Entrepreneurship: Why you should be your own boss & go it alone
Not everyone is cut out to work for somebody else. Imagine a job where you can be your own boss, pick your own hours, and create your own career path.…
Business
Considering a career in business? Here we look at all aspects of business – everything from general business studies to specialisms like advertising.
We look at international business, starting a business, sales and retail, entrepreneurship, business management, commerce, business administration, payroll, business and law and supply chain management. There’s information on event management, marketing and the increasingly important field of digital marketing. If it’s to do with business, we have it covered.
Advertising
There are those of us that can sell anything, as well as those of us who will buy anything. Advertising can be a creative and rewarding career. Anyone looking for…
Human Resources Management
Human resource management works from the belief that a company’s most valuable assets are its employees. Therefore, HR managers manage the workforce, ideally in a beneficial and productive a manner.…
Public Relations
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire a public relations officer, noted the American social historian Daniel Boorstin. A public relations officer creates and maintains a positive…
One day training courses from Pery Square Business College
Pery Square Business College will be holding a number of one-day training days helping students to upskill. These include a one day PowerPoint training course, which will teach students how…
Sales and Retail
Sales and retail professionals work in a broad range of areas. These include e-business, media sales, technical sales, telesales and merchandising. In addition they work as shop assistants, account managers,…
Insurance
Insurance is a process whereby people pay into a shared fund that covers their losses in event of injury, damage or loss. The sector covers areas like life and pensions,…
International Business and Commerce
International business and commerce studies offers many opportunities. Globalisation means graduates may end up working with companies anywhere in the world. Cultural knowledge, a second language, and an understanding of…
Marketing
Marketing aims to improve the public perception of an organisation, product, or service. Marketers seek to increase brand awareness – to develop a relationship between the public and the product in…
Career Profile: Working in Supply Chain Management
Henry Sheehan is a Supply Chain Manager. He tells us about his duties and responsibilities, and the challenges of working in supply chain management. I have worked in Supply Chain…
Entrepreneurship and Business Management
Have you got entrepreneurship and business skills? Entrepreneurs can offer innovative and profitable solutions to longstanding problems and inefficiencies. However, setting up your own business requires more than just a…
Business Studies and Commerce
Business Studies and Commerce courses are ideal for students who want a career in business, but are still unsure exactly what they want to do. Education Courses are readily available…
Event Management
Could organise a great party, during a snowstorm, in an under-populated area of rural Ireland? If so, event management is definitely your calling! Most event management companies offer their services…
Entrepreneurship: Valerie O’Reilly of Unicorn Communications
Do you have the entrepreneurship bug? Valerie O’Reilly is the owner and managing director of Unicorn Communications. Here she tells us about her education, her career path and setting up her business.…
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management A fundamental aspect of every company is an organised stock flow. A supply chain manages this process, ensuring that the correct channels are visited and the…
Career Profile – Marketing
Name: Ciara McCallister Job: Marketing I’m employed in the marketing department of a large consultancy firm in Dublin. The analytical aspects of marketing initially attracted me. The fundamentals of…
Career Profile – Chief Operations Officer
chief man Name: Eamon Hughes Job: Chief Operations Officer (www. utrack. com) I was one of the first graduates of the Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown (ITB). I did my…
Career Profile – Event Manager
Event manager Name: Alan Rafferty Job: Business Development Director (www. hobmanagement. ie) My first appetite for event management came at UCD where I did an Arts degree. Over the…
Special Feature: Starting a Business
Not every graduate is cut out to work for somebody else; there are maverick souls who will succeed or fail on their own terms, and who will never feel…
