By Ciara Gallagher   📊 2023 HR Insights: Results Are In!   Thank you to everyone who participated in our HR polls for 2023! Your input provides a valuable glimpse into the challenges and dynamics shaping our workplace.   One notable finding is that the main challenge facing HR departments in 2023 revolves around employee […]

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By Ciara Gallagher   It has been almost a year since I joined Leinster Appointments and began my career in recruitment! It has been a brilliant experience with plenty of ups and downs. As I prepare to head off on annual leave for a couple of weeks, I decided to have a look back at […]

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When it comes to Dating and Recruitment, we have noticed a lot of similarities between the two activities: Profile vs. CV Much like an online dating profile, in recruiting, you have to put your best face forward. When finding a potential match on a dating site, you are looking for an intriguing profile that stands […]

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2023 HR Trends Nomadic talent Hybrid working HR’s role as caregivers Reskilling and upskilling of employees HR and the senior management team Nomadic talent The trend of nomadic talent is fast emerging in todays’ world with technology contributing to this. Talented individuals can now switch role, company and even their career at a much faster […]

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2022 has been a turbulent and difficult year for many.   In Ireland, we have faced the perfect storm of a cost of living crisis, highest increase of Inflation in over 40 years, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and an interruption and cost hikes in the supply chain. The main trend and the biggest headache for […]

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  As we entered into 2022, changes in how we work , where we work, who we work with and why we work were in continual flux. Many of these changes started prior to the pandemic, were then accelerated by it and have become permanent aspects of the workplace. For HR teams in Ireland , […]

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Reasons why we should Hire and Retain. We’ve had a huge success here in Leinster Appointments over the last 6 months of placing mature candidates with our clients in jobs and the feedback to date has been very positive. On a recent survey, Irish Businesses have highlighted that the labour shortages and lack of access […]

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  The Employment Market 2022: 2022 has brought about a lot of changes in the employment market. The biggest change relates to a shortage of candidates in Finance & Accounting, Human Resources and Office Support. Whether this is because of the  #thegreatreshuffle or #thegreatresignation, many candidates find themselves with multiple job offers. So how do […]

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By Grace Clifford – Senior HR Recruitment Consultant From a young age I always enjoyed sports and being active. From playing football at any chance I got, being constantly outside running around or having PE as my favourite (and only favourite) subject, I always knew sport would be a huge part of my life. Gaelic […]

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Q. What do all these roads have in common?  A. Traffic, Stress, Long Delays! Think: Work Closer To Home Winter has arrived. Along with the cold, wet and dark mornings brings the dreaded commute and never ending traffic. The lines of long traffic delays have returned, along with stressed and frustrated commuters. As employees are beginning to […]

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There is no doubt, the pandemic has continued to have an impact on employers and employees across all sectors in Ireland. Human Resources has gone from a necessary business department that often kept things running in the background to being an essential function for any business as the world of work has changed. Organisations also […]

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In our role as professional recruiters, we meet people all the time who have switched careers. In one instance, a candidate who had completed a degree in engineering realised it wasn’t for him. He changed direction and went on to pursue an Accounting Qualification. We placed that candidate in a finance role in an engineering […]

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