http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/job+search IrishCentral job search en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/american-girl-in-dublin/looking-for-work-in-dublin-and-learning-job-search-lessons-the-hard-way-198674291.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/american-girl-in-dublin/looking-for-work-in-dublin-and-learning-job-search-lessons-the-hard-way-198674291.html Sun, 17 Mar 2013 06:47:22 PDT
The stress of hunting for a job in IrelandIreland is a tough place to look for a job at the momentBut this kid is now employed! And really, really relieved I started writing this last week, in the thick of my jobless despair (on my computer the document has been titled “unemployment rant”) – I share it with you now with a much lighter heart!I know that every advertised vacancy in Dublin is receiving hundreds of applications at the moment, from people just as qualified (as well as more qualified than) I am, and I understand the difficulty of the economic climate…but I can’t help but get frustrated and down I started looking seriously for jobs a month before moving here, and have been applying to several positions per day for seven weeks now READ MORE ]]> http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/finnegans_awake/bringing-back-thanksgiving-110545459.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/finnegans_awake/bringing-back-thanksgiving-110545459.html Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:00:15 PST
As the recession has crushed the retail market in the past few years, stores have been pushing the holiday shopping season earlier and earlier in an attempt to stay in the black (The term Black Friday is based on the fact that stores used to count on the day after Thanksgiving to get them out of the red for the year and into the black, making a profit) In New York City, the 34th Street Macy's had its display windows decked out for Christmas before Halloween, and giant holiday ads have been up for weeks in Times SquareThanksgiving has almost been swallowed whole by the Christmas Money-Generating Machine, but it's more important than ever to take it back READ MORE ]]>