As one who receives many CV’s a week, I find there are huge differences in the content and wording of CV’s from candidates coming from multinational companies and those coming from small to medium based organisations. The operation and culture of the organisation will dictate, a lot of the time, whether metrics are quoted by candidates, […]
Tools to help you recruit for your business
People interest me and uderstanding how they tick and why they tick fascinates me. If only I had learnt about behavioural analysis and job profiling earlier in my career, I might have done things differently. There are many tools available to employers now to help them make the most informed decision when recruiting an employee […]
Incentives for Employers to Employ Staff….but not part time.
There are a number of initiatives which employers can avail of to reduce the cost of taking on new staff. Two specific measures, funded by Government, are the PRSI exemption and the Enterprise Employment Grant. The PRSI exemption can be summarised as follows : an employer who creates a new job for a person who has […]
Consumer sentiment at 3 year high !
The recession is over ! Well it’s not but wouldn’t it be nice to see more of the above headlines in the media over the coming months. It’s amazing the effect positive economic stories can have on our collective psychy. I was at a venture networking event last week and it never ceases to amaze […]
Small Firms to Rethink Working Day
I thought I’d summarise an article printed in business section of Irish Independent on 03rd June. Main points as follows : Ireland lags 20th out of 27 on European Table on flexible working and is costing SME’s between €100,000 and €150,000 per year. At present 3% of Irish Firms are working flexibly but the study […]
Couldn’t say it better myself
I found the following information on the businesslink.gov.uk website on employing part-time staff. It succintly gives the benefits to employing part-time staff which all employer’s should consider prior to recruiting. I have summarised as follows :- When you design jobs and recruit staff, don’t start from the assumption that every job must be full time. Instead […]
See you on the other side
The death of Gerry Ryan last week saddened me …not because I listened to him every morning but when I did I thought he had a wonderful f**k that attitude and a swagger to go with it. That will be missed. He vocalised every day what most of us Irish think a lot of the […]
Conflict can be good
The traditional view of conflict in the workplace is that it serves no purpose and distracts managers. It is seen as a result of poor management and harmful to the organisation. Conflict is caused by ‘trouble-makers’ and ‘boat rockers’. The traditional view holds that through proper management and the removal of trouble maker’s conflict can […]
Inadequate social networker
I panic every now and again at my inadequacy when it comes to social networking. I enjoy the blog because I can write my views on issues I am interested in. Twitter I just don’t get really from a business perspective. In 140 characters I have to try and impress my prospective clients that I […]
What are your weak points ?
I have to say I have always found this question ridiculous when asked in an interview. Who is honestly going to give an answer to this without giving the obvious positive slant we all expect. ‘Where do you see yourself in 5 years time ?’ is another ineffective one. The only answer to it is ……..’Alive, happy and […]