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Jobs in Ireland
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CV, Jobs in Ireland, job hunting
11 Ways to Get Software Work Experience
The Catch-22 of trying to get your first job in a particular field is that everyone wants experience. It’s easy enough to understand why potential bosses would prefer someone with a background in the field, but you’ve got to start somewhere. Whether you’re looking for your first “real” job or making a career change mid stream, try the following to get some experience under your belt:
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Irish news, Jobs in Ireland, Jobyssey News, events, innovation
Houston, We Have Liftoff!
Jobyssey.com is live! As of this week, Jobyssey is available in a public beta version for software and IT workers and employers in the Republic of Ireland. What this means for you:
- Looking for a new software/IT job? If you take a few minutes to build out your profile on Jobyssey, you’ll be automatically shown jobs that fit you. As employers add new jobs that suit you, they’ll see your anonymous profile and be able to email you an interview invite. As always, no agencies, and your name and contact details remain hidden until you agree to interview.
- Looking for new software/IT staff? If you’re a direct employer of technical staff, we’re setting up trial accounts to let the you see what we’re all about. You’ll get several months of free job postings, and lots of individualized help setting up your profile. Pop over to www.jobyssey.com/IT-employers.php and drop us an email if you’d like us to send you some further details.
We’re really excited to have the site up and going- we’ll post updates as we go through the beta process and as we roll out new modules.
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CV, Funny, Jobs in Ireland, job hunting
The CV Graveyard……..(or why your job applications go unanswered)
There’s a little place in the office of every hiring manager and HR person. It is a cold and dark place. An eerie place filled with shadows. A place swarming with the ghosts and spirits of missed “dream job” opportunities. A kind of job purgatory if you will. In effect it is actually a CV graveyard, needing only 1 excuse to lure its CV prey. In applying for a job you must avoid this place with all your might, and to aid you in your quest (or odyssey!) I have outlined a few of the lures and weapons the graveyard has in its arsenal. Beware…….
- The format trap - always save your CV as a generic and compatible file format. To be safe go with a .doc (note: avoid .docx as they are not always compatible with earlier versions of Word). The last thing you want is to submit your prized CV that you have slaved over making it perfect - only for it to be trapped by the graveyard because it is inaccessible.
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CV, Jobs in Ireland
Getting your First Job in Ireland, Software or Otherwise
Ireland has become an immigration magnet within the EU and beyond, but it can still be a non-trivial affair to find your first job here. To be sure you’ll be able to get suitable work in Dublin or elsewhere in Ireland, you’ll want to do the following:
Research, Research, Research:
- Know your work status- Visit www.entemp.ie to get more information about work permits in Ireland. Citizens of most EU countries are permitted to work in Ireland without a permit; those coming from other nations generally require employer sponsorship for a work permit. For experienced workers in software and other high demand fields,
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Irish news, Jobs in Ireland, Web, job hunting
Jobyssey Beta Launch Rescheduled for May 15, 2008
Jobyssey is joining the long, long list of software companies that have put off a beta or ship date and rescheduling our beta test launch for May 15, 2008. As we’ve been working through the development process we’re finding features that we feel we really need to have, and we’d rather push the release back by a month than put those features off to a later release. The database is in good shape, but we’re going to be using the next month to tune up these features:
- A complete applicant tracking process that records which jobs you’ve applied for and where you are in the application process;
- Improved searching logic to show you “almost match” jobs as well as perfect fits
- Improved CV parsing logic to automatically find as much info on your CV as possible (and save you typing in your search criteria)
Stay tuned for updates- we’re a bit snowed under at the moment hammering out exactly how the new features are going to work, but we’ll be posting about our progress as we get closer to completion.
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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, Jobs in Ireland, job hunting
How to interview effectively
Ok, so your making progress. It took you a while to get your CV just right but your starting to get bites and you have just been called for an interview in a software house. PHP development is your thing, you are really excited about it and would love to secure this position. What to do now?
First off, in the immortal words on the cover of the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy - Don’t Panic. It is important to prepare for an interview, but it is also important to remeber that an interview is primarily to gauge your fit into an organisation. Your PHP skills have already been verified by your CV and sample of your code. So just be yourself, and that realistically should not be too difficult.
Alright, preparation time;
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CV, Jobs in Ireland, job hunting
The 10 Commandments of CV writing in Ireland
03.19.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsWith a diverse population working in IT/software/telecom jobs in Ireland, a whole variety of CV formats are floating around out there. It’s a cliche, but even with great experience a confusing or inadequate CV can get you screened out early in the process, or worse, it can give the (mistaken) impression that yo have something to hide. Sometimes it’s just crummy CV writing you can see the world over, sometimes it’s adhering to a format that isn’t really common in Ireland/ Europe. To have a CV that gets positive attention:
- Thou shalt put clear and accurate contact info at the top- The first thing on your CV should be a block with your full name (first name first, family name last), complete address, mobile number, home number, and personal email address. Don’t include your work phone number or email address. Check your email several times of day, and for the love of Pete set up the voicemail on your phone.
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Jobs in Ireland, market forces
Slowdown in Irish IT job market?
Well, we have all heard the “market gurus” - the job market is slowing down, multinationals are moving their service centres out of Ireland, doom and gloom for the Irish economy, yada yada yada.
I have not doubt that some of this is based on factual information and there is an element of truth to it all - however does this apply to all sectors?
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