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Work in the USA

Cara International has a number of programmes that are proving very popular for people to work in USA.

Mayo company securing US visas and jobs for students and graduates

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It’s that time of year when students start thinking about summer work abroad. What they might not know is there is a Mayo company, with many years experience, which can take all the hassle out of organising visas and jobs abroad.

Unique online talent pool brings employers and employees together

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TWO businessmen have come up with the creation of an online talent pool that will bring employers and potential employees together in these recessionary times.

Mayo retail workers to be balloted for industrial action

Workers in the Shaws department stores in Castlebar and Ballina, as well as in 14 other Shaws stores nationwide, are to be balloted for industrial action by their union Mandate. The retail outlet has 16 stores throughout the country, including the two in Mayo, employing more than 1,000 staff. 

Young Irish being offered the chance to live the Aussie lifestyle

Tourism Australia is giving two lucky winners aged between 18 and 30 the chance to live the Aussie lifestyle with the launch of a new working holiday competition on social networking sites MySpace (www.myspace.com/workinoz) and Bebo (www.bebo.com/australia).

Cutting the wage bill — the legal issues

In these difficult economic times, many businesses are looking to reduce their wage bill in order to ensure survival. Ultimately, this may mean that redundancies will be required, but there are other options. From a legal, commercial, and arguably moral standpoint, redundancy should always be the last resort. The law requires an employer to consider alternatives to redundancy, while commercially, most employers will want to retain good staff in anticipation of the upturn, and avoid the morale shattering effect of letting people go. So what are the options, and what legal challenges do they present?

Job Shadow Day – “all about employability”

A local support agency organised a job shadow day last week (April 22) in Athlone, with widespread participation across the Midlands.

Online jobs site sees massive growth

Recrui Direct, the Galway based online jobs site, has seen a massive increase in job postings as the economic downturn forces employers to turn away from the more expensive agency recruitment options.

The grounds for redundancies

Last week I looked at wage cuts. This week I’ll tackle the issue of redundancy.

Green collar jobs delivery in west should be wake-up call for Westport

Green Party candidate for Westport Town Council Fergus McAllister said that announcements this week of over 400 green jobs in the west should be a wake-up call to Westport that it must get serious about targeting green collar jobs if it wants to realistically overcome the present crisis and be competitive into the future.

 

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