Talent and Recruitment Columnist Paul McArdle is managing director of recruitment firm, The Panel. He is an expert in executive recruitment and has over 30 years of experience. He writes about recruitment and human resource issues for The Currency.
The traditional pattern of employment is collapsing rapidly. Offices are clearing out, rents are falling and even the traditional CV is becoming irrelevant. These are just some of the trends identified by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman.
Netflix discovered that when they let people go who were average or good at their roles, they were left with high performers. These high performers excelled in what was now, by default, a high-performance culture.
Jurgen Klopp is out and Arne Slot is in. But Liverpool is using this transition not just to replace Jurgen Klopp but also to re-establish a hierarchy, with owner FSG in greater control. It is a strategy that a lot of companies can learn from.
Succession planning is an important aspect of your business's long-term success, writes Paul McArdle. Like everything, the solution has to be tailored to your business's specific requirements.
The acceptance of artificial intelligence in the workplace is growing. But many users believe that as the technology becomes more wisely used, serious issues of control and regulation will arise.
As more employers press their workers to return to the office, the debate about what best suits both sides is intensifying – with no clear outcome so far.
AI is now taking a hold in almost every aspect of business life. The world's top job search company estimates that one in five jobs will be highly impacted by the technology and its Irish-born data chief believe that it will be as disruptive as the dawn of the Internet.
A group of Irish business leaders recently completed a three-city swing across the US aimed at forging deeper links with their American counterparts. It is one of the most significant annual interfacing events in the transatlantic business calendar.
People who spend their lives as a recruiter know how to search under the surface to uncover qualities even the candidate doesn’t know they possess.
James Timpson is the legendary owner of the Timpson chain of stores offering a huge range of services from shoe repairs to dry cleaning across Britain and Ireland. The success of the group is built on his personal philosophy of trust.
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