It is also helpful for job seekers to be aware of what's going on in their chosen industry and to be able to adapt their job search to this
. It will also impress potential employers if you can outline some news from the industry and relate it to their company. This is a good way to set yourself apart from the competition.
Take a look at some of the news stories outlined below and see if any of them are relevant to your chosen career. If you find a story you are interested in then you might want to do some further research into that subject.
Jobs in Scotland News:
Royal Bank of Scotland tries to enhance Scottish Jobs.
RBS will be restructuring it's organisation so that Scotland will gain jobs. This will take their offices in Scotland to 30%. The main places where jobs are likely to be created are places such as Greenock and the Gyle in Edinburgh. However, job seekers will have to wait a while for this because the changes aren't expected until 2012.
Hewlett-Packard provides 700 new jobs in Scotland.
These changes will be put into place by 2014. The plan is to improve the Erksine site.
Scotland's offshore wind industry might create a wide range of jobs.
A study has shown that the wind industry could create 28,000 jobs. The study was done by IPA Energy and Water Economics.
Financial section of Virgin creates 200 jobs.
These jobs will be based in Edinburgh and will be set within the banking sector.
Scottish Manufacturing Industry on the rise.
Experts have predicted that this will result in a number of new jobs in engineering being created.
As you can see from the stories above, there are lots of positive news stories about. Scotland is a great place to live and work and lots of people are choosing to further their career in Scotland. If you are interested in taking on a new challenge in Scotland then you might want to check out a Scottish careers site.