internet... -
Digital Marketing Institute launches 180-day course to fast-track students into jobs News
15.04.2013 In response to the digital skills shortage in Ireland, the Dublin-based Digital Marketing Institute has devised a new course that will prepare graduates and professionals for... -
Career memes of the week: graphic designer News
26.03.2013 Three Irish designers have been included in the recently launched international publication Women in Graphic Design 1890-2012 and to follow that recognition, this week’s career... -
New mobile service to help parents learn sign language News
22.03.2013 One of the latest mobile resources to come out of the Digital Skills Academy’s WebElevate programme is a new service aimed at helping thousands of parents of young deaf and hard...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Education, Digital Media, Development, Design, Apps -
Rails Girls success proves that coding is not a boys’ club News
08.03.2013 One month ago, an initiative called Rails Girls rolled into Dublin for the first time thanks to RedHills web developer Emily Castles. We caught up with Castles, fellow organiser... -
Women Invent Tomorrow programme launches 8 March News
07.03.2013 International Women’s Day, 8 March, sees the launch by Silicon Republic of ‘Women Invent Tomorrow’, a major year-long initiative that will highlight the importance of closing... -
Industry cautiously welcomes movement on work permits News
07.03.2013 Throughout the world, those economies aspiring to build winning high-tech sectors are experiencing the skills crunch. Universities and colleges just cannot turn out the... -
LinkedIn users give out 1bn skills endorsements (infographic) News
06.03.2013 The number of skills endorsements LinkedIn users have been giving one another has reached 1bn in six months, with endorsed skills ranging from visual C++ to water treatment, the... -
Camara Education volunteers hit 100,000 hours in refurbishing computers News
27.02.2013 Volunteers with Irish charity Camara Education have worked 100,000 hours preparing computers for disadvantaged communities and their achievement has drawn recognition from... -
Major security survey reveals staffing concerns and skills shortfalls News
27.02.2013 Many information security teams are understaffed and don’t always have the appropriate skills to tackle new risks, a major new survey has found. -
City and Guilds and ICBE offer free training for job-seekers News
19.02.2013 Two new targeted training programmes for job-seekers in Ireland will be delivered free of charge by the Irish Centre for Business Excellence (ICBE) in conjunction with City and...Categories: Upskilling, Training