This week, I’m delighted to be joined by Mark Mitchell, Publisher of gradireland. This is a particularly timely episode coming after exams, the recent announcement by Ericsson Ireland of 120 new positions including graduate positions, and gradirelands summer Career Fair which is on the 11th June in the RDS (an event Ericsson is a big supporter of and at which, Ericsson will be in attendance).

You can hear the episode here: http://goo.gl/Z3w7rz
You can apply to grad roles in Ericsson here: http://goo.gl/s4vF3j
You can register for free for the careers fair here: http://gradireland.com/events/57016
Hope you enjoy the episode and hope to see you at the Careers Fair.

Mark Mitchell, Publisher of gradireland

This week, I’m delighted to be joined by Andrew Mulligan who is an expert in body language (or more correctly, Non Verbal Communication/NVC). Andrew studied Career coaching in DIT and is Managing Director of Irish Career Resolutions Ltd who specialise in provide confidential, personalised career coaching service.

Andrew Mulligan, Managing Director of Irish Career Resolutions Ltd

Andrew has also sent me some useful images* for you before attending interview:

*(with thanks to the creators, Tarleton)

In this episode, I am very pleased to interview Claire Michelle Smyth LL.M, lecturer in Dublin City University, Griffith College and Boston University about why Ireland is a great place to work because of the many legal protections in Ireland for workers, with particular focus on the recruitment process. I hope you enjoy it.

Claire Michelle Smyth LL.M

In this episode, I outline three different interview types (technical, presentation and competency based) and give you some pointers on them.

In this episode, I’m delighted to interview an industry expert, Tony Fernandez Commercial Manager of Gempool, about recruitment Agencies – what they do (and don’t do) for you, how to distinguish the best from the rest, and why employers use them. Tony has 10 years industry experience and has worked for a number of Irish industry-leading agencies, so I am delighted he could make the time to speak to me.

This week, I’m delighted to interview Renaud Bordelet, Director of Engineering in Ericsson’s Mediaroom European Engineering Team about the 20 positions that his team has recently announced. You can see more about these positions at the following link: wp.me/plRay-294 or they are individually listed below the image

Senior Program Manager 
http://goo.gl/J3xBeU

Program Manager
http://goo.gl/6ZxeZA

Software Development Engineer
http://goo.gl/cqcvHv

Senior Software Development Engineer 
http://goo.gl/90fPzr

Software Development Engineer in Test 
http://goo.gl/NaKtOR

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test 
http://goo.gl/Thbo1U

Software Engineering Manager in Test
http://goo.gl/HgI17j

This week, I’d like to talk to you about preparing for interview. So great – your cover and cv have gotten you time with the employer. Now it’s time to capitalise.

This week, I’d like to talk to you about cover letters and notes. So from the previous episode, you have a strong CV, and now you want to get it under the nose of the right person.

In this episode I discuss how  to leverage Social Media in your search. As LinkedIn is the most popular professional networking tool, this episode is very LinkedIn-centric, but the principals are the same regardless of the tool you use (build a strong online presence, then reach out to others in a professional way to bring attention to yourself).

I hope you find it useful.

This episode is about how to market yourself with your CV. What to put in, and leave out and who to make it effective.

Hello everyone and welcome to the jobs podcast. I hope to have this podcast available on iTunes, learnoutloud  and on jobscast.tumblr.com.

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Barry Vickers. I am a recruiter 20 years’ experience as hiring manager, agency and in-house recruitment, and I’m currently working for Ericsson LM Ireland.

So why the podcast?

The purpose of this podcast is to Podcast to help you find the job you want. It’s that simple. I hope to offer tips, insight, news and maybe even feature some jobs. I also hope to have interviews with experts in the industry and get opinion from them.

I have about 20 possible episode ideas in my head, but I’d prefer to know what you would like to hear. Is it cv tips, interview pointers, recruitment trends, industry events? Let me know! Drop me a line at barry@barry.ie with subject line “jobspodcast”.

The cast will probably have an “Ireland-feel”, but I’d like to add an international dimension, so I would welcome insight in that regards – feel fee to comment on the site and blog. I have recruited people from all over the world and for Ireland, Europe and for Africa

So stay tuned”

Again, I welcome your ideas for content (especially what are the big questions you have) or get in touch if you’d like to be featured (weather you are an industry expert, would like to offer insight or even if you are simply looking for a job).

Lastly, please feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn and check out my site at www.barry.ie

Hope you enjoy the podcast.