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 »
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 »
5 Steps to Avoid Excruciating Mistakes in Candidate Selection
That there were some very fundamental mistakes made in the recent Fianna Fail Presidential bid, seems by now, to be beyond all question. While some might say the candidate’s actions may have drawn a lot of the humiliation onto himself, it’s hard not to feel very sorry for him and his family, in what… Continue reading »
MidlandJobs.ie – Helping to Reduce Hiring Costs for Local Businesses
As Mr. Trump’s tariffs start to bite in the real economy, more and more local employers are using Midlandjobs.ie to help reduce their hiring costs. At it’s core, the Midlandjobs process has always been an exercise in lean management. We regularly get feedback from our employers that they strongly favour the ease of use… Continue reading »
Searching for Jobs Using ChatGPT
We are all familiar with using Google to search for things, however, AI search is becoming an interesting alternative. ChatGPT can give a brief overview of the jobs available on MidlandJobs.ie in a user friendly manner and make suggestions for next steps or to broaden your search. Here are some tips for searching MidlandJobs.ie using… Continue reading »