The Diarmuid Gillingham Blog

Introduction and general premise This summer was the first time in my life that I truly had to engage with the recruitment process while unemployed. Overall it was an incredibly frustrating experience that I would not like to find myself in again. Having recently found employment after a three-month search, I have every sympathy with those who are still searching. I hope you all find something soon.  This post should achieve four things.  1. Layout what my greatest frustrations were as a job seeker.  2. Explain what makes a good recruiter. 3. Explain what traps to avoid as a job seeker.  4. What you should do to avoid said mistakes. Frustrations with the job searching process Frustration 1 - Misleading job openings The first of these job searching frustrations are job searching sites like LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster, and many many more. The first of these is that a lot of jobs that are advertised as new jobs, are in fact, not new jobs. When I first started looking I wa...

Motivation The late Zig Ziggler often spoke about the "I've had it" moment. This is when someone an individual's frustration with their life reaches its boiling point. The moment that individual decides I need to change something, I need to better myself. We as a society have reached that revelling moment in terms of how we live every day. What I am referring to is is how we live. The reality for many people in recent years is the following;  While you read this, I am sure you can think of someone who has retired early because they have paid off their mortgage. Whether we are going to work or school, most people leave around 7:30 am and many of us don't get home again until 19:00 or even 20:00 in the evening. We do this to afford a home that we are never in to enjoy. Wheater you are paying rent or you have a mortgage, the place in which you live is the most expensive outgoing for almost everyone, but we are never there to use it. When one takes a step back and thi...

  ‘Kenneth Arrow’s 1963 paper entitled “Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care” identifies the unique characteristics of the health care market and health care commodities. He states that “the list is not exhaustive, and it is not claimed that the characteristics listed are individually unique to this market. But, taken together, they do establish a special place for medical care in economic analysis”. Discuss this statement-making use of applied examples and references where appropriate’.   The American entrepreneur and motivational speaker Jim Rohn once said “Take care of your body it is the only place you have to live” No matter what way one looks at health and health care their importance is infinite. This quote shows the importance of studying healthcare from every perspective. Economically included. When Kenneth Arrow wrote his paper “Welfare Economics of Medical Care” he was correct that the healthcare system as a market brings with it many unique feature...