Is a new job or career on your Santa list?
Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today? It’s already December and everyone is focussing on Christmas. Shopping, parties, helping Santa with his lists. But what about your list? Is a job on your list? A return to work? A career change? How are you going to achieve that? Wait until the New […]
The changing face of the pharmaceutical industry
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Dublin North) Friday, November 14th, was a good day for the Irish jobs market with the announcement from Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) of the creation of 400 new jobs at their Cruiserath facility in Dublin. The new jobs will be in a purpose-built biologics pharmaceutical facility. This is […]
Citi to create 600 jobs in Belfast
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Dublin North) RTE are reporting HERE that Australian legal services company Citi are to create 600 jobs in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter. If you will be applying for work there, perhaps we can help? We have extensive experience of preparing candidates for all types of jobs, with an […]
Employers are using social media to recruit. Will they find you?
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Dublin North) One of our career coaches represented us at the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) annual conference and exhibition in Manchester. A very obvious theme at the event was the increase in the use of social platforms within the recruitment process. Employers and recruiters […]
Make your CV stand out from the crowd – Dublin seminar can give you the edge
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Dublin North) Job seekers and career changers will be given the opportunity to make their CV stand out from the crowd, thanks to a forthcoming evening seminar hosted by Sli Nua Careers, one of the country’s leading career training companies. “How To Create A Winning CV” is […]
US legal firm to establish Dublin Centre of Excellence
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Dublin North) Twenty-five legal and technical jobs will be created when US legal firm NightOwl Discovery open their first non-US office in Dublin, according to this report on Silicon Republic. You can read more about NightOwl Discovery on their website here. Mark McDonald is a Career Coach […]
Great news for north Dublin – 400 new jobs in Blanchardstown
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers (Dublin North) Given that my office is located in Blanchardstown – in the LINC building at the Institute of Technology, to be precise – I am delighted with the news that Bristol Myers are to create up to 400 jobs. The Irish Times has the full story […]
PFH creates 25 jobs in Dublin, Cork and Galway
By Mark McDonald, Sli Nua Careers, Dublin North Silicon Republic reports that PFH, an Irish ICT services company with offices in Dublin, Cork and Galway, is to create 25 new jobs within the organisation in Galway.You can read the full story HERE More on the vacancies HERE Mark McDonald is a Career Coach with Sli […]
Career Corner @CRC1029fm November 10th 2014 thinking about your digital footprint and how employers are viewing it
Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Ltd, talks to Aidan Crowley of Community Radio Castlebar – a series of career tips interviews that will be broadcast each Monday on CRC-fm at 5.30pm GMT. Topic: Employers are using social media to recruit. Will they find you? Let’s face it, we live and work within a […]
A view from the other (recruiter’s) side
By Mark McDonald, Career Coach, Sli Nua Careers Dublin North It’s 3.30 on a Friday afternoon and an Assistant Engineering Manager in a busy food and beverage manufacturing facility has just sat down at his desk to begin the next phase of a recruitment drive. His department has advertised for two specialised engineering technicians who […]