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Good news…….

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

According to research undertaken by www.irishjobs.ie there has been an 11% increase in the number of positions advertised onlineSmiley face 2 in May, June and July

Areas that experiences a rise include

  • Secretarial and Administration +47%
  • IT / Telecoms +11%
  • Insurance and Banking +11%
  • Sales +8%
  • Marketing +8%

There was a 11% decrease in retails jobs and an increase of people on the live register……….it’s more competitive for these new jobs!

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National Recruitment Federation Code Of Conduct

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

 The National Recruitment Federation is a voluntary organisation set up to establish and maintain standards and codes of practice

Truth, Integrity, Respect

Truth, Integrity, Respect

 for the recruitment industry in Ireland. Representing over 100 approx recruitment agencies throughout the country, the NRF seeks to provide it’s members, who have opted for self regulation, with the best possible service in terms of support, communication, advice sharing and problem solving and in doing so to promote professional competence within the industry.

The NRF Code of Conduct ( perm roles )is as follows:

1. GENERAL

Member companies and employees engaged by them shall comply with the Code of Conduct of the Federation and by the rules and regulations outlined below

 2. LICENSING

 It is a condition of Membership that the individual, agency or company is properly licensed to operate as an employment agency within the terms of the Employment Agency Act 1971 and any amendments thereto.

3. APPLICANT HANDLING/CONFIDENTIALITY

 - Applicants must be treated in a courteous and dignified manner at all times. Their right to privacy must be respected including their right to be interviewed in a private area in accordance with health & Safety regulation. Regard must be had to the Employment Equality Acts 1977 and 1998.

 - All applicants must be interviewed by the agency prior to being put forward to the client for interview. c.

- Applicants must be given full details of any job for which the agency intends to recommend them and permission sought from the applicant. An applicant’s permission must be sought and obtained before his or her details are revealed to an employer. The agency should also determine whether or not the applicant has been approached by another agency about the same job.

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List of companies that announced new jobs between Jan-March 2010

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

jobsIf you’re a jobseeker targetting organisations directly, the companies below would be a good place to start!!

PPD Pharmaceutical -250
Warner Chilcott – 200
Milano – 24
Generali – 1000
Alcatel Lucent – 70
Dun & Broadstreet – 100
3 – 90
Havok – 26
HP – 60
Canada Life – 100
Boots – 100
Ebay – 150
IBM -200
HKPB – 200
Linkedin – 200

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Facebook Statistics – remember these stats when job searching!

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Company Figuresfacebook 4
More than 350 million active users
50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day
More than 35 million users update their status each day
More than 55 million status updates posted each day
More than 2.5 billion photos uploaded to the site each month
More than 3.5 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each week
More than 3.5 million events created each month
More than 1.6 million active Pages on Facebook
More than 700,000 local businesses have active Pages on Facebook Pages have created more than 5.3 billion fans

Averages
Average User Figures Average user has 130 friends on the site
Average user sends 8 friend requests per month
Average user spends more than 55 minutes per day on Facebook
Average user clicks the Like button on 9 pieces of content each month
Average user writes 25 comments on Facebook content each month
Average user becomes a fan of 2 Pages each month
Average user is invited to 3 events per month
Average user is a member of 12 groups

http://www.careermentors.ie  Mairead Griffin, Career Coach & Outplacement Specialist

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15 Irish Companies Hit Top 100 in Europe List – Great Place to Work Europe

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

15 Irish companies were in the Top 100 companies to work for in Europe list.

  • O2 came top of the list of Irish companies.
  • Depuy in the TOP 100 in Europe
  • Microsoft Ireland – Best Place to Work 2008
  •  Best practices in creating a fun place to work – Google Ireland.
  • Best Practices for Work-Life Balance – Intel Ireland.
  • .Best Practices for Diversity Management – Abbott Laboratories Ireland
  • Best Practices for employee involvement in Corporate Social Responsibility to GE Commercial Aviation Services.

If you are job searching…..these companies are a good place to start!!