[…] their particular skills and expertise, and to be able to develop practical skills valued by recruiters that assist them in their first foray into the employment market. The USI is hopeful that the ‘Future Focus’ campaign and roadshow facilitates this and USI want to thank our partners in HAYS Recruitment and Carr Communications for making it possible”. Hays Ireland Director James Milligan said; “We are really pleased to have this opportunity to work with USI to help up-skill students for their impending job searches. It’s amazing how many jobseekers make simple mistakes in the process of searching for a new […]
[…]target third-level student supports by the Government. “Students and families are already at breaking point, and the cost of college continues to increase. This week, an ILCU survey showed that 84% of families are already struggling to meet the cost of third level. “75,000 students and their families depend on the grant each year, a grant that has been targeted in each of the last four Budgets. Any further cut to the grant will push these struggling families over the edge. “SERD, launched by USI this week, will mobilise these students and their families, creating a block of over 200,000 […]
[…]would like the opportunity to make a big difference please share the application details with them today! Deadline is Friday 7th February. IDEA is also offering Challenging the Crisis workshops with any group of young people interested in learning more about the global economic crisis, how it is affecting young people in Ireland right now and what we can do, together, about it. ACT NOW: 1. Go straight to the application form 2. Read more about the Challenging the Crisis project 3. Book a workshop with our Coordinator Elaine Mahon 4. Like the Challenging the Crisis facebook page 5. Follow IDEA on Twitter for more updates. 6. Share this information with your networks. For more information […]
[…]per cent, a new survey from Durex reveals. In time for National Condom Week, (October 15-21), the world’s leading condom maker Durex has revealed just 55 per cent of Irish 18-year-olds will leave secondary school withany formal sexual health education, while another 15 per cent cannot remember receiving theirs. What’s more, more than 80 per cent of Irish men and women risk STIs and unplanned pregnancy by not always using a condom with a new partner or someone who is not their main partner. The global survey found that just 12per centwill always use a male condom with someone who […]