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HR, Training & Recruitment Survey

admin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:24:53 +0000

SHL 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

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:40:14 +0000

Recent 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

Interview Ireland

Human Resources & Recruitment Services Ireland

admin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:16:55 +0000

If you would like a review of your company or webiste on HR & Recruitment please post a comment with your details.

We are always interested in commenting on various HR & Recruitment Services in Ireland.

And YES it is free – for Now!!

We get about 250 hits per day and this could be useful traffic for your company.

Outplacement Services Ireland
Psychometric Testing Ireland
Career Coach Ireland
Interview Coach Ireland
CV Professional Ireland

Updated list of recruitment agencies in Ireland for employers

admin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:10:55 +0000

I did a previous post listing recruitment agencies to help you find suitable ones to source candidates.

Here is an updated list of recruitment agencies in Ireland.

Attracting Staff – Recruitment Agencies

admin — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:35:17 +0000

Employers love to complain about Recruitment Agencies. I agree that there are cowboys out there BUT agencies do have and always will have an important role to play in recruiting staff.

I help clients to assess and select applicants BUT I do not help them attract or source candidates. I am often asked what agencies I recommend. I have many great contacts in the industry but I tend to let clients make their own decisions. The advice I give to clients is somewhat similar to that that is given to jobseekers.

For employers not familiar with the recruitment agency market or employers recruiting in Ireland for the first I have identified agencies under a number of categories. I would point out that there are over 500 recruitment agencies registered in Ireland so the list below is a short summary to point you in the right direction.

General Recruitment Agencies
These agencies have divisions to cater for most roles including Sales, Technical, IT, Administration, Pharmaceutical, HR, Banking & Finance, Construction and Hotel & Catering.

Eden Recruitment
CPL Recruitment
Brightwater Recruitment
HRM Recruitment
Premier Group
Manpower
Grafton Recruitment
Hudson
Sigmar Recruitment
Hunter Marshal
Qualitas
Ormond Recruitment

Specialist Recruiters
The list below is agencies that are specialist generally focusing on a particular sector or function.

Sales Recruiters
BMS
Sales Placement
School of Sales
Berkley Sales & Marketing

IT Recruiters.
Rescon
Computer Futures
Elan IT
Enterprise People

Banking & Finance Recruiters
Executive Connections
Delta Resource
Accountancy Solutions
Q.E.D
FH Recruitment

Hotel & Catering Recruiters
Noel Recruitment
Caterassist
Maria Logan Recruitment

Administration & HR Recruiters
Maryb Recruitment
Capital Recruitment
La Crème
Office Angels

Pharmaceutical Recruiters
Kingsley Recruitment
Life Science Recuitment
Brunel Recruitment

Construction Recruiters
ICDS
Atlanco
Matrix