It’s just not simple being a job-seeker these days it seems. This morning, yet again, on some radio show there was a guy talking about how his job-seeking routine drove him nearly to distraction. It got me to thinking about how did that all happen to the poor guy. But when you listen to all the… Continue reading »
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Interesting Midlands103 Podcast – IDA Midlands Job Creation
Listen to this Podcast from Midlands 103 on 13th July 2012.. Will Faulkner giving IDA Regions spokesperson Mary Buckley a run for her money. Though to be fair it’s a tough market. Critical mass and skills are key to attracting more companies. To find podcast click on above link to Midlands 103 site, click on… Continue reading »
Vote for your favourite Customer Service provider in Mullingar
Mullingar Chamber of Commerce are awarding a “Best Customer Service” award to one hard-working individual in the town. This can be someone you deal with on an everyday basis, someone who empties your bin for you, serves you your daily cup of coffee each morning or who delivers your post for you. Whoever it is,… Continue reading »
The Apprentice
Is it just my imagination or is the Irish Apprentice a more serious and all-round better quality show than the better established UK and US versions. The standard of the candidates is pretty high. There seems to be less of the auld self-congrulatory guff and overall they seems to be a bright bunch. Bill Cullen himself… Continue reading »
The right fella to give you a kick in the arse first thing in the morning…
I went to a talk by a guy called Padraig O’Maille last Wednesday morning in the Tullamore Court. While most of his material is orientated towards business owners / managers, it’d do nearly anyone some good to go have a listen to him. The subject was Creative Thinking in Business and the event was organised as part of… Continue reading »
Midlands Business – Speed networking event Thursday 11th Sept
As part of Offaly Enterprise Week, the Offaly Enterprise Board is organising a Speed Networking event in the Tullamore Court Hotel on Thursday 11th September. This event is being backed by all of the local Chambers as well as both County Enterprise boards. Unique and unprecedented for the region, this is just one item in… Continue reading »
Candidates now showing more flexibility as “key” to securing jobs
On one of my previous trips abroad I found myself job-hunting for a couple of weeks longer than what I had intended. My budget started to run tight and not wanting to have to return home early I decided to register for some temp work. I was working within a week. It was not my… Continue reading »
New to the Midlands ?? – Here are some local job-seeker resources
If you’re looking for some good local printed listings of jobs, here are the main ones – Tullamore Tribune, Westmeath Examiner (Mullingar), Westmeath Independent (Athlone), Offaly Independent, Offaly Express (includes jobs in Laois), Westmeath Topic, Longford News, the Mullingar / Athlone Advertiser. Also National papers including Irish Independent on Thursdays, Irish Times on Fridays and… Continue reading »
Employers: Tech-check your business
The enterprise boards currently have an excellent service on offer for companies who wish to assess their use of IT. Information and communications technology is developing at such a fast pace that it is difficult for companies to keep up with the pace of change – you might find that there are infinitely quicker, easier… Continue reading »
The recruitment times they are a-changing
Things are definitely changing in recruitment. The challenge for most companies who have regular vacancies is no longer filtering out volumes of applications which they receive, but more how to get enough relevant applications in the first place. On the plus-side for recruiters, there are so many more options available to them now which were… Continue reading »