Indi- oh! oh! Nothing that you have read about or seen on tv can prepare you for the shocking assault on the senses that awaits the traveller emerging from the sterile sanctuary of Mumbai Airport Terminal Building directly into the streets of India. It may be that my senses had been dulled by months of […]
Calling all Data Protection Officers/Compliance Officers, Red Chair Recruitment are currently recruiting professionals with an in dept knowledge of Data Protection Laws and a familiarity with European Regulations. The ideal candidate will have a full understanding of GDPR, excellent communication skills and a third level degree Responsibilities: The Data Protection Officer will be involved in […]
Providing great customer service sets you apart from your competition. But to make that happen, you need to staff your team with people who have the skills and temperament to effectively solve your customer’s issues and positively represent your company for every interaction, day after day. For many organizations, certain people and communication skills are […]
Astana at last! It was another night in a grim and grimy Kazakh motel . The wind howled and the rain poured down all night. I’m the morning when ?I woke up after a night of disturbed sleep, the hailstones were rattling on the tin roof so I was in no hurry to leave. At about […]
The Shawshank Experience! No I’m not in jail and Kazakhstan is really growing on me but I did have a Shawshank experience earlier today. It’s now my third day in Kazakhstan and it looks as though the previous two posts didn’t get to you due to really bad wifi. In any case, I’m really enjoying […]
Motherland is Calling ! Mother Russia is vast, by far the biggest country on earth and with diverse climate and topographical regions. I’ve only traversed a tiny section from Ukraine to a point close to the Kazakhstan border and have deliberately avoided commenting on the place and its people until I’d absorbed as much of […]
DONEGAL AIRPORT WANTS to see “through connections” with the UK and mainland Europe via its domestic flights to Dublin. In a dossier submitted as part of a tender to operate the Donegal-Dublin service, the north-west hub said onward links with the two regions would “contribute substantially” to the domestic service. ‘Through connections’ are flights to […]
Following a meeting between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and senior bank executives in Toronto yesterday, TD Securities confirmed that it will be expanding its operations in Ireland and, subject to regulatory approval, plans to establish a bond trading business there. The Dublin expansion is part of its growth strategy in Europe and will afford TD Securities […]
It’s a long treck across Russia to Kazakhstan and it’s vast! You only really appreciate the vastness when you’re here with miles and miles of emptiness in every direction. And so, when a guy I met in a bar last night invited me to have lunch with his family, I gladly accepted. It looked as […]
A really tough days cycling. I only managed to cover 120k despite being on a reasonably good and very flat road. A headwind from hell, gusting at Force 7 or so played havoc with progress all day. I could only manage 12k per hour for most of the day and felt like quitting several times. The […]
Grim! Ukraine is grim. The men are coarse and grim, the women are pretty but also very grim. Unlike the Slavs it would appear that they haven’t yet shaken off the shackles of communism. Romania was at least colourful. Ukraine is grey and very, very grim! The roads are the worst I’ve ever seen anywhere […]
Another sleepless night! The truckers who I’d eaten with disappeared with ‘girlfriends’ and I was left alone. The other truckers at the restaurant were a vulgar bunch and were as suspicious of me as I was of them. One particularly sleazy guy invited me to his cab but when I saw the really awful porn […]
Red Chair Recruitment are very proud to be sponsoring Dermot on this massive project he’s taken on for the Trocaire Charity. On Friday June 30th. 2017, on the day he retires from a long career as a primary school teacher, Dermot Higgins will set out from his home in Rush, North Co. Dublin on an […]
ARE YOU THE NEXT SUPREME OVERLORD LEADER? To follow in the path of Lord Enda. You must have the following skill set requirements for this position: 1. You must be able to granddad dance and play air guitar at Bruce Springsteen concerts. 2. The ability to carry a bowl of shamrock successfully across the Atlantic […]
THE team behind Kerry Expo is all set to host the second annual event. Organisers have pulled out all the stops and the Kerry Expo has just launched its own website, www.kerryexpo.ie. With the launch of the dedicated website, businesses operating in Kerry region are invited to register their interest via the website to exhibit […]
AIB IS LAYING off around 150 people in Ireland. The redundancies will be on a voluntary basis and will be spread across the bank’s retail and business banking sections. The Financial Services Union (FSU) said this evening that any employee who takes voluntary redundancy will be guaranteed a minimum of four weeks’ pay for every […]
For 30 years Mr Chan, has worked at least 100 hours a week. In the last 8 years, he has been selling his own special chicken noodle meal for less circa $2 a plate. Today, Mr Chan Hon Meng’s small and modest soya sauce chicken stall made dinning history as it became the first street […]
IDA Ireland, the inward investment agency of the Irish Government, notes the result of the UK referendum on exiting the European Union. Commenting on the result and implications for investment in Ireland, the Chief Executive of IDA Ireland, Martin Shanahan said “IDA Ireland’s view throughout this period has been that Ireland would benefit overall from […]
Congratulations to Zack Birdthistle and Micheal Brosnan from Red Chair, pictured with Geraldine from the National Recruitment Federation of Ireland We are so proud to announce that Zack and Micheal are the latest graduates to pass of the NRF Programme in Recruitment Practice. This is unique to the Irish Industry and is the only dedicated […]
Was just sent this article on RTE.ie CLICK on the link… Minister for Post and Telegraphs Albert Reynolds demonstrates a new and secure telephone booth in Tallaght, Dublin
January 11th 2016 Tralee – JRI America Inc., who established a Software Development Operation in Tralee, Co. Kerry in 2011 are gearing up for the next phase of growth in Tralee with a move to new, larger premises at Kerry Technology Park in the town. The new premises were officially opened this morning by Minister […]