A new National Internship Scheme is being launched in July 2011. The new Job Bridge website will show all the available internships – eventually . An internship can be a good way for people to gain experience in a working environment and to gain some relevant knowledge and skills required for a particular career . […]
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Unemployed
FAS Can Make Unemployment Worse
In Ireland a report into how State agencies encourage and assist the unemployed to return to work has found that they can have the opposite effect . The report,by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) says that those who are assisted by the State while on the dole were less likely to return to […]
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Working in England
With unemployment rates rising here in Ireland – many people are looking to England for work. There is fairly bad unemployment in England – but it is a bigger economy and there are many more jobs available than here in Ireland. With the Olympics in 2012 many construction workers are employed in the UK. House […]
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Working Holiday Visa for Australia
Over 22 thousand people from Ireland were granted Working Holiday Visas for Australia in 2008/2009. With the jobs market looking bleak – many unemployed Irish young people are thinking about going to Australia in 2011 for a year . You will need a Working Holiday Visa to allow you to stay in Australia for up […]
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Work Experience : Jobs in Ireland
The Irish Government “work placement program” is an initiative aimed at providing unemployed people with work experience . Participants in the WPP can retain their social welfare entitlements – but get no pay from the employers. It has not produced great results – and as at the start of May 2010 just over one third […]
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Job Hunting Tips
Some tips for job hunters: Look online – well you’re here – so you are probably doing that anyway. Search by both the town or area and the job title. Repeat your search every day. Use Google Alerts and register with reputable job sites Target companies organisations you’d like to work for. Visit their websites […]
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