Facebook  - Some good news for Dublin!!

Mary Coughlan, Taniste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment officially opened the EMEA HQ of Facebook based out of Dublin. Facebook currently employs 70 staff with the expectation that this will double as the operation continues to expand into Europe

Facebook’s HQ has been in operation a year in Dublin. With the expectation that it will double in size, there is finally some good news out there for jobseekers. Key roles that Facebook will be hiring include User Operations, Online Operations, Advertising Sales, Advert Campaign Delivery, Finance & Engineering.

All facebook jobs in Ireland can be found at http://www.facebook.com/jobs

Is a redundancy lump sum payment payment taxable?

A statutory redundancy lump sum, which under the law must be paid, is entirely tax-free. Only a payment above and beyond the statutory payment (an ex-gratia payment) is taxable –and only when it goes over a certain limit. For information on this, contact the Telephone Information Office of the Revenue Commissioners at 1890 60 50 90.

What is the position regarding the redundancy rights of Part-Time Workers?

The Redundancy Payments Act 2003 has secured the rights of part-time workers to a statutory redundancy payment through amending insurability requirements for redundancy to bring them into line with the Social Welfare Acts and the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001. This is in line with the provision of the 2001 Act that part-time employees cannot be treated in a less favourable manner than comparable full-time employees in relation to conditions of employment. In particular, there is recognition for the rights of workers to statutory redundancy in the following cases – (a) casual employment, (b) subsidiary employment (where a person depends on another employment for his/her livelihood) and (c) employment of inconsiderable extent i.e. very low wage.

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National Recruitment Federation

Q. Will I definitely get a response to my CV when I send it into a Recruitment Agency?

A. It is good business practice for an agency to respond to all CV’s they receive. However, given the vast volume of CV’s received by some agencies and shortage of time, we recommend that job-seekers should follow up themselves if they have not received an acknowledgement.

Q. Will I be interviewed by the agency?
A. If the agency feels that your skills/experience are suited to particular positions available then you should be called for interview.

Q. How should I treat the interview with the agency?
A. Job-seekers should treat the interview with the agency as their first interview as the agency will shortlist candidates to be put forward to employers for interview based on their CV and interview with the agency.

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What not to do when it comes to your CV!

- Too long. Keep it to 2 Pages, 3 Pages Maximum

- Too short. If your CV is 1.5 pages, you may not have sold yourself sufficiently

- Font & Font Size. Arial and Times New Roman are the most common fonts used. Keep your CV to one font for headings, and one font for content. Do not use too many different fonts or font sizes

-Pull the bullet points right over to the left hand side of the page. There is little point on having white spaces. This is space that you could be using to sell yourself

-Do not use complicated boxes and shading. Some of the Recruitment Database systems do not recognize them, and can cause your CV to be unreadable

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Recruitment Agencies – Do’s and Don’ts

• Find out who the best agencies are specifically for your discipline in Dublin. These arent always the biggest agencies
• Registrar with the top 3-4 maximum and work to build a rapport with your recruiter
• If possible, try and find out the specific names of recruiters that friends or colleagues have encountered. Otherwise you could go on forums and ask others who they would recommend
• The main thing is getting a Recruitment Consultant with at least 2 years experience, and understanding of your discipline, who has forged good relationships with clients in your field. Recruitment is a high turnover industry, so this can be difficult, but it is doable if you do the right research
• Always call in advance if you see a job that you are interested in. Clarify that the role is still open. When recruiters advertise roles, they generally put them up on the sites as soon as the job comes in, and then start working through their database. A lot of consultants can submit shortlists from their databases, so don’t end up considering people who apply. A good recruiter will only submit 5-6 CVs to a client.

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