After putting in the time, effort and investment to hiring the best employees for your business it’s important that you retain your talent. Exit interviews have been conducted as employers try to investigate the secret of keeping their employees satisfied within the workplace. Salary, retirement plans and vacation benefits are high on the list […]
News & Resources
How to Get Over Those Monday Blues
Waking up to the sound of a ringing alarm on a Monday morning is, though a frequent even, an unpleasant experience for the vast majority of us. If you enjoy your job most of the time but find it hard to get yourself motivated first thing on a Monday morning after […]
Kerry Mental Health Association Appoints John Drummey As General Manager
John joins the organisation at a time of great stress for the population of Kerry when the befriending activities of Kerry Mental Health Association volunteers are much in demand. He will bring vitality and innovation to the work of our nine Branches. John Drummey said: “I am looking forward to working with the Board […]
Amazon are to create 1,000 jobs across Irish Operations
Amazon is to create another 1,000 permanent jobs in Ireland over the next two years, bringing its total permanent workforce here to 5,000 people. The new roles will be based across the company’s Cork and Dublin sites in Blanchardstown, Tallaght, the city centre, and north County Dublin. The new jobs range from software development […]
IONITY confirms new charging prices for Electric Vehicles
The IONITY network is on track for planned coverage IONITY is a network for high-power-charging electric vehicles to facilitate long-distance travel across all Europe. It’s a joint venture founded by the BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen Group with Audi and Porsche, but other automotive manufacturers are invited to help expand the […]
Irish unemployment rate reaches 13-year low of 4.8%
Figures from the Central Statistics Office indicate that the number of workers classified as unemployed was 119,000. The unemployment rate of the Republic remained at 4.8% in December with economists expecting another year of strong employment growth. Last month the CSO figures highlighted the number of workers classified as unemployed in the Republic to be […]
Dream Come True
Flight passenger gives first-class seat to 88-year-old woman and make her “dream come true”. Last week, Virgin Atlantic stewardess Leah Amy shared the sweet story of her new “favourite” passengers: a young gentleman and the elderly woman that he selflessly swapped seats with so she could enjoy the luxurious comfort of his first-class seat. Am […]
Dublin is Announced as Worst City in the World
Dublin had been crowned as the worst city in the world to find a place to live according to a recent study that was released on Tuesday afternoon. Ireland’s capital city was in last place followed by San Francisco and Munich, out of a total of 82 cities surveyed in the Expat City Ranking 2019 […]
“Saving the planet, one pack at a time”
Kerry company Lee Strand launched their new Tetra Rex bio-based carton earlier this week, the world’s first fully renewable pack. Lee Strand’s €2 million manufacturing investment will offer customers a pack that is 100 per cent renewable and recyclable and the revolutionary carton is recognised as a major step forward in the development of […]
Storm Lorenzo
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 […]
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 […]