With the earthquake in Haiti and the pleas for help, it made me realise how much support jobseekers could provide to non-profit
organisations locally here in Ireland. Charities revenues are down 30%. No matter what your career to date has been, it is likely that your skills would add value to any non-profit.
Why do voluntary work?
- It’s an opportunity to help a cause that is close to your heart. Most charities welcome volunteers with open arms. There are over 600 charities in Ireland ( check out http://www.thewheel.ie ) most of whom would welcome the contribution of experienced, motivated individuals.
- Volunteering can develop your transferable skills as the work can be very varied ranging from care work to meals on wheels to fundraising to retail work
- Keeps you active and out there interacting with people. When you are between jobs, it’s important that you develop a routine and interests outside of job searching!!
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- Accounting and Auditing
- IT Services / Computer Software / Hardware
- Innovation and Intellectual Property Related Enterprises
- Green Sector Jobs
- Business Services
- Medical/Health
Most of the job search engines, career sites and economists agree that the top growth industries include:
1. IT Services/Computer Software/Hardware
ICT is a key growth sector for Ireland and the availability of highly skilled IT professionals here has attracted many high profile companies that continue to reinvest. In addition, the IT outsourcing market could boom as employers increasingly look to third-party providers in order to cut costs.
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Early 2009 Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development survey
•Over half (53%) of those surveyed received a pay increase in 2008 and, of those working for an employer that pays bonuses, 83% received one last year.
• Overall, the majority were satisfied with the size of their pay increase (70%) and
or their bonus but of those who were not satisfied, many felt the amount of their
rise did not keep pace with inflation / the cost of living.
• Although a high percentage of employees received a pay increase and/ or bonus,
the majority believe such will not be the case next year with 43% predicting no
pay rise and 21% a rise lower than 2008, only 19% think their pay rise will be
greater than this year.
• A significant proportion (68%) do not know what they need to do to achieve a pay
rise in 2009, suggesting both uncertainty and that communication around pay
could be improved – nearly half wanted more information about their pay.
• There is support for basing pay around individual performance, experience and
linked to inflation / cost of living.
• Transparency of pay is also something employees favour – over two-thirds would
like to know how their pay increase compared with others and most are also
happy to disclose how much they earn, if it meant that they could find out how
much others earn.
Whatever you do for a living, all industries go through cycles of growth and shrinkage. There are flat periods and booms. There are recessions, too, and their usual result is a drastic
reduction in job vacancies. That leaves most job seekers with a pretty lame set of options: apply for the two jobs in the sector, or do something else, however vaguely defined.
It depends how you read the job market. Looking for jobs that aren’t there isn’t too productive. The usual problem is breaking the mold, getting out of the single stream of employment. The mistake here is to assume you’re stuck in the same industry. Most people’s skills transfer across to other areas in other industries, some quite unrelated.
The fact is that most people don’t know how to read the job market. They see a demand for accountants, but don’t notice it’s all in finance, not basic accountancy. The accounting analogy holds good for reading the job market. How many different kinds of accountant are there? Hundreds. Does the word “accountant” mean very much if it’s not qualified? It’s almost meaningless, because of the very different skill sets.
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1. Add your personal details as a header to save space for themore important details
2. Your personal statement should be no more than 60 words. It needs to be unique to you and your experience. Always tailor it to the role you are going for and do not use a list of stock phrases eg “ looking for a new challenge”
3. If you are a Senior level jobseeker leave your education at the end of your CV
4. If you have completed a thesis / dissertation, add the title of the thesis. It maybe really relevant to the organisations current challenges
5. Always include your grade (2:1 etc) and if you won any awards in college
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According to Myers-Briggs peoples personalities are classified into 4 key categories
- Extroversion / Introversion
- Sensing / Intuition
- Thinking / Feeling,
- Judging / Perceiving
Different combinations of the criteria determine a type.
Upon completing this Test you will obtain your type, your strengths of the preferences and a descriptions of your type.
It may help you to identify your life style in general you can also obtain a list of the most suitable career choices based on your personality.
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
The new IrishJobs.ie monthly online recruitment index, which measures jobs advertised by companies across the five leading
online recruitment sites in the country, shows that, over April and May the decline in available jobs appears to have bottomed out. Figures for May showed a 7% month on month increase in jobs advertised online in Ireland. Figures for June haven’t been released yet but early indications suggest continued stability in the market.
The top growth industries include
» IT Services/Computer Software/Hardware
» Accounting and Auditing
» Innovation and Intellectual Property Related Enterprises
» Green Sector Jobs
» Business Services
» Medical/Health
Most of the job search engines, career sites and economists agree that the top growth industries include:
1. IT Services/Computer Software/Hardware
ICT is a key growth sector for Ireland and the availability of highly skilled IT professionals here has attracted many high profile companies that continue to reinvest. In addition, the IT outsourcing market could boom as employers increasingly look to third-party providers in order to cut costs.
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