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Xilinx Ireland to cut jobs ?
15 April 2009 | xilinx | No Responses
News is coming today that an expected 100 jobs are to go at Xilinx’s (www.xilinx.com)plant in City West, Dublin. There is a planned staff meeting where the management are expected to outline the companies restructuring plans and expect job losses.
Current Xilinx employs over 400 workers at the European Headquarters in Dublin, which is the location of their main customer care offices. Xilinx are supplies of FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) technology, which allows for customisable logic circuits to be configured, and subsequently reconfigured. This helps companies with prototyping before an actual digital is produced.
Big Fish Games add 100 jobs in Cork
9 April 2009 | Ireland | 6 Responses
Great news today from Big Fish Games (www.bigfishgames.com) who have announced a new European Headquarters in Cork. The Seattle based online games company deliver free and premium games for mobile and computer users. They call their games ‘casual’ games, where the typical user doesn’t need any particular skills and will play the game in short bursts.
The majority of the 100 new jobs will be in games testing and in customer support, and will be located at their site in Mahon, Cork. With the help of the IDA this jobs will introduced over the next 3 years, and it’s understood that the recruitment drive for them has already started.
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CV Mistakes
5 April 2009 | Articles | 5 Responses
Working with recruiters, employers and applicants, we see many CVs every week. It’s sad to say that a high percentage of these CVs tend to have the same problems. Remember that when you are sending a CV to apply for a job it needs to be the perfect CV for the person who will be reading it. You can, if you wish get a professional cv review from us, or you are get a friend to look over it. Find someone you know who regularly looks at CVs as part of their job. Having a good, professional CV is key to getting a new job. Without one you will struggle to get interviews, not to mention a new job ! Remember : Your CV will make the difference between you getting an interview and not.
Common CV Mistakes
Now a days it is common for employers to request your CV in electronic form, but this doesn’t mean you don’t do as many checks as you previously did when you were sending a paper copy of your CV/Resumé. Here is a run down of some common CV mistakes :
- Basic spelling and grammar mistakes
- Use spell check and get more than one review from a friend. Bad spellings can show your prospective employer that you are not taking the whole process as serious as you can.
- Errors when printing out your CV
- Employers will print out your CV eventually. So make sure you actually print out your CV to make sure that boarders line up and the CV is visually appealing. Things like tables in MS Word should be avoided if at all possible, use tabs.
- Incorrect font used (Comic Sans MS, should never be on a CV !
- Make sure you use only one font in the whole document. Recommended Ariel , Verdana, Trebucht MS
- Break your CV into section with headings
- State that this is a Circulum Vitae, at the top of your page. List Work Experience first and then Qualifications/Education.
- Send your CV in the appropriate file format.
- Normally employers will want your CV in WORD format, but some employers prefer PDF or even plain text. Make sure you listen to their wishes and make it as easy as possible for them to read your CV.
Also the length of your CV is very important. If you have enough past jobs or experience to fill 5 pages, please don’t add them all in. This is something that you can explain at an interview. At most your CV should be 2 pages, and include 3 to 4 previous job roles. Prospective employers’ time is limited, and when face with reading a twenty 2 page CVs or twenty 5 page CVs you can guess as to the most appealing choice. The first page is very important, to have your contact details i.e. name, email, phone, mobile phone in one easy to access place. If the employer can find the keywords they are searching for in your work experience earlier on, then you are much more likely to get an interview.
Remember a CV is like a business card, its job is to get you that first interview. It doesn’t need to be particularly flashy, it just needs to explain your background as easy as possible and it should be easy to read. By avoiding the CVmistakes above you will be on the way to increasing your chance of getting that interview.