INTERVIEW with Robert McGonnell, founder of the new Irish video recruitment web site: Jobkey.ie. How did you come to the idea of starting the site (tell us about yourself here a bit)? My background is primarily recruitment orientated having managed a busy Sales & Marketing desk in a Dublin based agency and having dealt with [...]
Social recruitment is not just searching the LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter for your perfect candidates. Social (aspect of) recruitment is using those to find people and reach efficiently to most of them via the social media. There are people that you will have to meet, since not all of us are comfortable tweeting and communication [...]
The Unforgettable Candidate – You’re Hired a presentaton and photos of by Peter Cosgrove, Director of Cpl alongside Professor Ian Robertson, neuroscientist from Trinity College Dublin in Paccar theatre in the Science GalleryDublin. The Unforgettable Candidate – You're Hired View more presentations from Peter Cosgrove Photos:
Cameron is the organiser of the International Recruitment Conference that is taking place this Friday in Dublin. He is really passionate about organising it and really a pleasure to deal with. Here is a short ‘Interview’ we had a few days ago with the upcoming International Recruitment Conference as a topic. Q. Tell us about [...]
I had a chance to talk to Derek O’Neill about his new recruitment web site launched recently TxtAJob.ie. It is a first Irish site to offer a free jobs advertising to employers, and charges job hunters for receiving the job advertisements via the SMS messages. Here is what Derek has to say: 1. TxtaJob.ie is [...]
Me in the press again. This time in the InBusiness magazine by Chambers Ireland. Here are a few snippets: “PEOPLE WILL BE COMFORTABLE BUYING FROM A COMPANY THAT HAS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE RECOMMENDING THEM.” – Ivan Stojanovic Conventional advertising and marketing strategies are typically one-way communications with the product or service provider addressing customers. However, [...]
Bill Fischer is having a speech in Dublin on the Microsoft’s Future of Recruitment conference later this week. His company in Bill’s own words: TwitterJobSearch.com, is a global search engine for Twitter that uses natural language processing to identify and index offers of employment. I asked Bill what will he be talking about in the [...]
Martin Cerullo, Director, Resourcing Communications, Alexander Mann Solutions is presenting in two events later this week in Dublin. First is the event organised by Microsoft Ireland: The Future of Recruitment conference on the 7th of October in Westbury Hotel, Grafton Street. The second is the Bringing Consumer Marketing Techniques into the World of HR in [...]
While many jobs can still be applied for in the traditional way, by sending a printed CV and covering letter by post to the organisation that is offering the position, an increasing number of employers now accept and even encourage the practice of sending of CVs via e-mail. There are a number of advantages to [...]
Applying for jobs can be a difficult business at the best of times, but for many people the most nerve-wracking and difficult part of the recruitment process is getting past the interview stage. After sifting through the various applications, the interview process offers a chance for employers to meet some of the more promising candidates [...]
If you have a large gap in your job history, an employer may well ask you to explain what you were doing during this time. Gaps left unexplained in your CV can show you in a less than positive light, as they can lead the employer to draw their own, quite possibly unfavourable, conclusions about [...]
Peter Cosgrove of the NRF will hold a talk for job seekers on September 30th in the Grand Canal Hotel for up to 100 people. To register please email director@nrf.ie. This is a pilot test free jobseekers workshop by NRF. The presenter Peter Cosgrove agreed to meet me over a coffee and we had a [...]
The workshop will run for 90 minutes and will cover: • Writing a world class CV • Where to find the next job • Advice on dealing with recruitment agencies • Improving interview skills and techniques • Networking skills • Negotiating salaries The goal is to provide insight and support to candidates who are currently [...]
By Anne-Marie Walsh Industry correspondent, Monday June 15 2009 OVER a third of recruiters have lost their own jobs, due to the record hike in unemployment. The industry dedicated to matching vacancies with workers has itself been decimated over the last 12 months with a total of 4,500 jobs lost in what was once a [...]
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