The Indie List freelance marketing talent platform has launched Ireland’s first fractional CMO (chief marketing officer) service, targeting Ireland’s SMEs. A fractional marketing leader is an experienced marketing professional who works on a part-time or project-specific basis for companies in need of strategic marketing guidance. They bring extensive industry experience and a deep understanding of […]
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Brightwater Group acquires Alternatives
Marketing recruitment specialist Alternatives has been acquired by the Brightwater Group. Alternatives co-founder Sandra Lawler said the business will continue as a stand-alone brand within Brightwater. Eimear Walsh, who has been with the Brightwater Group for over 16 years, becomes managing partner of Alternatives and will work alongside Lawler. Alternatives is seen as one of […]
Staff shortages may dampen festive cheer
Staff shortages in the retail and hospitality sectors could dampen the Christmas cheer of shoppers and party-goers, new research from jobs site Indeed indicates. Indeed found that while postings for seasonal Christmas roles are just two points down on pre-pandemic levels seen in 2019, the number of job searchers for seasonal jobs is down by […]
Grads sought for Jameson global programme
Pernod Ricard-owned Irish Distillers is seeking to recruit graduates to join the 2021/22 Jameson international graduate programme. Successful graduates will get to work as Jameson brand ambassadors and avail of a training and development programme, with career progression opportunities and work in one of 35 international markets. Programme lead Sinéad D’Arcy said the programme was first […]
Irish marketers prefer new ways of working
Most Irish marketers would prefer not to return to the traditional ways of working before the pandemic with 73 per cent of most men and women across career stages men opting for a combination of workplace and home working in the future, a new survey by Alternatives indicates. The study involved interviews with 295 Irish […]
Only one in 10 Irish graduates land jobs
Just a tenth of Irish graduates have found work this year with ‘job hunt fatigue’ penned to hit by Christmas, a report by recruitment agency Walters People Ireland shows. Only 16 per cent of grads have found a job since March and 70 per cent of professionals blame Covid-19 for the delayed entry into the […]
Remote job interviews spike by 67 per cent
The number of Irish companies undertaking video interviews for prospective hires increased by 67 per cent in recent as firms swapped face-to-face interviews for remote options. Recruitment company Walters People says of the interviews they handled on the ‘live meeting rooms’ tool, a third of these went on to make an offer to the candidate. […]
Sales Placement go with rebrand
Recruitment group Sales Placement has launched a new corporate identity.The rebrand is accompanied by a fully integrated marketing programme and is designed to support a growth strategy as the business heads towards its 42nd birthday next year. The new identity will refresh all of the company branding, including their website, stationery, signage, as well as advertising collateral. Designers […]
3,000 ecommerce staff hired
A hiring trend study of Ireland’s top 15 ecommerce companies, 12 of which are multinationals and three of them Irish, shows a combined total of 3,000 hires in the last year, research by Prosperity Digital Recruitment indicates. Almost half of the hiring by multinationals is for client roles: account management, sales and other support duties. […]
Placement agency goes mobile
The People Group (TPG) claims to be Ireland’s first sales and marketing recruitment agency to launch a website allowing candidates apply for jobs by smart phone. TPG worked with Evolution-e Internet to create a mobile site to react to demand for smartphone web browsing. Smart phone users access the site by googling sales and marketing placement […]
Irish agency prospers in clash with Scientologists
Prosperity Recruitment has seen off a challenge to its trade mark application from the Church of Scientology after the Irish agency sought to officially register its own name ‘Prosperity’. An objection was made by the church which has a similar mark relating to the word ‘prosperity’. Prosperity Recruitment director Gary Mullan said that “after much […]
Recruitment specialist sets up MCR
Rory Brennan, a former director of The People Group, has set up a new company, Marketing Career Recruitment (MCR). Essentially, MCR, based in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, will take over the business previously handled by Mark Mitchell Marketing & Sales, which ceased trading recently.
