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22.3.2005 Belfast Telegraph: A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Newcastle-based ceramic artist Michael Rice spent five years at college and worked in studios in Australasia perfecting his craft. While he loves the work, he tells JANE BELL why he needs a day job to survive financially and believes craft is massively undervalued in Northern Ireland.
22.3.2005 Recruit Ireland: Irish Workers Are Third Lowest Taxed
Irish workers pay the third lowest tax and social insurance contributions in the industrial world, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s annual ‘Taxing Wages’ report.
22.3.2005 Recruit Ireland: New European Alliance delivers 4million users per month for RecruitIreland.com
In a new development in the highly competitive online recruitment market, RecruitIreland.com will now give Irish employers access to 4m users per month across Europe.
14.3.2005 Recruit Ireland: Employment Grew By 3% In 2004
The latest figures from the Quarterly National Household Survey show that employment grew by 3% for the year as a whole, with a record 1.89m people in employment at the end of the year.
14.3.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Gerry Gilpin: Prepared for pressure, way to deal with it
Did you ever find yourself in a situation where you were put under pressure, but it was pressure that you welcomed because you felt you had control of the energy input?
14.3.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Junction points way to a better future
This is Community Relations Week, with around 150 events being staged across Northern Ireland to challenge sectarianism and racism in society. Here community worker and Community Relations Council board member Maureen Hetherington tells NIGEL TILSON about her role in helping build better relations in Londonderry.
10.3.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Pupils and teachers give Tele scheme top marks
Pupils were given the opportunity to write their own stories, design their own advertisements, role play different jobs in newspaper production and produce their own newspapers.
10.3.2005 Recruit Ireland: February Unemployment Rate Steady At 4.2%
The latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that the unemployment rate for February was 4.2%. For January, Ireland had the lowest rate – 4.3% - in the 25-member European Union.
3.3.2005 Recruit Ireland: Country's largest shopping centre to create 4,000 jobs
Over 4,000 new jobs will be created tomorrow as the country’s largest shopping centre throws open its doors. Hoards of shoppers are expected to converge on Dundrum Town Centre ensuring it churns out millions of euro for the local economy.
3.3.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Helping dementia sufferers
Some 20,000 people in Northern Ireland have some form of dementia, 466 of them aged under 65. The youngest person here to be diagnosed with dementia was only 29.
24.2.2005 Recruit Ireland: Eyetests for Staff Using Computers Compulsory
Irish employers are obliged to provide eye tests for staff who use computers for more than 1 hour a day.Yet there is no evidence that this is being applied.
24.2.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Teachers urged to make their mark as examiners
One of CCEA's longest-serving A Level examiners today shared her passion for the job she believes has significantly added to her skills as a teacher and urged others to join her.
17.2.2005 Belfast Telegraph: At the sharp end: Making border life better
Dr Maria Ferrario came to Ireland from Milan a decade ago as an au pair to improve her language skills, earning a PhD in computer science along the way.
14.2.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Be pro-active in search for employment
What is much more common, however, is that people who are desperately looking for another position tend to hold on to that - all too often faint - possibility that if they have two or three applications in then they'll wait as surely they'll get one of them.
14.2.2005 Recruit Ireland: New HR Advice Service For Cork Businesses
The new Chamber HR service will offer employers 24-hour access to experts on employment and human resources legislation who will provide interpretations of the law and advice on human resources management.
10.2.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Integrated message taken to the Lords
The principal of Armagh Integrated College, Alan Dalton, has been the special guest at a reception hosted in the House of Lords by Baroness May Blood.
10.2.2005 Recruit Ireland: Irish Business Owners Show Surge Of Optimism
Findings from the 2005 Grant Thornton International Business Owners Survey show that Irish business owners of mid-sized companies are significantly more optimistic about the economy than a year ago.
3.2.2005 Belfast Telegraph: How befriending aims to break the wall of isolation
The Holywood mother of a teenager with Asperger syndrome has taken the next step in her battle to dramatically improve services for children and adults with autism in Northern Ireland.
3.2.2005 Recruit Ireland: CCI Opposes Minimum Wage Increase
The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (CCI) has called on the Labour Court not to increase the minimum wage in its current deliberations, and has called for changes in the review system.
1.2.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Life-changing journey starts with first step
The One Small Step Campaign is launching a major advertising drive next week to encourage everyone in Northern Ireland to play their part in securing a better, more stable future for the province.
1.2.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Lost your job? Don't beat yourself up
Believe it or not, you'll experience the same stages of grief that people endure when they've lost a loved one.
1.2.2005 Recruit Ireland: CCI Opposes Minimum Wage Increase
The Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (CCI) has called on the Labour Court not to increase the minimum wage in its current deliberations, and has called for changes in the review system.
1.2.2005 Recruit Ireland: The advent of Career Consultancy
Work is an integral part of ones life. If you consider that a person spends an average of 40 hours a week at work, 2,080 hours per annum and an incredible 83,200 hours over a lifetime, how often do we stop and think about what we actually want to do?
27.1.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Pre-school review could spell disaster: principals
he outcome of a Government review aimed at improving pre-school education provision in Northern Ireland may lead to a deterioration of educational benefits for children instead.
27.1.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Upward curve for learning
Seamus Murphy, is director of the North West Institute of Further and Higher Education. He talks to Fiona McIlwaine Biggins about his busy and challenging role heading up a key post in higher education.
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27.1.2005 Recruit Ireland: The advent of Career Consultancy
Work is an integral part of ones life. If you consider that a person spends an average of 40 hours a week at work, 2,080 hours per annum and an incredible 83,200 hours over a lifetime.
20.1.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Opinion: It is time to grasp the future for our children
Education in Northern Ireland stands on the cusp of a new opportunity in which the needs and interests of all our young people will be placed at the centre.
20.1.2005 Belfast Telegraph: At sharp end: Healing hurts, creating hope
Alice Chapman has had her family home burgled four times.
20.1.2005 Recruit Ireland: Irish entrepreneurial spirit to fore
The Irish are the most fearless in Europe when it comes to going into business for themselves but the latest figures show they are losing courage.
18.1.2005 Belfast Telegraph: A lead role in marketing
Northern Ireland's only full-time professional producing theatre, the Lyric, Belfast, is awaiting an imminent funding decision from DCAL which will determine the future of a £12m capital development campaign to rebuild a new state-of-the-art theatre on the current site.
18.1.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Firing off job application not a good idea
Finding the 'right' job can be a stressful and frustrating exercise, and one which can often take a lot longer than you might have expected.
18.1.2005 Recruit Ireland: NCI seeking HR Masters recruits
Human Resources managers are playing an increasingly important managerial role in Irish-based companies. With employment levels at an all-time high, the selection and retention of skilled staff has become a board level priority.
18.1.2005 Recruit Ireland: SFA Warns Against Job Complacency
The Small Firms Association (SFA) has said there is no room for complacency on jobs despite a 16% drop in the number of notified redundancies last year.
6.1.2005 Belfast Telegraph: Working at HBOS
Our Retail Contact Centre in Belfast is a modern building located in the new Gasworks development in the city center.
6.1.2005 Recruit Ireland: HSA: 50 Work-Related Deaths In 2004
The latest provisional figures published by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) show that 50 work-related deaths were reported this year compared to 65 in 2003.
27.12.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Co Armagh women are doing it for themselves
Three Ulster organisations have joined forces to deliver a technology project in Co Armagh which is helping women take their first steps on the road to self-employment.
27.12.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Successful calling: it's a people game
To many frustrated jobseekers, it can seem as if hiring managers are living in a "gated" community - securely nestling behind daunting staff who are sworn to keep all but authorised personnel away.
27.12.2004 Recruit Ireland: Kickstart 2005
Why not take some time this year during the quiet days after Christmas to identify what you really want to achieve in 2005? Make it real, concrete, achievable and imagine what it will be like this time next year knowing you have achieved these goals.
16.12.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Santa's elves rushed off their tiny feet
It's a busy time of year for Santa's Little Helpers everywhere. Twinkle, the Chief Elf.
14.12.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Investors in People plan raises bar for business
An upgrade to a programme which helps companies to improve their skills base, and workers to improve their skills and enhance career development, has been applauded by Northern Ireland's Enterprise Minister, Barry Gardiner.
14.12.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Having your cake and eating it
Why have managers such a love of a company car? Is it just a status symbol or a really valued perk?
14.12.2004 Recruit Ireland: One in eight people online
ResearchWorldwide.com says that one out of every eight people in the world is an internet-user, with this proportion expected to narrow to one in five by 2010.
9.12.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Battling life's darker side
Christmas is well recognised as a time when isolation and depression hits hardest and the risk of suicide rises steeply.
9.12.2004 Recruit Ireland: Employers urged to make use of BIK exemption
Employers could give 480 million in tax-free payments to employees if they utilise the small benefit-in-kind (BIK) exemption which was increased by Finance Minister Brian Cowen in the Budget.
2.12.2004 Belfast Telegraph: At the sharp end: A nurse ... and a friend
Congratulations on being selected as the current Marie Curie Cancer Care/Clinton Cards Nurse of the Year for Northern Ireland.
2.12.2004 Recruit Ireland: 170 new high-skilled jobs for Midlands
The midlands region is to benefit from 170 extra jobs created by US multinationals, involving investment of over 7 million, Enterprise Minister for , Trade and Employment, Micheál Martin has announced.
25.11.2004 Recruit Ireland: Companies’ sales staff ‘must improve skills in presentation and negotiation’
SALES staff in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) looking to the export market need to improve their skills in presentation and negotiation.
24.11.2004 Recruit Ireland: Male HR managers earn 25% more than women
MALE human resource (HR) managers earn 25% more than their female counterparts, according to a new survey.
23.11.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Education briefs
Pupils from Lambeg Primary School have been collecting Christmas gifts for the children and young people of Romania.
23.11.2004 Belfast Telgraph: Schools make the news with tele competition
Hundreds of young people in schools across Northern Ireland have been making the headlines as part of a unique school newspaper competition.
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18.11.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Education briefs
Plans are under way to open an Irish-medium pre-school in Carryduff.
18.11.2004 Belfast Telegraph: At the sharp end: Giving care at the hardest of times
Dr Julie Doyle, consultant in palliative medicine with Northern Ireland Hospice Care and the Mater Hospital, talks to Fiona McIlwaine Biggins about her role in caring for patients with cancer and other life limiting illnesses and giving support to their families.
18.11.2004 Recruit Ireland: Report spotlights perils of working from home
Working from home can be bad for your health because of “sweatshop” conditions such as poor lighting and cramped space, according to a new report published in the UK today.
18.11.2004 Recruit Ireland: Irish house prices jump by €24,000 ... but it’s the best country to live in
It might not be the cheapest, but Ireland is the best place in the world to live, according to a life-satisfaction survey by The Economist magazine.
9.11.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Personal development key to course for women
A new programme, designed to help women advance in their careers, has been launched in Northern Ireland.
9.11.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Yes Madam, you're a millionaire
Catherine Jordan is an expert on the National Lottery - but she can't win it - as an employee of Camelot she's not allowed to play.
9.11.2004 Recruit Ireland: Growth In Services Sector Continues
Business activity in the key services sector continued to grow in October, but at a slower rate than in September, according to the latest NCB Purchasing Managers Service Index.
2.11.2004 Recruit Ireland: Strong Economic Growth Predicted By Central Bank
The public purse is €1.6bn better off thanks to strong economic growth and successful probes into tax dodging, according to figures from the Central Bank.
2.11.2004 Recruit Ireland: Irish Manufacturing Grows But At Slower Pace
The latest NCB Purchasing Managers' Index has found that conditions in Ireland's manufacturing sector strengthened in October - but at their slowest rate for 13 months.
2.11.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Break chain of command at your peril
When your manager makes a decision or embarks on a course of action that you do not agree with, what do you do?
2.11.2004 Helping firms to be more responsible
I am responsible for the marketing and promotion of Business in the Community within Northern Ireland.
23.9.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Go on an Odyssey to find job of your dreams
Hundreds of jobs will be available at Job Scene Northern Ireland in association with the Department for Employment and Learning taking place at the Odyssey Arena on Thursday and Friday.
14.9.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Banking on customers hundreds of times a day
To mark the Belfast Telegraph's sponsorship of the forthcoming Job Scene employment showcase, this week's Jobfinder is focusing on what it takes to be a customer sales advisor in Halifax's office at Cromac Place, Belfast.
14.9.2004 Recruit Ireland: Recruitment firm reports 49% rise in profits
RECRUITMENT firm CPL Resources yesterday reported a 49% rise in full-year pre-tax profits.
13.9.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Job scene
Halifax is just one of the many employers looking to recruit at Job Scene Northern Ireland - the event is being run in association with the Department for Employment and Learning.
13.9.2004 Recruit Ireland: Quarterly Survey Shows Employment Growth
Employment growth continued in the second quarter of the year with 1,836,200 persons in employment.
8.9.2004 Belfast Telegraph: At The Chalk Face: Why integrated education is worth the risk for teachers
Seven new integrated schools recently opened their doors to students in Northern Ireland.
8.9.2004 Belfast Telegraph: At the sharp end: Entering the learning zone
One in four adults in Northern Ireland has problems reading and writing. Often they hide it well, holding down a job and raising a family, until some crisis makes them seek help.
8.9.2004 Recruit Ireland: IT Bosses Worried About Skills Shortage
Half of Irish IT directors about an IT skills shortage, according to a survey by Synstar of 700 European IT directors, over 10% of which were Irish respondents
7.9.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Construction sector's hard sell for school-leavers
YOUNG people are being targeted in a new multi-media campaign to entice more workers into the construction industry.
7.9.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Achievement beats 'I can do that' mentality
Globalisation has increased the pressure on companies and as a consequence the job market has become much more competitive.
7.9.2004 Recruit Ireland: Services Industries Continue To Grow
Growth in the services sector of the Irish economy, when adjusted for seasonal factors such as continental summer holidays, again showed strong growth in August
7.9.2004 Recruit Ireland: Digiweb creates 25 jobs in Cork
Digiweb, Ireland's fastest expanding broadband services provider, achieved another milestone today with the simultaneous launch of live licensed broadband services in Cork City and County, and the official opening of its new office in Cork City.
2.9.2004 Belfast Telegraph: Hundreds of Jobs & Training Opportunities At Job Scene Northern Ireland
Hundreds of jobs and training opportunities will be up for grabs at Job Scene Northern Ireland in association with the Department for Employment and Learning presented by the Belfast Telegraph, taking placeat the Odyssey Arena on 23 and 24 September.
2.9.2004 Recruit Ireland: Family friendly policies crucial
EMPLOYERS who do not implement family-friendly policies will pay a heavy price as the majority of skilled adults in the coming years are likely to be women, a leading economist has warned.
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