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Skills Development Course
Nov 2011
Course modules: Computer Literacy, Maths, Communications, Personal Effectiveness
Ballymun Job Centre in partnership with City of
The course aims to provide local unemployed people with the skills to progress into further education, training or employment.
The course will be part-time for three mornings per week.
If you would like to find more about the course please contact either Gordon or Martina at Ballymun Job Centre 01 8667000.
Talk-IT Pilot course
All partners undertook a pilot of the Talk-IT programme from January to June 2011 in their respective countries.
The BJC conducted a survey in 15 IT companies based in
The majority of these organisations surveyed had a small number of non-native English speaking employees who had high levels of fluency in verbal and written English. Their level of fluency was not seen as a barrier to their day-to-day operations. In addition the current difficulties in the global economy, and the increase in the overall unemployment figures in
Therefore we approached IKEA, the largest employer in the local area who also has a large number of non-native English speaking employees, to run the course. The Talk-IT programme provided the Tutor and all course material costs free of charge. The course was advertised in-house. Ten participants successfully completed the course and were presented with att
Here are some comments from the participants
‘I feel more self-confident and I can manage my actions in different situations at work; interviews, presentations etc’
‘I like that there was a relaxing atmosphere and that the teacher encourages us to speak as much as we can’
‘I have found the course very useful and I like thank the organisation to give us the opportunity of doing it.’
BJC are holding a 3 day Seminar on Quality in Career Guidance:
Utilising quality driven tools (EGUIDE Platform) in practice.
From the 16th to the 18th January 2012
For further information or to book into this seminar please contact:
Nuala Whelan This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or on + 353 1 8667000
To download Seminar Schedule in PDF click here
Clients Express Satisfaction With Service
The primary aim of the BJC’s services is to support individuals into education, training and employment. It is important that the services and the manner in which they are delivered meet the needs of the people using the services. Obtaining the views of clients is therefore an important indicator as to how the BJC is meeting these needs. As part of our quality assurance framework the BJC carries out surveys to obtain the views of people using the services.
The latest survey covers the period April to June 2011. The survey covers the three premises, Unit 36, LEC and Job Club. A total of 66 clients were surveyed. Not all questions were answered.
The main highlights are: 54.2% of respondents were female and 45.8% male.
At 34.4% those aged 25 – 34 were the largest age group. The next largest was those aged 45 plus.
Nearly 60 percent (58.6%) were registered with the BJC for over one year and 53.1% had come into the BJC over twelve times since they registered.
The main reasons why they come to the BJC were, to enquire about current job vacancies, to ask about training or educational opportunities, to keep an appointment or to update C.V.
The top four services clients felt it was important to provide were the opportunity to search for vacancies, advice on career and jobs, C.V. preparation and access to training and education
The respondents were overall very satisfied with staff in terms of friendliness, helpfulness, spending time with them and answering their questions. For example, 95.1% were “very satisfied” with the time staff gave to the respondents and 95.2% were “very satisfied” with the friendliness of the staff and the effort the staff made to make them feel welcome.
e2-p European Project - Update
The BJC is currently a Partner on the e2-p European Project (Electronic Entrepreneur Portfolios) Leonardo Da Vinci, Transfer of Innovation, Co-ordinated by Hafelekar Consultancy Schober, Austria.
e2-p aims to use web 2.0 e-learning methodolgy as a tool for identifying entrepreneurial competences, knowledge sharing and facilitating communication and collaborative problem solving between entrepreneurs.
Please click here to see the latest Newsletter on this project (pdf format)
