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Private sector companies in Mayo are being encouraged to apply to a new training fund announced this week by Skillnets, the national training and upskilling body. The €500,000 fund is open for applications until April 30.

You know, for some people, 2013 will be their best year ever.

Courage

When someone loses their job or when their business fails, they can quickly fall out of their business networks and in the most part start to fall out of their social networks. When this happens, people start to spend more and more time at home and can often fall into a cycle which leads to social isolation, damaging their confidence, self esteem and self belief. This means that it can become much more difficult for people to get back out into the business community, looking for work or simply seeing if they can do something with their own skills to find some work to pay the bills.

1. Too much information – which sounds like a line from a sitcom, but, it is particularly true in a CV. Don’t ask the employers to wade through oceans of information. They may even decline to do so - and, even if they read it, you run the risk of the employer not seeing the important stuff you want them to see.

Skillnets has announced new funding for the establishment of training networks.

Q. I have worked as a carpenter since I school. I am finding it difficult to get work and feel that I can’t do anything else.

A local free skills training programme based in Castlebar has been celebrating success in recent weeks as more and more participants have secured employment and further training and education through the initiative.

The Emerging Leaders Programme (ELP) is a seven-day transformational programme aimed at providing managers and team leaders with practical skills they need to enhance their performance in their roles. The ELP is receiving part funding from the GMIT Innovation Skillnet, which is funded by member companies under the Training Networks Programme, an initiative of Skillnets Ltd, funded through the Department of Education and Skills.

The Emerging Leaders Programme (ELP) is a seven-day transformational programme aimed at providing managers and team leaders with practical skills they need to enhance their performance in their roles. The ELP is receiving part funding from the GMIT Innovation Skillnet, which is funded by member companies under the Training Networks Programme, an initiative of Skillnets Ltd, funded through the Department of Education and Skills.