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 »
How bad / good is it really? Putting it into some perspective
This seems to be the big question on people’s minds these days. While on the one hand some commentators seem to be delighted to be able to tell us how bad everything is, other’s just seem to be trotting out the mantra that there simply is no economic problem at all and the whole world might just be talking itself into… Continue reading »
Online Recruitment Conference London 08
There was an impressive variety of both speakers and delegates at the Onrec conference in the QE 2 centre Westminster earlier this week. Whether they came from Europe, The UK or the US however, the main issue on people’s minds remains unchanged – the war for talent. A number of the speakers alluded to… 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 »
120% increase in unique visits to Midlandjobs.ie in 12 months
What a difference a year makes. Between April 2007 and April 2008 there has been a dramatic increase in the number of visits to our main website, Midlandjobs.ie. With April 08 not yet quite closed out, the surge in hits is already more than 120% up on the same month last year. A report of… Continue reading »
Editorial for this weeks Mullingar Advertiser
In his keynote speech to the Midlands Gateway Chamber ball last Friday night in Mullingar, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary seemed less than concerned about the so-called “economic downturn”. He holds the view that over the past ten years, some people made money in their businesses without being especially good at what they do. [He may… Continue reading »
Employers: There’s a down-turn in the market so it should be easier to find new staff, right? Wrong…
All the signs are that the extra fluidity in the recruitment scene these days is confined to just a couple of sectors. In other areas the negative sentiment has simply caused people to sit tight. Not as many people who currently have jobs are looking to move at all but are preferring to build up… Continue reading »
Employers: Request us to list your jobs in Facebook marketplace
At no extra cost we can list your job on the Social Networking site Facebook. This saves you the hassle of having to do it. While their Marketplace facility doesn’t seem to categorise jobs by location (only by employment sector), any entries we make on your behalf will provide jobseekers with a link back to… Continue reading »
job seeking tip – 4. Please don’t apply for loads of different “types” of jobs
Going back to your plan, consider the jobs that you have a decent chance of getting. Nothing annoys recruiters more than seeing the same cv coming in for many different jobs across the recruitment spectrum. When this happens the recruiter has no choice but to think that the candidate really hasn’t got a clue what… Continue reading »