Posts Tagged ‘recruitment’
Friday, March 5th, 2010
The Application
Applying for the right job is paramount in this day and age. It is an employer’s market right now so your application success depends on a variety of moves.
A few tips to point you in the right direction!
The Application
- Make sure you quote the job reference yes, but more importantly the Job Title!
- Read the Job Spec. It is imperative you are qualified to do the job - whether educationally or years experience. Some people require both! Most importantly, if you can’t do the job don’t apply for it! It really won’t be the right job for you.
- The questions. Answer the questions given at the end of the job before you click send. It saves a lot of time so be nice to the kind people receiving your application?
The Cover Sheet/ Email:
- Let the person receiving your mail know why you are applying. They really do read it, so give a small synopsis of yourself right and your working experience.
The CV
- If you are happy with it, attach it!
The Send Button
- Does exactly what it says on the tin!
Tags: application, application tips, Applying for jobs, CV, employer, job applications, job specs, Jobs, recruitment, right job, sending CVs, work, Work Experience
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
Take the time to format your CV in an accessable format.
Word is the word when applying for a job, particularly to a recruitment agency your opening shot is with your CV and the worst thing you can do is send a CV in a format that cannot be edited easily such as Pdf. Whats the difference I hear you say?
Well for a start all CV’s received by agencies (and some direct hiring companies require CV’s to be presented in a particular fashion that has to be done swiftly.
As the majority of agencies use MS Office and in particular MS Word, it means having to convert CV’s to a completely different format. But that should’nt take long you say. You’re absolutely right but tell that to the recruiter who is under pressure and has a hundred CV’s to review before lunch and edit those of use.
If you send your CV in PDF or other format, it will remain most likely untouched and unconsidered at the bottom of the electronic documents submission list. What would you prefer?
Take time about your CV but the simplest thing you can do is send it in the most easily accessable format that can be read, re formated and read by OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology used by most recruitment databases for data capture.
Give yourself at least a fighting chance for your next job.
Tags: CV, CV advice, Database, job, OCR, Optical Character Recognition, PDF, recruitment, Word
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Take the time to listen and to talk
It pays to be nice! Simple manners go a long way when dealing with people you meet in recruitment. How often have you found yourself in a situation where you helped a person not seeking a reward but for the simple pleasure of being nice or to help a person out of a difficult situation. Being nice pays! This might appear disingenuous but in recruitment potential and opportunity are closely relatives and a good recruiter nevers wastes an opportunity to be nice.
In the Irish recruitment industry, recruiters meet many people and often its the little things that count or lead to success-such as taking the time to talk to candidates. Perhaps you dont have a job for them today but the time you take to talk with them can be all some people are looking for. Some people may simply be looking for help or guidance about their career prospects, feedback on their CV or a little direction.
Because of our intimate market knowledge it doesnt take much to helpfully point a candidate in the right direction or to steer them out of a potential dead end career. So if we can we take that time to talk and we help when we can.
So- whats in it for you? Why bother? Why waste valuable recruiting time talking to people when you need to spend that time making placements and securing your job I hear you say? Well, for one, a candidate can be a candidate today but they can also potentially be a client tomorrow. They can potentially introduce you to friends or colleagues who may be able to help you with your requirement or be the ideal candidate you need tomorrow -or in quite a few circumstances, be the husband, wife, brother or sister, of a client you have been trying to do business with for months.
Always remember be nice to people, its good for its own reason and it will make you feel better but more importantly remember- it’s too small a world to be nasty to people. The wheel will turn and you never know who knows who or who will be in a position to either hire you in your next job or give you your next break-its in your best interest.
Tags: Advice, Candidates, career advice, Client, CV advice, Irish Recruitment industry, job, market knowledge, Recruiters, recruitment
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Medical Devices Manufacturing R&D continues to seek high caliber candidates
Follow the money! A maxim often quoted in recruitment when looking for the areas of activity where recruitment is taking place. At present it certainly appears that the medical device manufacturing industry is ploughing ahead in new Research and Investment Projects across Ireland.
Where as the beleagured construction industry is rapidly faling into decline and infrastructure is imminently due for winddown, medical devices continues to expand and grow as a major contributor to the Irish economy.
In terms of world class R&D competition, Ireland is in the top ten leagues of countries with a major R&D presence usually a prime indicator of strategic importance of where multinational medical device manufacturers see value and where they tend to carry out serial reinvestment at multiple sites and in new products.
Boston Scientific and Abbotts are just two examples that spring to mind and some of the most significant investors in terms of R&D and employment in Ireland Inc.
Recruiting in this area requires an active involvement in the industry and an understanding of the requirements of client companies operating in this sector. The demand for high caliber candidates continues to support a range of medical device manufacturing clients and sees an increasing continuing future demand for high end skills and services for R&D Managers, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing and Quality professionals amongst others. Long may it continue.
Tags: Abbotts, Boston Scientific, Candidates, Clients, Engineers, Follow the money, Irish Economy, Irish Industry, J&J, Manufacturing, Medical Device Jobs, Medical Devices Manufacturing, Polymer Engineers, Quality Assurance, R&D, recruitment, Regulatory Affairs, Research and Investment, Science Jobs, Scientists, Technicians
Posted in Medical Devices, Medical Jobs, Medical Recruitment | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Frame your answers by keeping STAR in mind at all times.
Remember to STAR in your interview if you want to get the next job you are interviewed for. What does STAR mean I hear you say? Well STAR means:-
Situation:- being able to give a sense of perspective or background to the job you were in.
Task:- Detail the tasks you were required to undertake.
Action:- Account for what you did personally- what was your impact and contribution to the job required.
Result:- Fairly evident this, what was the result or outcome of your personal contribution/ actions.
I’ve always found that candidates who keep this in mind at interviews and can provide a structured frame around their answers, by providing specific answers much more illuminating as to their abilities. Specific responses also tend to give a clearer indication as to whether candidates are knowledgable about the subject the interviewer requires answers to. They also give a clearer indication of the candidates confidence in being able to undertake the job duties required.
Evasive or vague answers to questions create at best a blurred image of the capabilities of the candidate and a perception that they are much less knowledgeable than they may actually be.
The STAR approach provides candidates with a very helpful frame to present their abilities in a much more constructive and positive format. In the current highly competitive Irish recruitment market you have to set yourself apart from the opposition and to be seen to be the best candidate at the interview-don’t limit yourself at an interview be a STAR!
Tags: action, best interview skills, Contribution, get the job, interview skills, Irish Recruitment Agency, Medical Jobs, recruitment, result, Science Jobs, situation, STAR, Star candidate, task
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
Back to school for Irish Recruiters
It is very positive news for the Recruitment Industry in Ireland as the National Recruitment Federation (NRF) encourages Ireland’s Recruiters to go back to school.
This Certificate programme had a pilot run in the Summer of 2009 and now they are running their first course for Recruiters.
The content includes -
Code of Conduct
Client Management
Legislation
Candidate Management
Sales Strategy
Recruitment Process
It takes up minimal time to do this course and is a very positive step towards raising the bar in Irish Recruitment Standards.
Every Recruiter in the country should try to complete this course.
It adds a Quality stamp on each Recruiter and Recruitment Agency with Recruiters all Certified by the NRF
Tags: National Recruitment Federation, NRF, NRF Certificate, NRF Education, recruitment, Recruitment Certificate, Recruitment qualification
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Further Investment by Pfizer in R&D at their Cork facility confirms Ireland as being a competitive and attractive site
Ireland still continues to attract Foreign Direct Investment
for foreign direct investment. Over €11 Million is being invested at the Ringaskiddy Process Development Center (PDC) plant.
This facility will be a center for research and development centering on advanced manufacturing and enhanced production techniques which will be utilsed at Pfizer plants globally. Technologies developed here will have the potential to drastically reduce associated costs for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) as a result of optimising and improving on current manufacturing systems in use.
For further news please visit our blog/ news page.
Tags: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, API, Chemists, Cork Jobs, enhanced manufacturing, FDI, Foreign Direct Investment, Healthcare, Industrial Engineers, Ireland, Irish Agencies, Irish Jobs, Irish Pharmaceutical Jobs, Manufacturing Jobs, Medical Jobs, new jobs, Optimising Cost Reduction, Pfizer, Pfizer Jobs, Pharmaceutical Manufacture, Process Engineers, Process Improvement, Production, R&D, recruitment, recruitment agency, recruitment process, Research Facility, Ringaskiddy, Scientists, Technology
Posted in News, Recruitment Agencies, Science & Scientific | 4 Comments »
Monday, September 14th, 2009
Wafer Fab Technician at Work
The Appliance Of Science by Irish Engineers and Scientists is not to be underestimated and should be a beacon to those who have followed in their wake. More so today in a time where jobs have been outsourced to cheaper locations overseas for example from manufacturers such as Dell who have recently outsourced from Limerick to Lodz in Poland.
In the past year alone, Ireland has had the misfortune of seeing large numbers of jobs outsourced to low cost economies in Eastern Europe and Asia. Undoubtedly we have not seen the end of these events and perhaps this is symptomatic of a maturing economy and a further reason to develop a more cohesive strategy of moving toward a knowledge based economy that offers greater numbers of high end / value jobs.
To this end on a more positive note we have seen investment flowing into Ireland by a number of Multinationals who have decided to base their R&D centers here. Intel, Diageo, Pfizer, Boston Scientific and Hewlett Packhard to name a few have all announced plans to establish or expand existing research facilities which encouragingly are not focused in any one sector but are diversified into almost every high tech sector ranging from nano robotics, polymer sciences, medical devices, semiconductors, biopharma and advanced manufacturing systems.
Irish scientists have been at the fore front of scientific research following in the footsteps of Robert Boyle, the father of chemistry, George Boole, the father of computer science, Francis Beaufort, author of the Beaufort scale. There are no shortage of gifted, inteligent scientists in Ireland today and it is a compliment to our educational system that Ireland globally, is well represented across all fields of modern scientific research and development
Modern Irish Scientists and Engineers are developing and applying scientific principles to all aspects of Industry that will someday provide the nucleus of high end manufacturing facilities that will anchor employment in Ireland and provide jobs for our graduates ensuring we do not experience the brain drain that hitherto has been experienced as a result of limited job opportunities for locally educated graduates and professionals.
For further news and information on opportunities as they develop please feel free to visit our Jobs Pages
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