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MIND THE GAP – Between Failure & Success

Posted on May 7, 2015September 18, 2022 by Gerard Quinlivan

According to Malcolm Gladwell in his celebrated book - Outliers, "Achievement = Talent + Preparation". Sometimes the smallest gap between success and failure isn't the talent component, it's found in the preparation. Have you adequately prepared to succeed and deliver...Read More

Are You Job Fit? The factors that influence your suitability and success!

Posted on April 2, 2015July 29, 2020 by Gerard Quinlivan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaVnBDk6OZg Want to safeguard your career and achieve your true potential? Here we'll examine how accurately assessing your job fit can have a major bearing on determining your future job satisfaction and career success. Are you the missing piece in...Read More

The Talent Trap – Finding & Retaining the best talent in the market.

Posted on March 2, 2015September 18, 2022 by Gerard Quinlivan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiHhaNtv-vs A common challenge for all employers is sourcing and recruiting the best people in the market. But once they're hired, how do you ensure that you're making every effort to retain them? After all of the effort that goes...Read More

Mindfulness In The Workplace – How reducing stress can radically increase your employees happiness & productivity

Posted on February 23, 2015September 18, 2022 by Gerard Quinlivan

Stress really is the silent assassin. We all undergo stressful periods in our daily lives and most of us at some point have to deal with it's effects on us and others. I recently attended an excellent presentation on Mental...Read More

What Great Companies Look For – The Key Hiring Factors

Posted on January 22, 2015September 18, 2022 by Gerard Quinlivan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2j-L9ivb00 When it comes to hiring, great companies place the quality of their hiring as the primary metric by which they succeed or fail. In order to properly judge the quality of candidates offered, they firstly look for a skills...Read More

Never Swim Alone

Posted on December 23, 2014September 18, 2022 by Gerard Quinlivan

I read an article recently about a man who saved another man from drowning. I've often struggled with what motivates these supermen, comic book hero types to intervene and save the life of another, yet this is a daily occurrence....Read More

Successful Interview Tips For Optimum Interview Performance

Posted on November 24, 2014July 29, 2020 by Gerard Quinlivan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMoFhk7x4z8 You’ve been invited to interview for a great job opportunity. This could be the position of your dreams and you want to impress. How do you prepare so that you’re hitting all the right notes and ensure that you’re...Read More

The Running Recruiter

Posted on November 11, 2014September 18, 2022 by Gerard Quinlivan

If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son! If – Rudyard Kipling In the past I took...Read More

What Makes A Great CV?

Posted on October 10, 2014September 18, 2022 by Gerard Quinlivan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxRdIe_xdaA Curriculum Vitae - a Latin expression that can be loosely translated as “the course of my life”, are two words that can strike terror and panic into the most polished of job seekers. One of the toughest parts of...Read More

The Protected Disclosures Act – What this means for Employees & Employers

Posted on September 29, 2014September 18, 2022 by Gerard Quinlivan

I recently attended an Association of Compliance Officers Ireland (ACOI) seminar, the topic of which was the recently introduced Protected Disclosures Act and the rights of workers who report on wrongdoing in the workplace (Whistleblowers). It really opened my eyes...Read More