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Monday, December 22nd, 2008Corporate Property Letting in Ireland
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Below is a description about how Coldwell Banker Corporate supported IBM and Xerox through a major training and development project in Ireland.
IBM and Xerox ran a joint training program here in Dublin over the past 6 months. The program utilised the Irish centres expertise to train up staff in new European and Indian support centers. At its peak 160 staff were here and that posed an accommodation and budget challenge.
The project was put out to tender and Coldwell Banker Corporate Services winning out on the basis of a fixed cost, single source offer. This indigenous relocation company rented out high spec housing within the area and provided all ancillary services – utilities, broadband, transport, welcome packs etc.
According to Gerry Grimes of Coldwell Banker Corporate Services, 22,000 bed nights were provided over the 6 months and their solution cut 60% off anticipated hotel costs.
All staff are now at their new desks and the support centers are running ahead of schedule.
Gerry Grimes can be contacted at – corporate@coldwellbanker.ie
HR, Training & Recruitment Survey
Friday, November 28th, 2008SHL Ireland completed a survey with organisations in Ireland and there were some interesting findings. I have outlined the key points below. As expected there is an air of consolidation and getting more out of existing staff resources through up-skilling and redeployment initiatives.
59pc of companies surveyed indicated that redefining how staff will need to operate was ‘critical’ to 2009 HR strategy.
47.6pc indicated that redeployment of staff as an important strategy to implement in the current economic climate.
67.9pc of companies surveyed indicated that succession planning would be key in identifying who within their organisation would be retrained in 2009.
57.9pc reported cut back of 25pc or less in recruitment, training and development budgets.
16.2pc identified an immediate requirement to cut staff through voluntary or forced redundancy. Is this your organisation? Outplacement Services can support.
44.7pc of organisations surveyed revealing they have no immediate plans to reduce the intake on their graduate/management development programmes.
HR Research – HR Managers & Professionals – Products & Services
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Recent survey trends have just been released which make interesting reading for organisations offering products and services to HR professionals. Survey data was collected in August 2008 and is based on responses from HR related professionals.
Key trends highlighted include the following
64% of HR buyers use the Internet as their first stop when searching for HR related services or products that they are interested acquiring. Interesting they go online even before getting a recommendation from a peer.
In excess of 50% of HR buyers that were surveyed indicated that they use an Internet search engines at least once a week to search for human resources related information. Not surprisingly Google was the most popular search engine.
Research found that the most popular “business” social networking service for HR buyers was LinkedIn.
To me there are no surprises with this research. The internet is now the key marketing medium to target potential customers and Google of the search engine of choice. What is of surprise though is the lack of uptake by product and service providers. Many are making half hearted attempts to embrace online marketing.
For example we gave an opportunity a few weeks back for free advertising on this site in the form of a free post. Did anyone take it up? NO!! Why because they would have to write a short post themselves with fresh content.
You see this site has about 300 visitors a day and you can see from the URL that it has 2 very relevant words “HR” and “RECRUITMENT” so you can bet the traffic includes HR Professionals. The site ranks well for many important key word searches. It’s not rocket science really ……..
Anyway anyone still interested in free advertising and PR I will ask you to visit HR & Recruitment Services
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Ageism, Emigration, Immigration & Skills shortages – Ireland
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Below are some interesting HR & Recruitment related facts about Ireland – Ageism, Immigration, Emigration and Skills shortages in Technology.
Ageism in Ireland
Not only is the government targeting the elderly by trying to wipe out medical cards but it also looks like employers are not treating older workers too well either. The equality authority revealed that their most common complaint in 2007 was age discrimination.
Emigration & Immigration– Ireland 2008
Recent Emigration and Immigration figures should not be a surprise to anyone. Below is an outline of what you should already know. Noone is moving to Ireland, everyone is moving to Australia and those left in Ireland are breeding like rabbits to make up for the reduction in immigrants and increase in emigrants. Certainly on days like this Oz seems a great place to be.
26,000 less immigrants came to Ireland in last 12 months to April 2008 according to CSO
83,800 moved to Ireland down from 109,500
45,000 moved abroad with OZ the most popular destination 11,300 to OZ
Population increased – highest births since 1980 – 72,300
Tech Sector Jobs
The skills gap for the Tech sector has been estimated at 7,000 forcing organisations to look abroad to find new staff. I find this very surprising and would ask – why is facebook moving to Ireland? This gap will get worse as there are fewer grads taking up computer, engineering or technical courses. Probably because they have decided to go to Oz like everyone else.
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FACEBOOK + SICK DAY BOASTING = SACK
Thursday, September 25th, 2008If you are going to pull a sick day then it is probably best not to write about it on Facebook. Remember this is like walking down Grafton street with a banner telling everyone what you are doing.
A recent study indicated that employers are increasingly spying on personal websites like Facebook to find out what workers are doing. By all reports this investigation is legitimate as the Office of the Data Commissioner has warned employees there is little legal protection if they publish this stuff online.
The survey indicated that 83pc of employers surveyed said they monitored Facebook pages to check the validity of absences, while 67pc said they then disciplined staff.
So if you are going to pull a sickie then wrap up in your duvet and watch some Oprah. Remember to say offline.
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CARS, TOLLS, CONJESTION, COMMUTING – Interesting facts!!
Thursday, September 4th, 2008Commuting and congestion is a serious topic with workers but as it is Friday tomorrow I though I would post something light about the topic. A few driving points to consider when you are stuck in traffic (not my points before you complain!!)
Women in Ireland cause more traffic congestion then men. Not because they are worse driver but because they are more likely to be in the car. Women are likely to use their car to travel to work, to go to the supermarket, to pick up dry cleaning and dropping children to school.
Women also get more abuse on the roads from men and other women. Men and women are more likely to beep at women.
Finally the level of corruption in a country can be linked to safety on its roads (interesting). This point is backed up by the fact that Norway, New Zealand and Sweden are least corrupt and have the safest roads.
On the subject of roads and cars …..
Why do women not acknowledge when you show them courtesy on the road? A little hand salute or the hazard lights would be nice.
Why do so many drivers stubbornly insist on staying in the fast lane when they have a queue of cars behind? (My pet hate on the road)
Banking & Financial Jobs & Careers in Ireland – efinancialcareers
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Are you looking for financial jobs and careers in Ireland?
efinancialcareers offers a wide range of jobs for jobseekers in Ireland and Worldwide in the following categories; Accounting, Asset Management, Capital Markets, Commodities, Compliance / Legal, Consultancy, Corporate Banking, Derivatives, Equities, FX & Money Markets, Global Custody, Graduates & Internships, Hedge Funds, HR & Recruitment, Information Services, Information Technology, Insurance, Investment Banking, Private Banking / Wealth Management, Private Equity / Venture Capital, Retail Banking, Risk Management.
This site is very easy to navigate with many great jobs currently available. The site is sponsored by many of the leading Banking & Finance companies and agencies in Ireland. This to me spells credibility!! The site also contains the latest Banking & Finance news for Ireland and comments from professionals about the industry.
This site is a must see for Banking & Finance jobseekers and clients.
Our sponsor EmployIreland also offers a wide range of jobs for jobseekers in Ireland.
HR SOLUTIONS – HR SERVICES IS GALWAY & WEST OF IRELAND
Saturday, July 19th, 2008If you need HR services in Galway or the West of Ireland why not check out HR SOLUTIONS. Edel Kelly recently posted on the site and her company offers a wide range of services to SME’s in the region.
HR SOLUTIONS offer a wide range of services including Documentation, Training, Recruitment & Selection, Compensation & Benefits and HR cover for absent staff. Based in Oughterard, Co. Galway HR SOLUTIONS was set up by Edel Kelly. She has extensive HR Training, Qualifications and over 10 years industry experience.
If you would like to contact HR SOLUTIONS please see contact details below.
HR SOLUTIONS
YOUR LOCAL HR PROVIDER
Portacarron, Oughterard, Co. Galway.
(091) 552336 (086) 3600620
edel.kelly@gaelic.ie
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