The line-up of Career Coaches is rising. New to Virtual Recruitment Expo is Mary Spillane. She will be lending her expertise to jobseekers and professionals at this FREE jobs fair on 13th May. Don't forget to register so you can access the online event between 10am and 4pm.
Mary Spillane is the owner of Rise to Success Coaching. She has over 15 years’ experience in management, Human Resources and Coaching. Mary has hands on experience working on sales floors along with management experience helping businesses to grow and people development, through this experience.
Her passion is people development and watching people flourish. She believes everyone can achieve success. However, sometimes this requires guidance, support, and non-judgement. Mary empowers her clients to become the best version of themselves through powerful questioning and coaching tools to unlock their potential.
She's been able to develop and master a wide variety of skills, tools and techniques to facilitate and empower clients to create practical plans and get results.Career coaching provides support for a person that may need help in their career from starting out to starting over or starting afresh. Any of these situations can cause additional stress, anxiety and fear to an already Career challenging aspect of our lives.
Ahead of the upcoming Virtual Recruitment jobs fair on 13th May, we profile Recruit.ie (formerly BCS Recruitment) and its success as a recruitment consultancy and event organiser.
For over 10 years BCS Recruitment has been Ireland’s foremost specialist recruitment consultancy and event organiser and has led the way in putting skilled professionals directly in contact with leading employers from Ireland and abroad.
Under the guidance of Managing Director Bronagh Cotter, who has more than 20 years of experience in the recruitment industry, BCS Recruitment has gone from strength to strength. In 2013 BCS Recruitment took over Jobs Expo and built it into Ireland’s #1 platform for recruitment and business networking opportunities.
Jobs Expo has welcomed more than 80,000 jobseekers to its various exhibitions, where they are able to meet Irish and international recruiters and attend Jobs Expo’s Career Clinic and a wide range of exciting seminars presented by industry professionals.
In 2019 Jobs Expo won the Irish Enterprise Award for Best Irish Jobs & Recruitment Fair in 2019. Also that year Bronagh took over the management of Biz Expo 2020, Ireland’s premiere B2B exhibition. Under Bronagh’s leadership Biz Expo 2020 became Ireland’s biggest opportunity for SMEs and microbusinesses to build brand awareness, develop client relationships and network with other organisations across a wealth of industries.
Both Biz Expo and Jobs Expo continue to find ways to innovate and adapt in order to maintain their success. In response to Covid-19 Bronagh developed a platform called Virtual Recruitment in order to continue to deliver the highest quality of recruitment fairs the industry has come to expect.
For Bronagh, now more than ever, it is essential to connect job-seekers with local and international organisations. “I am passionate about bringing the top companies and the best candidates together during Covid and empowering individuals to explore an array of career opportunities and find jobs all over the country and abroad during these challenging times.”
Proving itself to be an immediate success, Virtual Recruitment has already hosted two fairs, putting skilled professionals directly in front of leading employers from a variety of industries, including Amazon, Google Digital Garage, Ericsson, Nikon, Revenue, Irish Defence Forces, BCS Recruitment, Cpl, Talent Hub, Manpower, Coopero, ByrneLooby, Sedgwick, PE Global, HML Beacon Hospital, Lighthouse Studios, 24hr Care Services, Suir Engineering, Oxford Global, Mercury Engineering.
Alongside the range of heavy-hitters in the employment world, there was an impressive range of speakers and career coaches offering up their expertise and providing sound career advice and great support. Last November’s event welcomed Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, who gave a briefing to all attendees and exhibitors.
Always looking for ways to progress, Bronagh has recently overseen BCS Recruitment’s rebranding as Recruit.ie and continues to deliver top-tier HR services and deliver successful online jobs fair. “I believe that connection is key. It’s essential that we continue to provide the opportunities to connect jobseekers with prospective employers.“
Recruit.ie are currently getting ready for the next Virtual Recruitment event, which takes place on 13th May 2021 and will once again provide the perfect opportunity for jobseekers, companies and recruitment firms to make that connection.
Register here and make your story a success.
The US company has announced that it is opening its new software development centre in Northern Ireland. The centre will create approximately 70 new job positions in the region, 12 of which have already been filled with staff members working remotely.
Diane Dodds, Northern Ireland Economy Minister said the region’s skilled workforce attracted EverQuote and that the new roles will inject over £3.7 million into the local economy through salaries.
Invest NI is supporting the investment by funding £420,000. The agency has said on Twitter that it is the firm’s intention to ‘open the centre in Belfast but staff will initially work from home”.
EverQuote provides an online insurance marketplace to consumers, where they can connect with providers. It has teams in Washington state and Massachusetts and currently employs around 425 people in the US.
Tomas Revesz, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of EverQuote said: “We started considering locations for the new development centre in early 2020 and were recommended to consider Northern Ireland. The combination of talent, capability and the strong cluster of insurtech companies that we found when we visited Northern Ireland really impressed us.”
“As a company, we also place significant importance on providing meaningful skill and career development opportunities for our people. We were keen to ensure we had the ability to work with local universities to create a team that has a blend of both experience and new talent. The calibre of the two universities and the graduates they are producing made Northern Ireland very attractive to us as well.”
Kevin Holland, Invest NI CEO said that the focus will be put on product development roles with the view to helping EverQuote “drive engineering and software excellence to support its US operations” as well as expand into rental, direct-to-consumer and health markets. The agency has added that the new jobs will attract “high-level salaries”.
To learn more about the jobs available at EverQuote and the working life there, click here.
Are you a school-leaver looking for advice and inside information to help you make the best decisions about your future? Career Path Expo wants to help you make the right choice before you finish school and venture into 3rd level education or the workforce.
Career Path Expo is the new online exhibition for school-leavers in Ireland and has everything you need to know about education, skills and careers – giving you the full range of information about universities and colleges, 3rd level and PLC courses, apprenticeships and career opportunities with companies that employ school-leavers.
Taking place online on the 10th and 11th of March 2021, the event features two full days of webinars, talks, live Q&A sessions with college experts and career advisors. All for free!
Join us for information about a huge range of courses, apprenticeships and jobs on offer from the comfort of your classroom or home via laptop, tablet or smartphone.
Career Path Expo is the perfect opportunity for you to engage with universities, colleges and course providers in Ireland and the UK, alongside providers of apprenticeships, employers offering careers for school-leavers and graduates of 2nd level education.
And it’s completely free to attend.
Register now and find your future.
The brand digital agency based in Northern Ireland will create new jobs over 18 months having won three new Irish contracts and one in the UK, totalling more than €10m.
While the agency currently employs more than 50 staff across three offices in Dublin, London and Belfast, its entire staff was relocated to its 20,000 sq ft office in Belfast in March, with teams spread across all four floors.
The company, with a client list that includes Rory McIlroy and Ed Sheeran as well as large corporates such as Queen’s University and Bank of Ireland, is looking to fill the new positions over the next 18 months with 10 roles required with immediate effect.
The available roles include a senior designer, a digital project manager, a senior animator as well as roles in client and finance services.
Mammoth won contracts with National University of Ireland Galway, University of Exeter in the UK, Tourism Northern Ireland and Irish renewable energy supplier, Bright.
Co-Founder of Mammoth, Jeremy Poots said the new contract wins were particularly important against the backdrop of Covid-19. “Now we have an immediate need to add a wide range of new positions for designers, developers, data analysts, film producers, animators and client services.”
Mammoth’s other co-founder, Paul Martin said the agency won the new contracts as a result of its specialisation in digital transformation and brand re-invention.
“Due to Covid, clients are having to dramatically re-invent and reposition their business offering very rapidly for this new world,” he said.
“Our large team across brand, digital, social, video and analytics are uniquely placed to take these campaigns to market through social media and advertising campaigns helped by a recent investment in a new purpose-built video and content studio, with an ‘infinity curve’ wall and portable kitchen for food shoots at our new flagship HQ in Belfast.”
Both co-founders believe that, while 2021 will be a turbulent year, there will be a resurgence of demand and “increased acceleration in adapting to the new digital world”.
“We are now urgently looking for quality people keen to develop their careers, with the opportunity to work on exciting projects,” they said.
To learn more about the roles currently available click here.
It’s hard to figure out what direction to go in when it comes to working. Trying to decide what job you look for can be incredibly hard and indeed, disheartening. The more you know about jobs that interest you, the more likely you are to land one that will fulfil your desire to work. Start by asking yourself a few questions that are key to help you decide where you want to go with your career.
The first question is to actually determine if it is a job or a career that you are looking for. Ask yourself are you looking for a promotion and opportunities for career advancement, do you enjoy your current job but just need a different environment, do you feel like you need a new challenge and are you looking for a job that will simply pay the bills or have you a detailed career plan?
The next thing to establish is what you actually enjoy doing. Working at something you love is important because you will feel more motivated and encouraged to work. Decide what your best skills are and how they tie into your interests.
Whether you will be able to start working straight away from these skills or if you need to take up a course in the field, establishing them are crucial in finding the right job for you.
Next, you need to decide what type of work commitment you’re looking to take up. For those looking for opportunities to advance your career, permanent jobs may suit you best. Temporary jobs can help you easily transition back to work or help you widen your experiences. Like temping, contracting can offer increased flexibility and the opportunity to develop new skills.
Internships offer practical experience usually over a period of 8-12 weeks. Apprenticeships allow you to learn a craft or trade through hands-on experience. Graduate schemes are for those who have just finished a college degree. Volunteering allows you to learn new skills and experiences that will benefit you going forward.
After you’ve decided on what kind of job you’re looking for, you need to decide where it is you want to work. It’s important to consider commute time in terms of how long you will be spending getting to and from work each day. It could be an idea to consider relocation and if it’s a viable option.
Decide next who you want to work for. Establish what type of organisation appeals to you and what you want and don’t from an employer. Consider if you would like to work for a small company or a well-known one. Establish if you would like to have training opportunities. Finally, consider the company’s culture and if it’s the right fit for you.
Although it can be hard to land a job with the exact salary you want, it’s good to have some kind of idea of what jobs are within your range. You may have to accept a job that’s slightly below your desired salary. However, do not sell yourself short either. You may have the opportunity to negotiate your salary when the time comes that you’ve been offered the job.
