Dublin City Public Libraries' Business Centre is hosting a FREE workshop on Using Social Media to Find a Job facilitated by career coach Greg Fry on Thursday 13th December 1:30pm-2:30pm.

Greg Fry founded Careers Coach and also is a lecturer at the Digital Marketing Institute. He is a qualified Career Coach and holds a Marketing Degree. Greg assists jobseekers find their right career path and shows them how to become proactive jobseekers.

In this talk, Greg will look at how to network online, where to find hidden jobs and how to build an online presence that will attract an employer’s attention.

The workshop is FREE but booking is essential.

To book contact: 

Business Information Centre
Dublin Central Library
ILAC Shopping Centre
Henry Street
Dublin 1
Tel: 01 8733996
email: businesslibrary@dublincity.ie

For more information on workshops and sessions in the Business Information Centre please click here

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Career Workshop

Dublin City Public Libraries' Business Centre, as part of their Career Direction and Development Programme, will host a  FREE workshop entitled 'Converting Your Career in Today's Market'. The workshop will be hosted by career coach Jane Downes who will provide useful tips on adapting your skills to the current job market.

Jane is one of Irelands best known Career Coaches and author of The Career Book– Help for the Restless Realist. She owns Clearview Coaching Group, a Career Coaching and Training business which she established in 2004 following an extensive career working in the area of recruitment and HR consulting. In addition, Jane regularly writes for the National Press and currently holds the position of weekly career doctor with the Metro Herald and is regularly invited to speak on national radio. In 2010 Jane held the position of weekly Career Expert on TV3’s “ The Morning Show”.

The workshop will take place in the Business Information Centre, Central Library, on 13th November, 2012, at 1pm.
Admission is FREE and all are welcome. However, due to popular demand, booking is recommended, either in person at the Business Information Centre, or by telephoning (01) 873 3996, or by emailing businesslibrary@dublincity.ie

Business Information Centre
Central Library
Ilac Shopping Centre
Henry Street, Dublin 1 

For more information on workshops and sessions in the Business Information Centre please click  here
                   

Your Welfare Rights -Free Information Day

Dublin City Public Libraries' Business Centre will provide a FREE information and advice stand providing information on Welfare, Work, Education and Training Options for unemployed people.

The stand is entitled "Your Welfare Rights" and will focus on the latest edition of the booklet "Working for Work" 19th edition, which was recently published by the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (I.N.O.U.).

If you have any general queries in relation to Social Welfare entitlements, you can visit the Business Information Cente, from 2.30pm - 4.30pm on Tuesday, 23rd October, 2012, where a member of staff from the I.N.O.U. will be on hand to assist.

If you have a specific or a personal query, you can arrange to make a private appointment with the I.N.O.U. at a later date.

For details contact:

Business Information Centre

Central Library

Ilac Shopping Cente

Henry Street, Dublin 1

Tel: 01 873 3996

For more information on workshops and sessions in the Business Information Centre please click here

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Off Campus Access to electronic resources

DIT Library subscribes to a variety of electronic resources. Access to these services is restricted to current DIT Staff and Students who are registered with the Library. If you would like to access our services from outside the DIT network please follow the steps below:

1. Go to: http://dit.ie/library/index.html

2. Choose Databases or Electronic Journals or ebooks

3. You willl be asked for Authentication in one of the following ways:

• ID Number and Library PIN *
• /Institutional Login** choose "Irish Edugate Federation" then DIT . At the "Logon to DIT IS" screen input your DIT no. and email password.
• Unique Username and Password - see Usernames and Passwords file below.

* How to create a PIN 

** /Institutional Login or Shibboleth or Irish Edugate

 If you have any difficulty please contact one of our libraries.

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