Event Final Details Date: Saturday, February 21st, 2026, 9:30am to 4pm Location: Mullingar Park Hotel Themes: The Future of Work, Opportunities for Young People, and Achieving a Work / Life Balance Online Jobs feed: https://midlandscareerexpo.ie/job-vacancies/ More details:  https://midlandscareerexpo.ie Timetable 08:00 Event opens for Exhibitor Setup 09:30 Event officially opens for attendees. The event will be… Continue reading »

AI & the Future of Work AI is undoubtedly the big talking point of 2026. Every newspaper, every social media feed, every TV news bulletin is full of it. And to be fair, it has certainly become the big technology and work story of our time. Just as indeed electricity was perhaps the big story… Continue reading »

This thought-provoking piece on the RTE news page during the week has tongues wagging. In a nutshell, it draws our attention to the phenomenon of “Human Resources” without the human. They take a refreshing approach, with a high-quality contribution from Brainstorm, which was a new one on me. The only surprising thing, is that anyone… Continue reading »

A Solution to Disrupted Online Recruitment Traffic January 2026 A New Challenge for Recruiters in 2026 The introduction of AI Overviews in Google Search results during summer 2025 has had a disruptive impact on website traffic worldwide. As search behaviour continues to change, many businesses are seeing reduced visibility for their online content. This shift… Continue reading »

Image generated using Chat GPT – for depiction purposes only By Tom Griffith, MD Midlandjobs.ie Welcome back to work (ish). We’re not quite out of holiday mode just yet and we still have the fireworks displays over the New Year’s Eve Mullingar skies to look forward to. But there’s been plenty of musings over sherry… Continue reading »

The calm before the Christmas storm – a festive looking Market Square Mullingar, Dec 2025 Midlandjobs.ie – Our Three Headings to Watch for 2026 Agentic AI Fractional Employment Alternatives to SEO Mullingar town had a lovely festive feel to it over the weekend. On Friday evening [19th December 2025], lot’s of local workplaces were winding up… Continue reading »

Job Seekers live in interesting times. If you have the skills and experience that are in demand, the world is your oyster and the job offers come thick and fast.  For others,  rejection comes in many forms e.g. Another Candidate selected, Not hiring right now and more often these days: no response at all. It’s… Continue reading »