Posts Tagged ‘Ireland’
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
I worked in Recruitment for a good number of years and ran a successful agency in Dublin. I know the market very well and understand the challenges facing many agencies in Ireland in 2009.
One trend I have noticed is that agencies are throwing money at online marketing such as google adwords and online job boards in order to ride this period of economic turmoil. Are these giving you the results you need? Why not try a different tool to access the online market?
To cut the the chase – I will offer online advertising for recruitment agencies in the form of a SEO optimised post on their company or a number of SEO optimised job posts. This site has approx 200-250 visitors a day and with a url containing the words “HR” and “Recruitment” and over 100 relevant posts you can be sure the traffic is relevant to your business – quite possibly employers which is what you need!!
Why am I doing this? – Firstly it could benefit our readers as quite a few are looking for jobs but there are many employers who could find benefit in your services. Secondly – after you see the results you will realise that it could be worth the small investment to pay for advertising!!
I would also point out that we have 6 other similar sites with a combined daily traffic of approx 1200 during the week.
I look forward to your replies.
Tags: Agencies, Consultants, Employers, Ireland, Irish Agencies, Irish Recruitment Agencies, Job Boards, Jobseekers, Recruitment, Recruitment Agencies
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
I have been travelling quite a bit with work recently and my travels have taken me to Waterford quite a bit. Although much of Ireland is getting negative news Waterford has had a particularly bad run. This was added to today with the announcement that Bausch & Lomb is seeking voluntary redundancies. According to some newspapers this news was released to employees this afternoon. Bausch & Lomb is a leading employer in the region with a workforce of about 1,400 staff.
Tags: Bausch & Lomb, Ireland, Irish Jobs News, News, Redundancies
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Some of the biggest challenges facing organisations in the current climate revolve around downsizing or restructuring. Needless to say any change which involving job loss is tough and need to be handled with extreme care and sensitivity. There are many stakeholders impacted – those directly impacted by job loss, those breaking the news and those who survive the event. To effectively navigate these difficult waters Outplacement Services can help. Read a number of articles from the SBP and the Irish Independent where leading Outplacement & Career Consultant Paul Mullan give his views on the topics.
Information on Outplacement Services in Ireland
Tags: Consultancy, Consultant, Ireland, Outplacement, Outplacement Services, Redundancy, Redundancy & Outplacement Ireland
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
It seems that the drastic rise in unemployment figures is causing a strain on resources within the Civil Service. 115 staff have already been assigned to the dole offices to cope with backlogs. It is now expected that more staff will need to be assigned. The total unemployed in Ireland has now hit 277,200 and delays in processing new claims can be up to 8 weeks. This is incredible that those losing their jobs have to wait this long for financial support. When you consider that many losing jobs have no other form of financial support to get by. According the Brian Cowen this strain on the dole offices will get worse as he expects unemployment figures to exceed 300,000 to at least 320,000 meaning an additional 70,000 job losses in 2009. Some politicians believe that this figure is conservative.
Tags: Civile Service, Dole, Ireland, Job loss, Staff, Unemployed
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
Wishing you a Happy New Year from HR & Recruitment Ireland. We are back after a two week break to bring you relevant HR, Recruitment, Careers and Jobs News in Ireland.
Tags: HR, Ireland, Recruitment
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Merry XMAS and a Happy 2009 from HR & Recruitment Ireland.
We will be back early January.
Tags: HR, Ireland, Recruitment
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
I offered some free advertising on this site for Recruiters or HR Service providers. One thing I didn’t clarify was that direct competition would not get a look in. As we offer Outplacement Services those seeking to advertise similar services need not apply.
Anyway I received little response BUT was surprised that the small response was all from Recruitment Agencies who were seeking to advertise outplacement and career services. Sign of the times I guess.
Now I am not anti-agency providing these services as many commentators are. I am actually from an agency background some moons ago and I realise that there are many skilled professionals in the recruitment sector with qualifications and experience to support organisations and employees through redundancy. I know of many professionals who have moved from recruitment into outplacement and career services very successfully (again including this writer). BUT there is a distinct difference between those professionals in that they chose and were not forced to.
The questions I ask are:
“How committed are recruitment agencies to Outplacement & Career services?”
Possessing the ability and capability is one thing but the commitment is another. Having discussed this with some agencies they have no more interest in Outplacement or Careers and this is purely for income generation during a tough recruitment market. Once the market picks up the interest will subside. One particular agency left a post on this site advertising Outplacement services. When I visited their website there was no mention of these services. One other agency I read about “had been thinking of this for some time” – really!!
“Can you be a recruiter and give impartial Career & Outplacement advice?”
This is a 50 million dollar question. If a sales professional affected by redundancy is telling the recruitment consultant offering outplacement support that the want a career change. What will the recruiter do/ how will they respond when they have an open vacancy for sales which this sales professional would fill in a heartbeat. Tough one!!
Anyway – any views on this please post.
Tags: Consultant, HR, Ireland, Outplacement, Recruiter, Recruitment Agencies, Redundancy, Services
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Below 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.
Interviews Ireland
Tags: Ageism, Australia, Emigration, Facebook, HR, Immigration, Ireland, Oz, Recruitment, Skills shortages
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Career Direction – Is it ever a good time?
Many jobseekers are miserable in their jobs but most of these will create excuses to stay put and never try to find career happiness.
Some would argue that jobseekers have an legitimate reason not to follow career dreams at this present time. What is that excuse? The big “R” word- recession. It is understandable that many jobseekers park dreams of a career change during difficult economic conditions – bills, mortgage and family considerations dictate decisions. Is this just another excuse? For most yes!! When things pick up again it will be something else.
So what stops jobseekers following their dreams? From experience it can be a wide range of factors but certainly fear plays a big factor. Fear of failure, fear of success and fear of the unknown. It is a scary experience no doubt and often our dreams seem to distant or big to achieve. The best advice I ever got was “lean into it”. Start small researching, asking question, talking to experts and see what materialises. You may be surprised.
Measurability offer a wide range of career coaching services for job seekers in Ireland including Career Direction Coaching – helping jobseekers pursue career goals. Paul Mullan is a leading Irish Career Coach with vast experience helping jobseekers in Ireland. He has worked with jobseekers nationwide – Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Cork,Clare, Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Westmeath, Longford, Mayo, Meath, Louth Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, Antrim, Down, Dublin
Tags: Antrim, Armagh, Career Coach, Career Coaching, Career Direction, Career Guidance, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Derry, Donegal, Down, Dream Job, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Ireland, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth Monaghan, Mayo, Meath, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
I wrote previously that Facebook can get you the sack. Well if it already has why not go and work for them directly. Facebook has announced that it will be creating 70 new jobs in Dublin. They will create a wide range of jobs across online technical, sales and operations to support users in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Get your CV and Interview Skills up to date and land a job with a great company with exciting opportunities.
Tags: Dublin, Facebook, Ireland, Jobs, Recruitment
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