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Ireland
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Ireland, Web
Web 2.0 Design
We’re in the process of finalizing design decisions for our key pages- the pages most people will be using once the site is up and running. Serendipitously, I came across this article on Web Design From Scratch that summed up the (heretofore inarticulable by me) design principles of web 2.0. The characteristics singled out were:
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CV, Ireland, Jobs in Ireland, innovation, job hunting
Business Development aaaaargh….
So as you may or may not know, Jobyssey is a start-up web company designed for IT employers and IT talent. The general idea is to create a comprehensive search site whereby IT professionals can find opportunities suitable to their skill sets, and employers can find experienced IT professionals in Ireland. Sound like a good idea? We thought so.
It is a fact that Human Resources officials spend most of their time trying to identify potential hires for their respective companies in order to meet the business requirements. Realistically, most of their time should be spent with developing initiatives to improve the work life of the professionals currently employed by the company. The primary reason for the time spent on identifying new hires is that highly skilled, experienced people are hard to find. HR staff have plenty of resources available to them in order to identify potential staff ie. job boards, agencies, print ads etc. The trouble is most of the time these methods are ineffective and costly.
So the challenge now is to try and relay the advantages of Jobyssey to very busy hiring managers and Hr staff. After several frustrating phone calls, and a fair amount of hair being torn out, we have decided that cold calls is not the way to go. We are now creating a flash demo “presentation” of the site to distribute to potential employers so they can review t in their own time. What do you think of this idea? Do you have any innovative business development ideas of your own? Any suggestions greatly appreciated…..
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CV, Ireland, job hunting
How to Tailor Your CV to the Job
This is an axiom that everyone constantly repeats, but that is really a pain to put into practice. “Great” you think, “it was enough of a pain to come up with one CV, I have no idea what else to say to make 5 different versions of it.” It is worth doing though- even if you’re sure you are right for the job, make it blindingly obvious so your CV makes it through the gauntlet and onto the right desk.
Some ways to get started after the jump:
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Ireland
Starting a tech company with no money in Dublin
Starting our own company is definitely the most fun we’ve had at work, but while we’re in the software development (ie, no sales) phase cash is a bit tight. Sure, we’ve had a few cost cutting brainstorms like using child LUAS tickets to go to meetings, but that’s only going to go so far. I was pretty psyched when someone sent me this BlogMaverick post on startups, inspired by this fantastically detailed post that breaks down lots of ways to save money at a start-up and how much they save you. Pat Phelan posted about this as well with some Irish-specific advice about handling maternity leave and deciding where to locate.
Here’s the things we’ve been doing as a brand-spanking-new startup to get things running without borrowing money (yet):
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Ireland, Irish news
More on Postcodes…
Eirepreneur has more details about the Garmin/ GPS Ireland postcode system from a presentation given by Gary Delaney from GPS Ireland.
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