Galway PR firm features on Unemployables show

Thu, Apr 23, 2015

Galway based PR firm Think PR will hit the small screen tomorrow night for the popular television show ‘The Unemployables’.

Think Public Relations and Events is one of Galway’s most prominent public relations firms, offering a full range of professional PR and events services to companies, brands and individuals across a wide range of industries.

Recruitment Tips from Sigmar

Wed, Apr 22, 2015

In association with the Galway Advertiser’s classified website classifieds.advertiser.ie/jobs, Sarah Williams of Sigmar Recruitment explains how the same principles apply to studying for an exam as preparing for a job interview

Local firm wins national award

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

Local firm RPS has won a national engineering award for its work on the Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant, Ireland’s largest water treatment plant supplying 22 per cent of Ireland’s entire population.

Free digital marketing, financial sector and sales events seminars open to Galway businesses

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

A free digital marketing event covering Lead Generation, SEO and Cloud will take place on April 23 in the Connacht Hotel from 9.30am to 1pm. This is being funded by Galway Executive Skillnet, the event will cover Lead Generation, SEO and Cloud with guest speaker and well-known social media trainer Damien Mulley.

New jobs for Galway

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

Recruitment company Hays is seeking to fill 60 new, full-time jobs in its Irish offices, including Galway.

Health and fitness advice for women in Tuam

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

BPW Tuam is hosting an event for women who want to get into shape for the summer.

Top advisory company MD to speak in Galway

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

This year’s CIPD Western Region conference will take place on Thursday April 23 in the Clayton Hotel, Galway.

Norah Casey hosts women’s working lunch in Galway

Thu, Apr 16, 2015

The second Irish Tatler Working Lunch, a series of innovative networking seminars, is taking place in The g Hotel in Galway tomorrow.

Recruitment Tips from our four experts

Wed, Apr 08, 2015

As part of our ongoing series on jobs, in connection with our classified website classifieds.advertiser.ie/jobs, the experts give tips on various areas of the recruitment process.

One million euro Lightnet investment creates new jobs for Loughrea

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Loughrea received a jobs boost with the recent news that Lightnet, a broadband supplier to Galway and Clare is to create seven posts as part of a one million euro investment into its network.

€600,000 in support on offer to Galway social enterprises

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland has launched their nationwide search for people with innovative ideas and new solutions to solve some of Ireland’s biggest social and environmental problems. The 2015 Awards programme, sponsored by DCC plc, invites applications from Ireland’s brightest and most ambitious entrepreneurs with game changing ideas to solve the social problems facing Ireland.

The annual competition, now in its eleventh year, has backed 179 social entrepreneurs to date and invested €5.82 million in direct funding to projects in areas ranging from community and active citizenship, education and learning, environment and sustainability and mental and physical health. In the last 12 months, social entrepreneurs supported by Social Entrepreneurs Ireland have directly impacted 44,959 people.

Local entrepreneur selected for innovative business network

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Galway female entrepreneur Sinead Kenny has been selected for the innovative ‘Going for Growth’ business network

Startup Galway talks are back

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

Mark Bowles is founder and senior vice president of Innovation with ecoATM, provider of automated recycling stations for consumer electronics, and acquired by Outerwall for $350 million in 2013. Bowles has more than 25 years in the semiconductor, wireless, and kiosk industries and has been involved in the formation and funding of six tech startups for which he has raised 17 rounds of VC financing totalling nearly $250M, with some nice financial exits for these investors in the process. Prior to ecoATM, Bowles was VP marketing and business development with Vativ (sold to Entropic). Prior to that, Bowles co-founded Staccato in 2002 and was VP marketing and business development.

Recruitment Tips

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

This week we have some tips for employers and job hunters in connection with our classified website classifieds.advertiser.ie/jobs.

Up to €1.6m bus pole contract for Tuam Engineering firm

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

Tuam firm Larkin Engineering and Street Products have secured a prestige contract worth up to €1.6 million over the next two years for the supply of bus poles, with information display cases and metal flags to the National Transport Authority (NTA).

Galway Technology Centre invests €360,000 in facilities upgrade

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

Galway Technology Centre has announced the completion of the first phase of a €360K investment in its 50,000sq. ft. facility in the IDA Business Park in Mervue, Galway.

The investment programme will be carried out over three years and includes refurbishment of meeting rooms and public areas, installation of new air conditioning systems, lifts and fire alarms, and upgrading of its telecommunications infrastructure.

Helping hand need not be a secret

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

Q. One from left of field. I recently went to a career training company (not you, sorry!) and they did an excellent job at getting me ready for interview. The interview is on next week. I am thinking about making it clear to the interview panel that I had received professional training and support in preparation for the interview. My reasoning is to illustrate that I’m the kind of person who does what needs to be done to execute a project. What would your thoughts be? Should I ‘fess up or keep it secret? (DR email)

A. Funny you should bring this point up now DR because I have had two recent experiences with clients who did the very thing that you have mentioned. One let it be known at an interview that the brochure he had produced to promote his own candidature (he’s a salesman) was not all his own work but that he had received assistance from a copywriter and designer to make it happen.

Clybaun Hotel acquired in multi-million deal

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Well-known entrepreneur and experienced investor Tom O’Gorman has checked-in to Galway’s vibrant hotel market with the purchase of the Clybaun Hotel in Knocknacarra, in a deal valued in excess of €3m. The Hotel Clybaun was offered for sale on the instructions of the joint receivers, Patrick Dillon and Michael McAteer of Grant Thornton.

Collins McNicholas Recruitment and HR Services Group picks up prestigious award

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

Collins McNicholas has been named as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed’ companies in the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards Programme.

Female entrepreneurs encouraged to nominate themselves for national award

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

Professional services firm EY is calling on successful female entrepreneurs to nominate themselves for the 2015 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year programme. With less than two weeks to go until the deadline for nominations, the business awards programme hopes that Ireland’s high potential female entrepreneurs will put themselves forward for the accolade as the programme aims to profile role models in Irish business.

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