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RBS Group

Barry — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:33:42 +0000

Hi Everyone,

In case you missed my twitter update, just to let you all know I’m working for RBS Group now. Why not take a look at some of the jobs we are recruiting for here: http://www.jobs.rbs.com/global.

thanks,

Barry

Filed under: Latest Jobs

App of the week: HR Law App

Barry — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:28:08 +0000

Just found this app for the iphone, and thought I would recommend it to you all. Its an Irish-centric HR Law app from A&L Goodbody.Very useful to any recruiters/HR professionals and also should be of interest to anyone in, or seeking employment who would like to know their rights. It also comes with some useful calculators to calculate maternity and redundancy figure. Highly recommended, and best of all, free!

Click to view slideshow.

Filed under: App of the week, Latest Jobs

Average Wage

Barry — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:35:41 +0000

This is a great application, from figures calculated by the International Labour Organization and put into an application by the BBC. You simply select your country, type in your monthly salary, and it will tell you if you are above or below the average for that country:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17543356

Filed under: Industry News, Tips and Tricks for Employers, Tips and Tricks for Jobseekers

Project Manager – Athlone

Barry — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:56:48 +0000

Hi Everyone,

We are looking for a PM for Athlone to manage Test environments for the ITTE team. Here is the spec if you would like to know more:
https://www.box.net/shared/60bfd651639c86687696

thanks,

Barry

Filed under: Latest Jobs

Cloud Engineers – Athlone

Barry — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:33:57 +0000

Hi Everyone,

We are looking for cloud engineers agani for Athlone. If you are interested in getting into this area and have a strong IT backround, we’d love ot hear form you. Here is the spec:

http://www.box.com/s/76vnrmba1kpa3rvivsrz

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Hoorray!

Barry — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:30:30 +0000

Hooray! http://bit.ly/zG3bcZ

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Data Management Survey

Barry — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:22:34 +0000

Hi Everyone,

I’d really like your help with this. I am currently studying an MSc in Data Analytics in DIT. As part of the coursework, I am doing a project on data management and I am trying to collect survey responses in relation to employees views on how data governance is handled in their organization. There are only 6 questions in the survey, so please take the time to complete it: Survey_Link

All responses are completely anonymous!

Thanks all,
Barry

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Senior 3G<E Optimizers

Barry — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:14:30 +0000

Hi Everyone. We are looking for Senior 3G and LTE Optimizers for fantastic roles in the GCH. For more information, please go to these links:

3G Optimisers

LTE Optimisers

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Irish Stock Exchange Annual Report

Barry — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:13:37 +0000

Hi everyone, I’m always interested to see the ISE annual statistical report, which is available for download from the link below. A mixed bag of good and bad results, but there are some strong performers, with some companies showing significant increases in their share price, such as Elan (up 158%), AGI (up 112%), Paddy Power (up 45%) and Glanbia (up 26%). Others it could be argued are holding reasonably well despite tough economic operating conditions, with only narrow increases/decreases in share price (such as Diageo, CPL and First Derivatives). For the full report, please go to here.

Filed under: Industry News

Senior Service Engineers Roles RAN – Multiple Roles (Africa)

Barry — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:14:53 +0000

Hi Everyone, Ericsson GCH is looking for SEs with strong LTE and/or 3g experience. For more information, please go to: Service Engineers

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Sun Solaris expert? Senior role: Test Environment Solution Engineer – contract, Athlone

Barry — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:14:56 +0000

We are looking for a senior candidate with 6-8 years Solaris experience to architect test environments. This is a 6 month daily rate contract based in Athlone. For more information, please go to: Test Environment Engineer

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Cloud Engineer – Athlone

Barry — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:59:51 +0000

Hi Everyone, Ericsson are looking for a Cloud Engineer in Athlone. This is a great chance to become involved in an area that is going to be huge in the future, and yes, we are interested in hearing from great engineers who have no experience in it, but have enthusiasm for virtualisation. To know more, please go to this link: Cloud Engineer

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Statistical Analysis Roles

Barry — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:48:04 +0000

A friend sent me this great article on the future of Statistical Analysis Roles (thanks Ben!). Its very US-centric, but after reading that the average graduate’s starting salary for an entry-level job in Carolina is $73,000, I thought some of you (like me) might find it interesting: What Are the Odds That Stats Would Be This Popular?

Filed under: Industry News

Telecoms consultant roles in Sub-Saharan Africa

Barry — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:03:22 +0000

I am working on some consultant roles for Ericsson for a new division called the Global Competency Hub (GCH). I’ve published the spex to my box.net account, which you can see here:
https://www.box.net/s/gtv6u22p3xe8ek2tk5to

The roles are Solution Architect, Service Engineer and SME’s. If you are interested to know more, or would like to be considered, please do drop me a line.

Barry

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Merry Christmas Everyone

Barry — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:43:58 +0000

Merry Christmas everyone!

Barry

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Ericsson – Athlone – Technical Writer

Barry — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:22:50 +0000

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well this Christmas. I haven’t posted anything to the site in a while as I’ve been working on other projects onsite with Ericsson. I am now working on a role that might be of interest to you all, a Technical Writer/Author for the OSS team in Athlone. Here is the spec:

https://www.box.net/shared/kzpbb1edhb99ujv9b4os

Please feel free to drop me a line (or a CV) if you are interested.

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National Punctuation Day

Barry — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:24:44 +0000

Hi Everyone,
Today is National Punctuation Day in the US. A good excuse to check the full stops, commas and other punctuation on your cv, and a great website to explain how each punctuation mark should be used:
http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com.
On spelling, here is a very funny, but also very useful cartoon from the Oatmeal:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling.

Filed under: Events

Cannonball Run

Barry — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:21:11 +0000

Great to see everyone for the Cannonball outside our offices this morning. Good luck to all taking part. Here are a few pictures of the fantastic cars (click the thumbnail for a larger image):

Filed under: Events

Some additional configuration of MS Office 2010 and Windows 7

Barry — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:03:50 +0000

Hi everyone, I got a new machine in work yesterday and found a few of the new features of MS Office 2010 and Windows 7 not to my taste, so I switched them off (and added one to outlook). I thought I would share this with you all, as you may find it useful.

Let me know what you customise any time you get a new machine or do a reinstall of your OS!

1. Spellchecker
I turned on “Always spellcheck before sending” in my Outlook options

2. Outlook Connector
I Installed the outlook connector for linkedin which you can get here: http://www.linkedin.com/outlook.

3. Turn off .docx
As lot of people still cannot (or will not) open the new “docx” format in MS Word, so I set my default in MS word to “.doc”. To do this, in MS Word, go to File – Save As, and then click the Tools option near the Save button, and then select Save Options.In the dialog that appears (screenshot 4) select Word 97-2003 document and click ok

4. Turn Off Transparency
If like me, you don’t like transparency effect of Windows 7 you can turn it off by going to control panel – appearance and personalisation – change windows glass colour and untick Enable transparency.

5. Recent File Lists
I put my recent files back in MS Office. By default, you have to click on Recent in the file menu to see them (red arrow). To cut this step out, click the checkbox beside Quickly access this number of Recent documents and select the number you would like to view (yellow arrow) and it will be like it was before.

Did you find this useful? Let me know what you customise any time you get a new machine or do a reinstall of your OS!

Filed under: Latest Jobs, Opinion, Tips and Tricks for Employers, Tips and Tricks for Jobseekers

Google+ invites

Barry — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:30:49 +0000

Hi Everyone, I have some Google+ invites if anyone is interested. Please drop me a line on barry@barry.ie if you are.

Filed under: Events, Industry News