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Gareth catches up with Kevin McLaughlin, a lecturer at the North West Regional College. Kevin discusses how he runs the software fundamentals course in association with Kickstart IT. In addition to his unique route into teaching tech from never using a computer before the first day in his course to now being instrumental in developing the digital sector around the North Coast. 

Gareth catches up with Colin Manson, a previous cricket player and lecturer turned Cyber Security Analyst. Colin discusses his journey getting into the tech industry from courses he completed to landing his first job as a Cyber Security Analyst a year and 8 months ago. Colin also shares tips on how to stay secure while working from home, recommended password managers and advise those who wish to pursue a career in cyber security. Subscribe to our newsletter (receive new episodes, jobs and blogs every fortnight )- https://mailchi.mp/5da3ef4c4683/webtalksninewsletter More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and

Chris McAtackney, CTO of Obbi Solutions, his journey from first getting into tech to becoming a CTO. Chris discusses how management isn’t a promotion but a career change. The impact of burnout is costing the World’s economy over a quarter of a Trillion pounds a year. Chris compares the work environmental factors for mental well-being to physical health hazards and how many issues stems from lack of trust. Subscribe to our newsletter (receive new episodes, jobs and blogs every fortnight )- https://mailchi.mp/5da3ef4c4683/webtalksninewsletter More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right

"Progressing from Tech support to Lead Front End Developer in under 3 years" Gareth catches up with Christopher Mclaughlin, Lead Front End Developer at Learning Pool,  to discuss his journey into tech and how he progressed through several different job titles in 3 years. Christopher also shares his advice to others seeking a career in tech and for those who are already in a tech capacity but want to change job titles. WebTalksNI is brought to you by Gareth Stirling; a tech recruiter at Corvus. www.corvus.jobs If you're interested in coming on the podcast in 2021, please get in touch on gareth@corvus.jobs. All podcasts are recorded virtually. Massive thank you to all our guests and listeners support this year. Have a relaxing Christmas and we will see you in the new year!

Belfast Design Week - 02–08 NOVEMBER 2020Meet Professor Paul Moore, Director of Future Screens NI and Co-Director of Ulster Creative Industries Institute (CII). Paul chats about Future Screens NI involvement in BDW and discusses his thoughts on this year's theme 'Environment' and what he spots in cities when exploring the role of design within our local environment.The BDW website - http://belfastdesignweek.com/Subscribe to our newsletter (receive new episodes, jobs and blogs every fortnight )- https://mailchi.mp/5da3ef4c4683/webtalksninewsletter More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and wher

Belfast Design Week - 02–08 NOVEMBER 2020John Cranney is a Head of Partnerships at Big Motive. John chats about Big Motives involvement in BDW, Creative Mornings; a networking event for designers  and his background on how he got to where he is today.The BDW website - http://belfastdesignweek.com/Subscribe to our newsletter (receive new episodes, jobs and blogs every fortnight )- https://mailchi.mp/5da3ef4c4683/webtalksninewsletter More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.gareth@corvus.jobs

Belfast Design Week - 02–08 NOVEMBER 2020Rick Monro is a Principal UX Designer at Puppet and also organises the UX Belfast meetup group.  In this episode, Rick shares his background and how he got into design, his advise to designers who want to move into UX and his involvement in BDW 2020.The BDW website - http://belfastdesignweek.com/Subscribe to our newsletter (receive new episodes, jobs and blogs every fortnight )- https://mailchi.mp/5da3ef4c4683/webtalksninewsletter More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.gareth@corvus.jobs 

Belfast Design Week - 02–08 NOVEMBER 2020Tara Walsh, Director of Engagement & Innovation at MakeMatics discusses her role in Belfast Design Week. This year's Belfast Design Week theme is Environment. This means exploring the role of design within our local environment and it’s influence on how we live and work.The BDW website - http://belfastdesignweek.com/Subscribe to our newsletter (receive new episodes, jobs and blogs every fortnight)- https://mailchi.mp/5da3ef4c4683/webtalksninewsletter More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes there are into the IT industry in Northern Ireland. Find out how current professionals got into the industry, what skills are relevant and where the jobs are right now in the NI market with WebTalksNI.garet

Gareth welcomes two of the organisers from the Northern Ireland Developer's Conference committee onto the podcast.May Cheung & Artemiy Kondratiev discuss how they got started at NIDC, a review of how the conference went, what they have learnt from 2020, some insights into the 2021 conference and this October's Hacktoberfest event.Twitter accounts: @NIDC @WebTalksNIhttps://www.nidevconf.com/WebTalksNI is brought to you by Gareth Stirling from Corvus -> www.corvus.jobs / gareth@corvus.jobs

This year, the Northern Ireland Developers Conference (NIDC) is doing things a little different; they are hosting their conference online. In collaboration with the conference, we have welcomed some of the speakers onto the podcast to discuss their talk and why they got involved.This episode features Richard Gibson and Garth Gilmour, a double act who have spoken at the conference on numerous occasions. This year they will be discussing, Not Your Mothers TDD - Type Driven Development in TypeScript NIDC - 9th-10th October 2020 | Tickets: FREE-> hopin.to/events/nidc2020

This year, the Northern Ireland Developers Conference (NIDC) is doing things a little different; they are hosting their conference online. In collaboration with the conference, we have welcomed some of the speakers onto the podcast to discuss their talk and why they got involved.Phil Wilkinson from Flexera will be discussing 'Journey to engineering leadership' NIDC - 9th-10th October 2020 | Tickets: FREE -> https://hopin.to/events/nidc2020 

This year, the Northern Ireland Developers Conference (NIDC) is doing things a little different; they are hosting their conference online. In collaboration with the conference, we have welcomed some of the speakers onto the podcast to discuss their talk and why they got involved.We start the NIDC speakers series off with Andrew Gough who is discussing Slack Integrations, integrating with a 3rd party API and building a business on top of it. NIDC - 9th-10th October 2020 | Tickets: FREE -> https://hopin.to/events/nidc2020 

Gareth catches up with Ellen MacPherson, a Consultant Software Developer at ThoughtWorks. Ellen was in the middle of interviews and trying to find a job in March this year when we forced into lockdown due to the pandemic. Against all odds, Ellen still managed to land a new job and even re-located to the other side of the world in Australia. Ellen shares her tips gaining a role in tech, landing a job remotely, joining a new team and relocating. If you are considering a move during this time or you are considering tech as a second career, this is well worth a listen. Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / Subscribe to get all WebTalksNI News / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Gareth Stirling from Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs / gareth@corvus.jobs Subscribe to our newsletter (receive new episodes, jobs and blogs every fortnight)- https://mailchi.mp/5da3ef4c4683/webtalksninewsletter More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his

Gareth chats with Sarah Milliken from Alfac about how they have recruited and on-boarded 32 people over lockdown, including 13 people in one day. Sarah discusses the challenges, how the majority of her staff have now never met in person and how she now keeps them engaged. Aflac Inc. is an American insurance company and is the largest provider of supplemental insurance in the United States. The company was founded in 1955 and set up a base in Northern Ireland at the end of 2019. Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterFollow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs More about WebTalksNI's Host, Gareth Stirling. After achieving a degree in Interactive Multimedia and Design, Gareth started his own web design company. In 2010, Gareth took the plunge into recruitment and hasn't looked back since. Gareth's goal is to spread more awareness about the varied routes

Gareth chats with Michael Hewitt about what has changed in the recruitment industry in Northern Ireland during 2020 and how clients should adapt to the pandemic when it come to recruitment. Michael works with Gareth at Corvus, he is a senior recruiter with over 7+ years' experience in Recruitment.They discuss what industries seem to be doing well during the pandemic, how clients should communicate with all stakeholders, how relationship with recruiters have adapted and how Corvus have adapted to remote recruitment. Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcasterFollow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs 

Ionic Framework 4: What's new?Gareth catches up with Rob Sinton, Head of Development for Scaffold Digital, to discuss what is new with Ionic framework 4. Scaffold (formally know as TeePee Design) was set up by Tim Proctor in 2008 and they are based in Lisburn. They specialise in bespoke software solutions across web and app to streamline processes and improve engagement.Rob also touches on his experience of growing Scaffold Digital, his early career and how he stays up to date on the latest trends or technologies. This is a follow up to a previous episode with Alan Montgomery on the Ionic framework.  Rob will be discussing the latest version, Ionic 4. Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcasterFollow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs 

Alan Montgomery, a Full Stack Developer from Tascomi & founder of TrackMyLift, discusses the Ionic framework and how he uses it everyday for cross-platform mobile app development. Alan touches on his experience of using the platform, the benefits, new features in recent updates and more. WebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / Subscribe to get all WebTalksNI News / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs 

Former Ice hockey pro, Adam Cree, discusses his career into tech to now being Chief Revenue Officer in 3EN. Adam also touches on doing business during the current pandemic. Get new episodes to your inbox every 2 weeks, as well as top jobs and local meetups -> Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletterWebTalksNI is hosted by Gareth Stirling - A recruiter & podcaster Follow WebTalksNI on Twitter / WebTalksNI is brought to you by Corvus Recruitment - www.corvus.jobs 

Hi Webtalkers! I am writing this message from the comfort of my own home.  Like many of you, working from home will be the new norm for the next few weeks. We are living in unprecedented times.  The outbreak of the Coronavirus will change all our lives during the upcoming months.  Yes, it will have an affect on all aspects of our lives including economically and socially.  The good news is that it will pass.  In the meantime, we must support each other in every possible way. WebtalksNI will also be changing during this period.  Our focus has always been to bring you ‘good news’ stories from the tech industry in Northern Ireland.  We focused on self-taught developers and brought you background information on jobs like SCRUM Masters and Product Owners.  We highlighted certain technologies and what hiring managers are currently looking for. Now we must change tactics.  We have already started recorded a mini-series on career tips.  We recorded one a few weeks ago on ‘Why you should use a recruiter’ and in this w

As WebTalksNI, is a a career podcast we thought we should tap into Gareth's expertise and start a series of short episodes on career advise. Alex, the producer of WebTalksNI, discusses with Gareth why candidates would use a recruiter and the benefits of it over directly applying for a role. If you'd like a certain career topic to be covered in future episodes, please get in touch on gareth@corvus.jobs or tweet us at @WebTalksNI