1st Irish Mobile Recruitment Social Network

January 21st, 2010


Txtajob.ie have launched the 1st Irish Mobile Social Recruitment Network. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I really think it is the first one in Ireland. Have I just been ignorant and missed that someone else have developed the social recruitment platform on the mobile phone already? If so – please let me [...]

Recruitment Blogs: 101 Things to write about

November 20th, 2009

Andy Headwordth is the owner of Sirona Consulting,and helps & advises companies about recruitment strategy, processes, methods and how to use social media as recruiting tools.
 
If you blog about recruitment, and in any way and constantly get stuck for subjects to blog on, take a look at my list of 101 Things to write about on a [...]

Premier Group Irish Employment Monitor: Irish professional jobs market sees an improvement in September 09

October 22nd, 2009

Irish professional jobs market sees an improvement in September 09
 

During September 09, the volume of new professional job opportunities within Ireland increased 31% compared with August 09 to 4,764. This was the highest number recorded in any one month so far this year.
However, this was still 58% fewer new roles than a year ago (September [...]

May the Résumé Rest In Peace

October 21st, 2009

Author: Carole Gunst is a marketing consultant with expertise in product marketing, marketing communications, and leveraging social media
Résumé is French for "summary".  It's a collection of things that you’ve done in your work life that doesn't really give an indication of your aptitude, your natural talents, or how you'd fit onto a new team.  A lot of [...]

Irish Jobs: Dublin sees biggest increase in new jobs in September

October 14th, 2009

◦September records a 7% month on month decrease but a 3% increase overall since the Index began in April
◦Dublin sees the biggest increase in new jobs
◦While Longford, Laois and Kilkenny were the poorest performers during the month of September
October 7th 2009 The IrishJobs.ie index, for jobs advertised online, for September reveals a 7% [...]

Brigtwater: When will Ireland get out of recession?

October 14th, 2009

David Bloch, MD of the Brightwater Group comments:October 1st the ESRI predicted Ireland would be out of recession by Q1 2011, Davy’s stockbrokers predicted Q1 2010 and NCB predicted Q4 2009… I think I’ll go with NCB!!
Ireland’s economy can be simply divided into the external market (exports) and the internal market (spending). The external is [...]

Irish Recruiters Conference – The Future of Recruitment: Part 2: The Road Ahead

October 7th, 2009

Welcome to Part 2 of the Irish Recruiters “Future of Recruitment Conference Series”!
Recruitment’s ongoing evolution through technology is fast paced and relentless and the economy we live in is proving to be hugely challenging. This half day conference is going to provide more diverse presentations and discussions to dive into such topics as social [...]

National Recruitment Federation Recruitment Industry Awards 2009

October 6th, 2009

Specialist agency Parc Aviation scooped the top award at the National Recruitment Federation Recruitment Industry Awards, which took place on Friday evening, (2nd October 2000) at a gala awards ceremony in The Four Seasons Hotel, Dublin. The ceremony, which was presented by RTE’s Pamela Flood, saw Locumlink clinch the award for Small Agency of [...]

Preparing Now for the Business Upswing

September 8th, 2009

Author: Pat Sheridan, Managing Director, 1 Stop HR Limited
No really, I am serious and I am not a politician trying to up-talk the national psyche! It is coming; the real skill is in knowing when and how.
No really, I am serious and I am not a politician trying to up-talk the national psyche! It [...]

What is the future for job boards?

August 15th, 2009

Job boards, by tradition, provide a platform on which recruiters pay to advertise their vacancies then wait in anticipation for applications to flood through to designated in-boxes. There is nothing particularly deliberate about the service and the reactivity is both its strength and its weakness.
But in the current climate there is little room for [...]