Voluntary work: a gateway to a new career – live chat
Volunteering isn’t just about helping others;it can be about helping yourself too. Whether you want to gain skills, make contacts or just experience life in a different sector, volunteering can be a useful door into a new career. Charities and fundraising organisations rely on a huge army of volunteers who work in all types of roles. In fact, government statistics now suggest that more than 70% of us volunteer at least once a year. It may conjure up a picture of standing on street corners rattling a tin, but organisations need volunteers to...
read moreUnemployment rate hits new six-year low of 9.8%
Unemployment has to fallen to a six-year low of 9.8 per cent, according to a new series of monthly unemployment estimates. The seasonally adjusted number of people classified as unemployed fell by 300 to 209,700 in May, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) This is the lowest level recorded since January 2009. It also represents the 25th consecutive monthly fall, if January 2014 – when the total remained unchanged – is excluded. The figures indicated an annual decrease of 40,500 or 16.2 per cent. The estimates replace...
read more260 new jobs for Dublin in new fibre broadband firm SIRO
260 jobs are to be created from the new fibre broadband venture set up by the ESB and Vodafone. The new venture, called Siro, will deliver fibre broadband over ESB electricity lines to 500,000 homes and businesses in 50 regional towns. The new broadband, which will see the ESB and Vodafone jointly invest €450m, will offer households speeds of up to 1,000Mbs. The company today said that 60 full time jobs would be created in Siro with another 200 construction jobs during the roll-out phase. The Siro service is different from the...
read moreTens of thousands of jobs coming to Ireland in the next 5 years
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has been telling us in his Spring Statement that the jobs lost in Ireland during the recession will be totally recovered by 2018. Even in the short-term, employment will pass the 2m mark next year, with emigration finally being overtaken by immigration from 2017 onwards, according to the Government’s Spring Statement. “The young people who have left are coming back and will continue to do so,” said Minister Noonan, not noting that many of those “young people” are far older now The recession...
read moreLogMeIn to take in 90 staff in Dublin
Dublin Cloud computing Company LogMeIn to create 90 new jobs. The company, which provides cloud computing and mobile services, said the new staff will be recruited within the next year. Positions will include sales, customer support, marketing, finance and human resources. LogMeIn said it was actively recruiting for the roles, with more than 20 employees to start in its new office within the next three months. “Today’s announcement that LogMeIn, a leading company in this sector, is locating an important facility in Dublin with the planned...
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