Career Boot camp will be held at the National College of Ireland from 16th-21st of August 2010. This is a free week for job seekers offering a range of workshops and seminars.
Paul Mullan is one of the guest speakers attending the event this year. His presentation is titled “Get Creative & Get Hired”. It will be held on Tue 17th Aug @ 9.30am
In the new world of job search you need to inject creativity to stand out and attract more job opportunities. Paul will inspire you to move from your comfort zone to inject more creativity into your job search. Paul will explain his formula for success; (A + C = V) = (O). He will help you to accept that the job market has changed, accept that you need to change and help you use creativity when targeting both the advertised jobs and the hidden job market.
Paul Mullan is the founder of Measurability. He is a rounded Career expert with deep and current knowledge across key job search ingredients including Self-Marketing, Social Media, Job Search, CVs and Interviews. Paul is a recognised through his expert career advice in the Irish Independent, Sunday Times and many leading websites. A business owner for over a decade, Paul job hunts every day, which means he walks the talk. Paul mixes his passion and humour to motivate activity, inspire creative, increase visibility and help jobseekers land more opportunities.
Leading career expert Paul Mullan will be presenting a FREE presentation at 6.30pm on 25th March sponsored by the Dublin City Central Library. The topic – “Job Hunting – Creative ways to increase visibility & land more opportunities”. For more information and to book a place email businesslibrary@dublincity.ie.
For those of you who use Linkedin you can also access free tips, advice and discussions on “Measurability Careers & Jobs Club” Group on LinkedIn.
Below is the video for the Monster Careers Fair at the RDS on 12th November. This was a very successful day with great feedback from jobseekers. I presented at the event and you can hear some of my views on CV Writing during the video.
We all have experienced nightmare clients, customers or work colleagues. This can be a very challenging experience. I found some useful advice online that I though I would share ….. Her is to better working relationships!!
Working with difficult people, whether they are colleagues or customers, is one of the common challenges at work. They can be so distracting and can take up so much of your valuable time. Stop… and then seek to see the world from the other person’s point of view.
See It From Their Perspective
I am not saying that you should agree with them; but at least try and figure out why they are behaving the way they do. People always have a valid reason (to them) for doing what they do.
So you could ask…
“What is the positive outcome you want to achieve by this behaviour?” or words to that effect. At the very least it will make them stop and think and you will probably learn something useful.
Recent reports indicate that there has been a 30% rise in temporary and contract positions in 12 months in Ireland. Is this beneficial for employers, jobseekers or both?
According to a recent survey by Grafton Recruitment there has been a 30% increase in the number of temporary and contract positions now available compared to this time last year. The survey indicated that temporary and contract positions are seen as a viable option for firms during uncertain market conditions.
Really this news is no surprise as it makes perfect sense for employers. They can bring in manpower resource without committing to permanent headcount. It provided greater flexibility in tough economic conditions.
Temporary or Contract jobs can also be a positive solutions for jobseekers particularly those currently out of work. I am often amazed at the number of jobseekers currently out of work who are turning their noses up at contract work. My view is that it is better to be in a job even if it does lack a permanent nature. This solution fills in the blanks on your CV but you never know where it can lead.
Interestingly the same survey found that the current economic downturn has not affected some areas and there are skills shortages with high demand for Accountancy, Customer Service, IT, Multilingual and Sales roles.
Beneath all the doom and gloom in Ireland there is still a stream of new jobs announcements. This passes by some jobseekers as they are too caught up with the negative jobs news. Below is an outline of 700 new jobs announced in the last week or so. These jobs are across the country and within a number of skills and industry sectors.
240 new jobs in Dublin & Newry with Teleperformance — French call centre operator Teleperformance will create 240 jobs in Dublin & Newry to support grocery chain Sainsbury’s. This positive news follows an announcement earlier this year for 610 jobs at its customer contact centres in Newry and Bangor.
20 new jobs in Dublin with (AMPAC-ISP Group) — America Pacific Corporation will create 20 new jobs in Dublin over the next five years in Dublin following the decision to set up its European HQ in the city. AMPAC-ISP designs and manufactures mission-critical structural components for the European space industry.
100 new jobs in Cork with Olive Safety — A Cork H&S firm plans to create 100 jobs over the next year.
40 new jobs in Dublin with SuccessFactors — Talent management software provider SuccessFactors will establish its European Multilingual Business Centre in Dublin creating 40 high-value jobs in Ireland. The new European Multilingual Business Centre will be located in Dundrum. The European Multilingual Business Centre will service customers in the small and medium-size markets.
300 jobs nationwide with Bord Na Móna — Bord Na Mona are investing in green energy and will create jobs as a result. The jobs will be created in a range of areas in projects such as environmental solution, waste recovery and recycling and new investment in wind and gas power stations.
For those of you targeting these jobs it is important to market yourself and sell yourself. CV Writing Services can enhance your CV and help you stand out in the crowd. Interview Techniques Preparation can help you deliver at interview and land job offers.
Another positive jobs announcement for Ireland. A possible 350 jobs to be created by Irish Company – Intune Networks. This annoucement falls under the “smart economy” tag.
50 jobs are to be created in the next year followed by another 300 within three years at Irish company Intune Networks, which is building a new communications network to cut down bottlenecks in data transfer.
The Irish telecoms equipment design company was named to lead the Government’s programme to build Ireland’s Exemplar Smart Network. Intune’s programmable fibre optic platform will form the foundation for creating a next generation smart and green communications infrastructure for Ireland. Minister Ryan said the network would give Ireland world leading technology and a first mover advantage in the establishment of a smart economy, helping Ireland leapfrog its international peers in digital infrastructure.
This announcement is positive news off the back of the announcement last week that Intel was cutting 294 jobs at its plant in Leixlip. Interestingly I was out there last week and the general feeling among those I spoke to was that there was little surprise with the news. This still does not make it any easier for those who lost their job.
My friend works for a leading multinational and he informed me that the company has made a decision to move away from job boards and recruitment agencies and they are currently training their recruiters to use social media networking tools to source potential job candidates.
Could this spell the end for job boards and recruitment agencies?
It is too early to say this BUT one thing is for sure that if jobseekers are not using these tools they are missing out on potential jobs. Quite simply – you will not work for this particualr company as they will not find you or you will not know about their jobs.
If you are a jobseekers and you have not already set up a Linkedin Profile I suggest you do it now. Linked in is fast becoming a must use resource for jobseekers. If you want an idea how to set up hte content of your profile view Paul Mullan Linkedin Profile – Career & Outplacement Expert
According to a recent survey by ISME there seems to be no evidence of “Green Shoot” in the Small Business Sector in Ireland. Actually the opposite is true and thing are getting worse.
40% expect to let staff go
70% dont expect to be in business next year if things don’t change
The worst hit sector is Construction followed by Retail, Distribution and Manufacturing.
The biggest problems faced by SME’s include fall in orders BUT more worryingly lack of access to credit. Hmmmm – gues those banks are not fulfilling their side of the deal!!
Mixed jobs news this week in Ireland. Only positive was the major announcement from ESB!!
ESB has announced the creation of 3,700 GREEN JOBS. IKEA is holding final rounds of recruitment for the grand opening of its Republic store in July (expect plenty of competition!!).
Around the country there was more job loss misery with news from XILINX & New Oceans Limited in Dublin, Irish Dresden in Limerick, BeoCare & Beru Electronics in Kerry and Agilisys Contact Services in Clare. A total of 300 jobs to be lost with the above announcement with many of jobs lost is very badly affected regions.
