You approve a new role at €80,000. When you go to market, the strongest candidates are looking for €95,000. The obvious conclusion is that salaries have become inflated. Perhaps they have. But before you increase the budget, it is worth asking another question: are you still hiring the role you originally priced? What began as […]
You can spend a fortune on your careers page, win awards, and post engaging content on LinkedIn every week. But if a candidate applies to your business and waits three weeks for a reply, sits through five interviews with no clear purpose, or gets ghosted after a final-round conversation, none of that marketing matters. Here […]
Most leadership teams don’t realise their hiring process is broken until growth starts to feel difficult. The pipeline fills up. Headcount expands. But the pressure mounts. And suddenly, everyone’s in reactive mode – posting ads, rushing interviews, and hoping the next hire stays. It looks like momentum and feels like progress. But here’s the problem: […]
What would happen if your CFO, Head of Digital, Commercial Director or founder-led sales lead walked out of the business tomorrow? For most Irish SMEs, it wouldn’t be positive. Revenue would slow. Decisions would stall. Customer relationships might be affected. Strategic projects could grind to a halt. And the search for a replacement would begin […]
Irish businesses have a lot on their plate. With markets changing and goal posts constantly moving, it can be hard to know what to do next. How do we improve? How do we build stronger teams? And this is where the hire vs upskill dilemma comes in. Normally, when there’s a skills gap in a […]
Few functions have expanded as widely as Product. What was once primarily associated with Product Management can now include Product Development, Product Strategy, Product Operations, UX, research, Product Design, analytics and Product Marketing. That creates opportunity, but it also creates ambiguity. Two people with “Product” in their title may spend their days solving completely different […]
Accounting and Finance roles sit at the centre of how organisations manage performance, control risk and make decisions. But benchmarking these roles accurately is not always straightforward. Qualification matters. So does experience. Yet neither tells the whole story. A Financial Accountant focused primarily on reporting can have a very different remit from a Finance Business […]
Shifting from Recruitment to Talent Strategy For lots of organisations, 2025’s focus was on alignment: aligning budgets to headcount, roles to immediate delivery needs, and hiring plans to uncertain market conditions. But hiring trends evolve, and if 2025 was the year of alignment, 2026 is the year of predictability – and that means a more […]
Advance your social media career in 2026. Learn the skills, strategies, and next steps to move from manager to leader with expert tips for professionals in the UK & Ireland. From Posts to Purpose: How to Grow Your Career in Social Media As winter settles in and the year draws to a close, it’s only […]
As we near the end of the year, lots of professionals might start to shift their focus to holidays and wrapping up projects. Sure, a well-deserved break is important, but let’s not forget that this time of year also provides us the opportunity for an essential career conversation: your end-of-year salary negotiation. As one of […]
