Arithon becomes annual sponsor of Irish Recruiters

A big thanks to Roderick Smyth and Arithon for becoming an annual sponsor of Irish Recruiters. With a background in software development, Roderick founded web design company NSP in 1997 which was subsequently sold in June 2000. Following this, he co-founded Arithon, becoming CEO in 2005. The online Recruitment Software system is now used by almost 200 agencies across Europe, Middle East and Americas. Roderick is an avid technologist who has been immersed in recruitment technology for almost 10 years and has a keen interest in how technology affects recruitment. Roderick is also Managing Director to manufacturing group CSC (family owned) since 2007. As he kindly said, “I’m very excited to have an opportunity to participate in the direction of Irish Recruiters as I’ve been very impressed with Declan and the ethos on which he founded the group. It’s no surprise that membership has grown to over 1,000 members and I look forward to adding to the community to learning from the other members.” Roderick will be presenting at the up and coming Irish Recruiters Spring conference which I'm very much looking forward to. If you haven't already check out Arithon, here.

Hays supports Irish Recruiters with Annual Sponsorship

Hays are one of the world’s leading experts in recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people across a wide range of industries and sectors. They operate in 27 territories across the globe. Established in Ireland since 1996, they cover the length and breadth of the country through offices in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway. Hays have a real depth of expertise and industry insights and provide a full range of recruitment services from Contingency, Search, Managed Service and full RPO.

The recruitment market is experiencing unprecedented change. The market will always ebb and flow, but it is the changes in technology, and how society uses that technology, that will have the more lasting impact on our sector. For that reason, Hays have agreed a Sponsorship arrangement with Irish Recruiters. Managing Director of Hays, Richard Eardley, “We see clear congruence between our corporate strategy of developing a depth and breadth of expertise in the industry with Irish Recruiters drive to improve skills in the industry, particularly through embracing technology and technological change. We look forward to working with and supporting the group as it grows and develops in the future.”

Interestingly, they also have a new position they are recruiting for: Online Marketing Specialist (based in Dublin city centre). Here's what they had to say about the position:

We’re looking for an Online Marketing Specialist to work for a FTSE 250 global brand in the city centre of Dublin. If you know why we’ve repeated the job title Online Marketing Specialist you sound like the type of person we’re looking for. You’ll get the chance to use your digits to raise their digits online. You must get a kick out of writing content, devising and optimising pages for a site with over a million hits a month.

HTML, PPC, SEO, should have been part of your daily life for two years while you were tweeting, blogging and gaining friends, followers and group members. It might be fun, but it’s serious business as well. We want to see you can do this in a corporate environment and bring a positive return on investment.

If you’re salivating at the thought of the iPad, have thoughts on the future of mobile marketing and basically just love digital marketing, you’ll need to be able to convince senior management of its value.

Please send your CV to stephen.flanagan@hays.com

Thank you to Prima.ie "The Contractor Accountants" for their annual sponsorship of Irish Recruiters for 2010

A number of companies have agreed to annual sponsorhip deals to support Irish Recruiters events calendar in 2010 and to help the ongoing  organisation of more debate, community and education. Over the coming weeks I will be announcing who these are.  To start first up is Prima.ie who were the very first sponsors of Irish Recruiters back at our first conference in June last year. There support is very much valued.  Thank you to Paraic O'Dowd the MD of the company (here's Paraic's LinkedIn profile).  Here is what he had to say:

"As the first official sponsors of the Irish Recruiters Group Conferences in 2009 we are delighted to continue our support of the group, and for 2010 have decided to extend our support to include all the Group’s events in 2010. 2009 has been a tough year for everyone involved in recruitment in Ireland, and the Irish Recruiters Group is an excellent forum for all recruiters to share knowledge with, and learn from, their peers within the industry. At a time when new technologies can be seen as both a threat and an opportunity to recruiters, the information and discussions provided by the Group are essential to all involved in the industry"

If you want to know more about Prima.ie check out this presentation.