Business Ireland - Q4 2014: Guide to HR & Recruitment Services

PROFILES, VIEWS AND NEWS FROM SOME OF IRELAND’S LEADING FIRMS

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IS YOUR BUSINESS READY FOR 2015?

Christopher Paye, General Manager, IrishJobs.ie shares his positive outlook on the year ahead with BUSINESS IRELAND. 2015 IS SHAPING UP TO BE A GREAT YEAR for Irish companies, and a great year for Irish candidates, according to Ireland’s number one recruitment website IrishJobs.ie.

“The more robust economic environment will tip the balance in favour of jobseekers and companies will have to work harder at finding, attracting and keeping talent,” says Christopher Paye, General Manager of IrishJobs.ie.

Ireland is tipped to have the fastest growing economy in Europe over the next 12 months.

According to the most recent economic forecast

The more robust economic environment will tip the balance in favour of jobseekers and companies

will have to work harder at finding, attracting and keeping talent.

from the European Commission, Ireland will have an impressive growth rate of 4.6 per cent compared to the EU average of 1.3 per cent.

This coincides with the Irish unemployment rate falling to a five-year low of 11 per cent, so it seems there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic for the year ahead.

IrishJobs.ie has been working in the Irish job market for almost 20 years. Paye says when the economy improves, it is always recruitment businesses, such as IrishJobs.ie, that experience it first.

“We’ve definitely seen indicators of improvements in the Irish economy throughout 2014. We have had one of the busiest years of recent times with more companies joining us on site and existing clients increasing the number of jobs they are advertising.

Applications are up 40 per cent year on year, showing the eagerness of jobseekers to find their next opportunity, and our renewal rate recently hit 97 per cent. The job market is buoyant and it certainly feels like everyone is getting ready to hire in 2015.”

As the experts in online recruitment in Ireland,

IrishJobs.ie track and monitor the Irish job market, publishing a quarterly job index. The most recent index recorded a two per cent increase in the number of jobs posted online in the last 12 months and a four per cent increase quarter on quarter, with jobs in IT, science/pharma, hotel/ catering and construction doing particularly well.

IrishJobs.ie works with businesses of all sizes; multinationals, Irish companies, SMEs and startups. Over 900 companies, across all industry sectors, find the right people for their roles using IrishJobs.ie. Companies such Apple, Amazon, Paypal, Bank of Ireland, Kerry Group, Bank of Ireland and Zurich use IrishJobs.ie to recruit, and the online platform logs over 1.2 million visits per month from active job seekers.

With a resurgence in recruitment expected in the year ahead, inevitably more companies will vie with each other to hire the best. However, sometimes companies need to look outside of Ireland to find the skills they need to help their business grow.

Paye says IrishJobs.ie can help. “Our expertise

Christopher Paye, General Manager, IrishJobs.ie isn’t confined to Ireland.

As Ireland’s number one recruitment website, we are members of an international federation of recruitment websites.

If you want to recruit in France, Germany, India or Brazil, then we can make that happen. No language barriers, no time zone issues, no fuss. Candidates and companies alike can look forward to the next 12 months. Now is the time for HR managers to prepare for a busy, exciting and positive 2015,” concludes Paye.

To find out more about advertising on IrishJobs.ie email advertise@irishjobs.ie or call on 01 670 9900

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Great IT Staff

doesn’t have to be this hard to find

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THE BROTHERS HAVE WORKED IT OUT Brothers and IT recruitment experts Declan and Niall McNiff set up realTime in 2005, providing IT resources to clients in Ireland.

In its tenth year, realTime is now widely recognised as one of the leading IT recruitment companies in Ireland, with offices in both Dublin and Belfast.

WITH OVER 30 YEARS’ IT RECRUITMENT EXPERIENCE between them, the McNiff brothers have pushed realTime business to meet the demands of the sector: their goal is to be the undisputed number one IT recruiter in Ireland.

“The IT market has been consistently busy, and being a niche player in this space has helped us excel.

Being able to give expert IT market advice, and backing that up with delivery has been key to our success.

We don’t cut corners: our professionalism, pride in our work, and ability to deliver has seen us retain clients and build strong, long-lasting partnerships.

We have retained over 90 per cent of the clients we have worked with” says

realTime MD Declan.

“It’s all about relationships, whether giving a candidate the best career advice and best opportunities available, or supplying the most suitable candidates to the best clients, the key for the realTime team is adding value for our candidates and clients,” adds Director Niall.

The brothers are aware that a highly skilled, high performance team is required, to consistently deliver the results for clients and candidates in a competitive environment.

“Except our Belfast manager, we have never hired anyone with prior recruitment experience.

We train all our staff the realTime way, to ensure consistency and professionalism, so that any client or candidate can receive the same service that Niall and I deliver,” says Declan. The realTime culture has allowed clients and candidates to build a relationship with a specific recruiter over the years. realTime is now at the scale that the biggest IT clients are approaching.

“We have a great team of 17 in Dublin, six in Belfast and both offices are hiring” says Declan. realTime can place multiple candidates simultaneously; provides project teams, from junior support roles up

Brothers Niall and Declan McNiff of realTime. to management level; and offers clients a onestop-shop for all their IT requirements.

“The recruiting landscape has changed dramatically. It takes continual investment to keep up with the changing trends including social media, although I feel this has lead to a lot of people losing the personal touch.

While we have embraced the likes of LinkedIn, we see it as another tool, nothing will ever replace lifting the phone or meeting face-to-face as the most effective way of getting our message across,” says Declan.

“Many senior candidates are tired of their personal profile being spammed by agencies – they want to deal with a trusted, experienced recruiter who can give them the best options and advice.

That has led realTime to

dealing with a lot of senior candidates exclusively, and I can only see this trend continuing,” says Declan “Being brothers helps; we trust each other implicitly, and the staff see this. The most important thing for clients and candidates is that we are involved in the business daily so we can make decisions instantly,” says Niall “Sometimes we do have differences of opinion alright,” laughs Declan, “but the business always comes out stronger for it, which is the key.”

Niall adds, “the demand for IT talent is going to increase and we are well placed to take advantage.

There will always be room for great recruiters in the market as they save clients hiring time by identifying great candidates, which saves money in the long run.”

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RECRUITMENT – ART NOT SCIENCE Seamus Farrelly, Managing Director, Sales Placement tells BUSINESS IRELAND why it can afford to offer a 100 per cent money back guarantee.

SALE PLACEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1973, and over the last 41 years we have developed a reputation as the go-to recruiter for high calibre, difficult to source sales and marketing talent for the Island of Ireland. Our long lasting relationships with many of Ireland’s most recognisable FMCG brands, best in class information technology providers and a large number of the world’s leading pharmaceutical and

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healthcare organisations have stood the test of time to this day.

The company has been built on a straight forward and uncomplicated philosophy. We provide an excellent service, value for money and always try to treat clients and candidates with courtesy and respect.

We also understand that recruitment is not an exact science and despite rigorous screening and background checking, placements can breakdown. We feel we should share the risk with

our customers and with that in mind, we created what we believe is an industry first guarantee. All placements are guaranteed for six months and if we fail to provide a suitable replacement, we refund 100 per cent of the fee paid, no questions asked. Since we have introduced this guarantee in 2012, we have only had to refund one fee.

Sales Placement is part of the Contract People Group. We have offices in Belfast, Dublin, Limerick and Sligo.

Name: SEAMUS FARRELLY Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR Email: Seamus@ salesplacement.com Experience: • C ontingency, retained search and advertised selection, FMCG, ICT/ Telcos, Pharma & Healthcare, B2B. • Sales, Marketing and Commercial Management.

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25,000+ visitors per month Pricing from 99 per month - (annual account) Includes access to Cv database of 7,000+ IT Engineers T: +353 1 236 6636 or email: info@computerjobs.ie for media pack IRELAND’S NO. 1 JOBS SITE FOR IT ENGINEERS

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BUSINESS IRELAND: Guide to HR & Recruitment Services

LIST OF MEMBER COMPANIES OFFERING HR AND RECRUITMENT SERVICES ARG WORKS 01 491 0555 ASF RECRUITMENT www.asfservices.ie 046 902 4848 BRIGHTWATER RECRUITMENT SPECIALISTS www.brightwater.ie 01 662 1000

HALL RECRUITMENT www.hallrecruitment.ie 01 633 4040

MORGAN MCKINLEY www.morganmckinley.ie 01 432 1555

HAYS RECRUITING EXPERTS www.hays.ie 01 897 2481

NATIONAL RECRUITMENT FEDERATION www.nrf.ie 01 816 1754

HRFORSMES.IE www.hrforsmes.ie 01 278 8980

NEXT GENERATION RECRUITMENT www.nextgeneration.ie 01 662 9120

CANAVAN BYRNE www.canavanbyrne.ie 01 824 3627

HRM RECRUIT www.hrmrecruit.com 01 632 1814

CANDUCO www.canduco.com 01 500 6282

HUDSON www.hudson.ie 01 256 8705

CEI DUBLIN www.cei-dublin.com 01 671 7754

INTALEX INTERNATIONAL www.intalex.com 01 400 4400

CERIDIAN IRELAND www.ceridian.ie 061 507 470

IRISHJOBS.IE www.irishjobs.ie 01 670 9900

COMPUTER PLACEMENTS LTD www.cpl.ie 01 614 6000

MANPOWERGROUP (IRELAND) LTD www.manpower.ie 01 645 5200

CPL RESOURCES PLC www.cpl.jobs 01 614 6029

MARKS SATTIN LIMITED www.markssattin.ie 01 669 8509

EVERY121 LIMITED www.corporate121.com 087 238 9750

MARTINSEN MAYER www.martinsenmayer.com 01 614 4900

REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT www.reedglobal.ie 01 670 4466

GRAFTON RECRUITMENT LTD www.grafton-group.com 01 517 5040

MCEVOY ASSOCIATES SIGNIUM INTERNATIONAL www.mcevoyassociates.com 01 496 6500

ROSS HUMAN DIRECTIONS LTD (IRL) www.rossjuliaross.com 01 671 4433

GRAPHITE HRM www.graphitehrm.com 01 638 1405

MERC PARTNERS www.merc.ie 01 206 6700

THOMAS INTERNATIONAL www.thomasinternational.net 01 889 9004

ORANGE RECRUITMENT LTD www.orangerecruitment.ie 01 662 1500 O’REILLY RECRUITMENT LTD www.oreillyrecruitment.ie 01 703 0417 PARAMOUNT COLLEGE www.paramounthr.ie 01 291 1960 PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS www.pathwaystosuccess.ie 01 658 6808 REALTIME RECRUITMENT LIMITED www.real.ie 01 652 0652

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