Reading between the bank holiday headlines this weekend (May 2026), we’d be forgiven for believing that the machines have already taken over. That the tech bros are already carving humanity up between them and that large scale AI-related mass unemployment has already happened in all sectors all over the place. In other words that we’re… Continue reading »
Author: Midland Jobs
A Possible Silver Lining – Local Job Opportunities in the Midlands
We’re potentially into a very sensitive time just now for Midlands families. Watching our costs going up and up, we’re all in the same boat. Hoping against hope that the increase in fuel costs is somehow only a temporary situation. Hoping that it will get sorted out soon and it’ll all be grand in the… Continue reading »
2026 Career Expo Speakers and Timetable
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 »
2026 Midlands Career Expo
Event 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 MidlandJobs.ie are be delighted to be again part of the Midlands Career and Lifestyle Expo 2026 on Saturday, February 21st. This is the largest careers… Continue reading »
Three Employment Headings for 2026
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 »
Stability, Security, and the Career Ceiling: Insights from the 2026 Midlands Jobseeker Survey
In early December 2025, Midlandjobs.ie conducted a comprehensive survey of just over 1,200 website users to gauge the pulse of jobseekers and visitors on the site heading into 2026. While the results reflect a primary focus on the Midlands region with Westmeath (37.6%) and Offaly (17.9%) leading the way the data reveals several emerging trends… Continue reading »
2026 Job Seeker Survey
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 »
AI Use Case #1 – Automated Curation of Excel Column Thanks to Perplexity
Future of Midlands Work Technical Challenge This task began with an excel table containing only the data in the Location column (B). I needed an excel formula which would both “trim” as well as “concatenate” the strings, all within this column and place the output strings into the Asset No. column (C). Sample data in… Continue reading »
How to Future-Proof Local Jobs
There was obviously some AI used in the writing of this post – CGPT5 to be exact. But the quality of ideas contained certainly warrants us to post here, with some minor modifications, for the benefit of our local Job-seekers. The world of work is changing faster than ever — and not just for… Continue reading »
TUS Athlone Careers Fair 2025
MidlandJobs.ie are delighted to be attending the 2025 TUS Careers fair in Athlone on Wednesday 15th October where we’ll be meeting final year and masters students that are keeping a keen eye on the jobs market as they look to their future careers. It’s always a busy event with plenty of companies competing for top… Continue reading »