Jobs Expo Galway is to return to the city in September, showcasing up to 40 leading employers from the region with job opportunities for skilled professionals in the West of Ireland and further afield. The event will take place on Saturday 16th September at the Galway Bay Hotel.
Jobs Expo Galway will feature some of the West’s most highly regarded companies, including both Irish and multinational employers and will also offer a full day of seminars, talks and workshops for job-seekers as well as free career advice from qualified career counsellors.
Jobs Expo Ireland runs the jobs and careers events twice-yearly in Dublin, Cork and Galway.
“We had an overwhelming response to our first Galway event. Thousands of people attended and met some of the foremost Irish and multinational companies based in the West,” says organiser Bronagh Cotter of Careers Unlimited.
Jobs Expo Galway will feature a number of specialised areas so that attendees can meet the kinds of companies that most interest them, based on demand from its inaugural event last February, including:
“The West is a STEM, medical technology and ICT hub and, as a result, our dedicated areas and exhibitors reflect this, with companies like Merit Medical and LotusWorks taking part. We will also offer a range of other career opportunities. Other big names exhibiting include PhoneWatch and Peter Mark. There will also be education and upskilling information in our Campus area, which includes NUI Galway and SOLAS. There will be something for everyone,” says Bronagh.
Jobs Expo Galway will also include free career advice as well as a series of industry seminars. The Career Clinic offers the chance for attendees to meet a team of professional careers coaches free of charge. The team can help candidates with crucial issues such as interview skills and CV presentation or give advice for anyone looking to change career direction.
In addition, Jobs Expo Galway’s Agenda Stage will offer free, topical talks by industry insiders. The Agenda Stage will host talks on especially relevant job-seeking skills, such as using social media to land your dream job, interview techniques and CV writing workshops. In addition, speakers will discuss topics such as entrepreneurship, working in the USA, New Zealand and Dubai, returning to work after a career break and how professional women can break the ‘glass ceiling’ and move into senior roles.
Job-seekers can register for free admission by visiting www.jobsexpo.ie
JOBS EXPO GALWAY EVENT DETAILS
Date: Saturday 16 September 2017
Time: 10am – 4pm
Location: Galway Bay Hotel, The Promenade, Galway
Entrance fee: FREE
Full details at: www.jobsexpo.ie
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Jobs Expo Ireland
Tel: (01) 5311 280 / 087 646 3175
Email: bronagh@jobsexpo.ie
Leading employers McDonald’s, Isle of Man Government, PhoneWatch, Aspira, BD and Peter Mark amongst others to recruit at Jobs Expo Cork
Ireland’s leading jobs and careers fair, Jobs Expo, is to return to Cork on Thursday 25th May. The biannual event will feature employers from a wide variety of sectors. This includes STEM, healthcare and hospitality, as well as ICT, medtech and retail, amongst others.
Exhibitors include multinationals such as BD Medical, Eurofins and McDonald’s as well as leading Irish companies such Aspira, PhoneWatch and Peter Mark. Also in attendance will be the Government of the Isle of Man showcasing the variety of career opportunities on the island. In addition, US Immigration Attorney Caro Kinsella returns to advise attendees on how to obtain a US Visa. More exhibitors are to be announced in the coming weeks.
“Jobs Expo Cork offers something for everyone. It is our firm belief that all our events should have a wide range of employers and career opportunities. There will be vacancies whether you are highly skilled, a recent graduate, returning to work, or a school leaver,” says organiser Bronagh Cotter of Careers Unlimited and BCS Sales Recruitment.
“Companies need staff of all types, from highly trained professionals to experienced administrators as well as enthusiastic sales people and trainees. Jobs Expo gives attendees the chance to see what’s on offer in a variety of companies and industries, including ones they may not have considered previously,” explains Bronagh.
As well as companies recruiting at the event, there will also be a series of talks from industry insiders at Jobs Expo’s Seminar Zone and Agenda Stage. Talks include opportunities with Aspira, upskilling with Innopharma College of Applied Sciences in the as well as working in the USA. The Seminar Zone is free-of-charge to all attendees on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Finally, the very popular Career Clinic returns. Over the course of the day, jobseekers will be able to meet one-on-one with career development coaches. The coaches will offer expert professional development advice as well as help jobseekers land their dream job.
JOBS EXPO CORK
Date: Thursday 25 May 2017
Time: 12pm – 7pm
Location: Clayton Hotel, Silver Springs, Tivoli, Cork
Entrance fee: FREE
Full details at: http://www.jobsexpo.ie/
Bronagh Cotter
Jobs Expo Cork
Tel: (01) 5311 280 / 087 6453175
Email: bronagh@careers.ie
Web: www.jobsexpo.ie
Nearly half of Dublin jobseekers are in work but actively looking for a new role, with a desire to increase salary being the largest motivating factor. Meanwhile, 74% of people believe that employers took advantage of the recession to keep salaries low. Meanwhile, more than half of people (53%) believe the gender pay gap continues to be a significant issue in Ireland, according to a survey carried out this month.
The survey, carried out by Jobs Expo Dublin, found that 42% were looking for a better salary and perks; 39% complained about lack of opportunity for growth in their current position; and 23% were generally unhappy in their work environment. Dublin is the desired place to work by a large majority of people (70%).
The Jobs Expo survey also found that 37% have applied for jobs abroad in recent years, with the UK being the most popular work destination.
In addition, 73% believed that employers took advantage of the recession to keep salaries and conditions low for employees. In addition, over the last twelve months, 40% of people have applied for between one and five jobs, while 16% have applied for up to ten.
The survey explored a range of other issues and concerns relating to employment and covered people employed in a multitude of sectors such as financial, medical, legal, IT, science, engineering, media, digital, education, hospitality, retail and traders.
Jobs Expo takes place this coming Saturday 22nd April at Croke Park.
“The survey makes it clear that many employees are unhappy with their current roles and salaries,” says Jobs Expo’s Bronagh Cotter. “Given the time and expense to hire qualified staff, this is a significant factor that employers should take onboard. A great deal of the time, salaries don’t appear to be open to negotiation. If employees feel underpaid, they feel undervalued in other ways too”.
The majority of respondents (70%) were Dublin-based, with 26% from elsewhere in Ireland. 70% were looking for work in the capital. However, 15% were happy to work anywhere in Ireland.
The Jobs Expo survey also found that 37% have applied for j+obs abroad in recent years. The most common reasons for applying abroad was to gain career experience (32%) and to gain cultural experience (19%). The UK was the most popular overseas destination for jobseekers. Nearly half (46%) of those looking for work outside Ireland applied for positions here. Other popular locations included Europe (32%), Canada (22%), the USA (20%) and Australia (15%).
Salary was the primary reason most respondents were looking for a new job. Over half (53%) said that their last salary offer was unfair. Many had good reason to be unhappy with the remuneration offered by employers, with 70% saying their salary was not open to negotiation.
73% believed that employers took advantage of this to keep salaries and conditions low. Just over two-thirds (64%) of respondents have been paid less than a colleague with the same education and experience. 64% say they have been paid a lower salary than a colleague with either less education or experience. On the tricky subject of the gender pay gap, 53% believe that women in Ireland earn less than equally skilled colleagues; Only 14% feel that the gender pay gap doesn’t exist, while 33% are unsure.
Respondents were very pro-active finding work: 65% having used a recruitment agency; 61% use jobs boards and 60% have looked for work on LinkedIn. The traditional media is still popular – 31% have looked for work through newspaper and radio jobs listings. In the last twelve months, 40% of people have applied for between one and five jobs, while 16% have applied for up to ten.
The survey asked respondents what was most important to them when looking for a new job. The factors, in order of preference, were:
Just under a quarter of respondents (23%) were unhappy with their current company environment. For 11%, their manager or colleagues were a major problem. Quite a few claim to have experienced what they describe as ‘illegal’ behaviour at work. Nearly a third (31%) claim to have endured inappropriate comments about their clothes or body. Approximately 10% claim to have experienced inappropriate touching or physical sexual harassment. 16% claimed to have been asked about their plans to have children or the number of children they had by interviewers during job interviews.
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of respondents would like to change sectors. In addition, 13% are considering a change because of lack of opportunities in their current sector. Given this, it is perhaps unsurprising that 51% of respondents will be upskilling or entering part-time education on their own initiative this year. A further 9% will do so as part of workplace training. Furthermore, 52% don’t think employers are doing enough to encourage upskilling.
The Jobs & Employment in Dublin 2017 survey was conducted in April 2017 by Jobs Expo Dublin. The next Jobs Expo event takes place in Cork on Thursday 25 May 2017.
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