Storm Lorenzo is due to hit Ireland this Thursday with wind speeds exceeding 130km/h as well as high levels of rain fall. A status orange wind warning will be put in place for counties Kerry, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Mayo from 6pm Thursday until 3am on Friday. Met Éireann have warned that winds and forecast […]
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Doing Business in Japan & The Rugby World Cup
The Irish Japan Association: The Ireland Japan Association is a not-for-profit association run by a team of voluntary council members who aims to ensure the legacy of a long-with-standing bond between two cultures remains active. The IJA is supported by its members which consists of individual, Ex-Jet Programme participants, Japanese Teachers in Ireland, Corporate & […]
McDonald’s teams up with Google & Alexa
Fast food giant McDonald’s, have introduced a new system that allows jobseekers that desire to work with the company to apply for jobs using Alexa or Google Assistant. The internationally recognised food chain is making efforts to attract new talent with increasingly popular voice-powered assistants taking answers to a few regulatory questions such as name, […]
Top 10 Tips For Life as an Expat
Life as an expat: Are you prepared? Preparing to start a new life abroad is both exciting and stressful. Wading through the admin of renting out your house, sorting medical issues, finding schools for children, redirecting mail and so on is one thing, but preparing emotionally is something completely different. Here are our top 10 […]
Upskilling Your Team
This coming year is set to be one of change; Brexit looms large and is likely to impact all sectors, digital and technology revolutions are only increasing in pace and the job market remains as competitive as ever. With this in mind, we have collated a list of the top 100 skills which are set […]
What Women Want in the Irish Workplace
25% of women surveyed by Network Ireland said that their male colleagues earn more in equivalent roles. Women considering a new job or a change in career path favour flexible working hours over a pay increase, a new study has suggested. 430 women were surveyed by Network Ireland, a non-profit group that provides support […]
#BackToWork
With the end of summer approaching, so does the September reality check, first it’s the congestion on the commute to work and then all of a sudden it’s the dark mornings and longer evenings! In saying that it’s not all doom and gloom, at Red Chair Recruitment we believe that you should look at […]
Recruiting Gen Z: 5 Lessons learned from Generation Y
Possibly the most judged group over the course of the last 15 years, Millennials are tired of being talked about publicly. Since joining the workforce, they have been bad-mouthed every way imaginable, accused of living off their parents (who funnily enough, raised them), overconsuming their share of avocado toast and eliminating everything from […]
Amazon Fire: Brazil Reports Record Rainforest First, President Blames NGOs
Far-right President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro accused non-governmental organisations on Wednesday of burning down the Amazon rainforest to damage his government, as a growing global outcry against the wildfires raged through social media. Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have broken records this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil’s space research […]
CAO Round 1: So you have a course offer – What now?
If you had any difficulty in accessing your offer online, then do not panic. Remember, there are an excess of 45,000 other applicants trying to do the exact same thing as you, the exact same time that you are trying to do it. You have until Friday the 23rd of August to decide whether […]
Kerry Group Does Not Fear Brexit Outcome
The Irish food giant is responding to trends such as growing taste plant-based nutrition. CHEESTRINGS and plant-based foods were just of the things on the menu as Kerry Group reported better-than-expected earnings for the first half of the year. The listed company’s market value hit an all-time high of €19.2 billion as it recorded growth […]
When Michael Met Davy
Michael O’Brien a young GAA fan from Killarney captured the hearts of the nation on Monday night when he was the focus point in a special television documentary following his journey to address and deliver a motivation talk to the Wexford senior hurling team. The 11 year old who is fantastically voluble and visually […]
Why Employers and Candidates Should Avoid Job Boards
Job boards don’t have a great reputation when it comes to sourcing the right talent for current positions in your organisation. Generally speaking, job boards are the first place graduates that are looking to enter to workforce will go in search of employment, or experienced employees hoping to switch careers will go seeking […]
Where It All Began – Darran O’Sullivan
Four-time All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winner, Darran O’Sullivan, speaks on his career with Kerry GAA and what it all meant to him. “Soccer was my game growing up. I was born and raised in Ealing in London.” From as young as eight years of age Darran played soccer with the QPR School of Excellence competing […]
Counteroffers – Not Always What They Seem
Let’s set the scene – You have just gone and applied for a new job, you did a great interview and the employer’s impressed with you so they make you an exceptional offer and you are looking forward to beginning a new chapter in your career and learning from new experiences. You hand your […]
Jobs for Irish Graduates
We decided to do some research and look at some of the sectors in Ireland that hold the best chance for economic growth at the moment providing job opportunities for future graduates. The global economic performance and Ireland’s position in the market are deemed positive for the foreseeable future. With the unemployment rate now […]
How to Survive the Summer Slump in Accountancy and Finance Hiring
During the summer months, it can be common that both hiring and job seeking hit a slump and begin to slow down, however this does not necessarily mean that candidates are not actively looking for jobs. Yes, annual leave and holidays during the summer can sometimes make it difficult to speed up the […]
Guaranteed Interview Questions To Prepare
In a job interview nobody knows exactly what questions an employer might ask a potential candidate. However, in saying that there are trends that appear in every list of ‘most common interview questions’. We have analysed some of these lists and created five different categories of questions. In order to help you get the […]
Silicon Valley Bank To Lend $300m to Irish Tech
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is planning to commit an additional $300 million in loans and credit facilities to fast-growing Irish technology and life science business over the next five years. Last week SVB announced a continued relationship with the State’s Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) to further boost lending in Ireland. The bank have […]
An Excess of 200 Jobs to be Lost in Cork
The Cork Mail Centre in Little Island is due to close resulting in the loss of 216 jobs, affecting 240 people. An Post officials made their way to Little Island last night to inform current employees that the closure of the sorting centre will take place on a phased basis between September 2019 and […]
Employment Rate Among ‘Prime-Age’ Workers Reaches Record Level
The Central Statistics Office’s latest Labour Force Survey, the most accurate indicator of employment trends, suggested that the participation rate among potential workers here rose slightly to 62% in the first quarter of 2019. The percentage of “prime-age” workers employed in the Republic is now higher than at any other time, a testament […]