CAREERS IN HARDWARE A look at HAI’s latest activities in promoting career opportunities in the hardware industry.

Careers in Hardware

In the last issue of The Hardware Journal, we gave readers a quick update on some of HAI’s recent activities dedicated to promoting career opportunities in the industry. In this issue, we go into more detail, and advise employers in the industry how to get involved and what they should be doing to engage jobseekers.

As part of HAI’s dialogue with careers experts nationwide, we have generated the following checklist for employers:

Contact your local university/third level institution’s Career Office

Universities nationwide regularly engage with employers across all industries via their Careers offices and faculties, working with them to promote career opportunities through initiatives such as “Meet the Employer” presentations, work placement programmes, website profiles, and email communications. Contact your local university today to get your organisation involved. HAI has relevent details of the right people to contact, for further information contact

aoife@hardwareassociation.ie

Advice from UCD Careers Office to Employers

Nicola Fortune, Career and Skills Consultant at the University College Dublin (UCD) Careers Office has the following advice for employers: “The UCD Careers Network works with employers in several ways to raise their organisation’s profile on campus - including providing a free vacancy portal where you can advertise part time and summer jobs, as well as internships and graduate opportunities. We are always happy to have a chat with employers who would like to find out more about how they can best engage with our students, whether in person through events such as recruitment fairs and skills workshops, or online via our social media channels. We can also advise on the wide range of other ways to work with the university, including through our dedicated Internship Managers or directly with relevant student societies. To start the conversation about how best to connect with our students, you can contact us at careers@ucd.ie”

Get involved in local Careers Fairs

This Autumn has a busy schedule of university careers fairs taking place nationwide, where employers are invited to exhibit and talk to students about career opportunities in the industry. HAI will be getting involved in these careers fairs, and welcome members to contact them about participating. Here is a list of some upcoming careers fairs: 15/09/2022 - World Skills Live - RDS, Dublin 17/09/2022 - Jobs Expo Ireland - Leisureland Event Hall, Galway 29/09/2022 - UL Autumn Career Fair - University of Limerick October - Sligo Careers Fair - Atlantic Technological University 3/10/2022 - UCD Science, Engineering & Technology Fair 11/10/2022 - DkIT Careers & Industry Fair - Dundalk 16/10/2022 - MTU Careers Fair - Cork Campus 16/10/2022 - Trinity Science & Engineering Fair - Trinity College, Dublin

Advertise your vacancies on www.hardwarejobs.ie

HAI members can advertise vacancies and publish a company profile at no cost on www.hardwarejobs.ie, giving them an additional platform to promote vacancies via HAI’s social media channels.

Display HAI’s Careers in Hardware brochure on your trade/sales counter

This brochure will help guide skilled jobseekers, students and graduates looking for advice on how to find new career opportunities, while promoting the benefits of choosing a career path in the sector. This brochure is available in printed and digital format, if you would like copies for your business please email aoife@hardwareassociation.ie.

Careers in the hardware/ building materials industry.

www.hardwarejobs.ie

Advertise your vacancies instore with our recruitment poster template

A poster has been produced for HAI members to promote career opportunities in their stores and businesses. If you would like a copy of this poster to display in your store to promote your job opportunities to visitors, then email aoife@hardwareassociation.ie.

If you are an employer, and have any vacancies you would like to promote, contact aoife@hardwareassociation.ie today about advertising your vacancies on www.hardwarejobs.ie.