Category: Career Advice

  • The Most In-demand Skills for 2019 According to Linkedin

    For professionals on the market for a new job in 2019 those with the right hard skills will not find the 2019 job market quite as challenging. According to analysis from networking site LinkedIn, 2019’s employers are looking for a combination of both hard and soft skills, with creativity topping the list of desired attributes. Having analysed data… Read more

  • 10 Reasons Why you Should do the ACCA Exams

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    In today’s current climate, being a qualified accountant has never been more important. After the credit crunch and ensuing financial crisis in 2008 the emphasis on comprehensively audited accounts and accurate financial information to stakeholders has been under an infinitely higher level of scrutiny. This in turn has led to new and ever changing IFRS®… Read more

  • Calling all Accounting Graduates – Multiple roles Graduate Training Scheme with leading firm

    Tax / Accounting / Investment Advisory Graduate Training Scheme Full Time | Permanent | Attractive salary including study leave and support | Dublin City Centre   Our client, a highly regarded and leading independent Private Clients firm is seeking to hire a small number of graduates for their training programme scheduled to begin this August/September.… Read more

  • 15 Business and Sports Books That Will Optimise The Way You Work

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    At any time in your career, you can undergo a transformational experience, and a book might be your major catalyst for change. There’s always room for improvement, and there’s nothing better than learning from the best. We’ve assembled this list of the “best of the best” for your reading pleasure and continued professional growth; you’ll be… Read more

  • National Survey Reveals Business & Employee Optimism Despite Brexit Unpredictability

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    Lincoln Salary & Employment Insights Report findings: What’s the most demanded employee benefit, which sectors plan high recruitment and where’s the biggest talent crisis? The Lincoln Salary and Employment Insights Survey shows strong business and employee confidence across the majority of professional services sectors and most regions in Ireland.  However, this positive momentum is being… Read more

  • Career Management in a Buoyant Compliance Market

    Whether you are a graduate considering a move in to Compliance or a Compliance professional with 15 years’ experience, managing the trajectory of your CV and making the right career decisions can be a difficult task. It is plain to see that we are in the middle of a very buoyant compliance market; making the… Read more

  • What to expect from Consulting in Ireland

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    Ireland has a long history of exporting talent to the world, with some of its brightest minds seeking opportunity and experiences in pastures new. But with the Irish economy booming, and unemployment at a post-crash low, combined with increasing uncertainty as a result of factors such as Brexit, many people, Irish and non-Irish alike, are… Read more

  • Navigating a Mid-Career Crisis to Professional and Personal Success

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    Changing your profession mid-career doesn’t have to be a crisis. There are times where it seems like it is impossible to continue in the same career path that you chose, and which you once felt certain would see you through to retirement. Different types of reasons can lead a person into not feeling like they have… Read more

  • GDPR Creates More Career Opportunities in Cyber Security

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    Cyber security has often been treated as an obscure specialty of IT professionals, something most people didn’t talk about or pay attention to. But in 2018, cyber security is at the center of a world-wide discussion about information, privacy, protections, and standards. This global shift in increased awareness of security practices has been driven by… Read more

  • Do Irish professionals have mentors? We asked you answered.

    Even the greatest entrepreneurs with award-winning ideas have benefited from the use of a successful mentor. In fact, the founder of Virgin Group – Richard Branson – says, “…Going it alone is an admirable, but foolhardy and highly flawed approach to taking on the world.“ And Branson himself credits a family friend and successful accountant who served… Read more