Hands up who has a written career plan? Didn’t think so. It seems obvious but the most important document you should have is your own career plan, do you have one? And yet 90% of people do not have a written career plan. You spend your whole...

Kennedy success stories of cross border recruiting The talent war has made it very challenging to hire good talent and this is compounded when you are trying to hire in a different country to where you are based. Hiring managers will know the...

Following our recent annual conferences in Budapest and Monaco, this year the Kennedy Executive Search partner conference was held in Denver, Colorado. Our backdrop for the three days was the breath-taking Rockies. The event was hosted by our US...

Do we? Let’s look at this claim. Let’s discuss three things that are worth noting about the Irish workforce. We work more days per year than most countries in Europe. We have one of the highest productivity rates in the World. The workforce largely...

Published: Business Post 5th January, 2023 As 2023 emerges, it’s the ideal time for the three main stakeholders in the talent industry – Employers, Job Seekers and Recruiters to re-evaluate their priorities. Each group needs the other, right? If...

Having recently been appointed the Irish partner for Kennedy Executive Search I attended the annual Kennedy Partner Conference in Monte Carlo. It was strangely reassuring that the recruitment problems that Ireland is currently experiencing are the...

It’s 2022 and everything you think you know about recruitment is wrong. The world of work has changed utterly in the past two years, talent is more mobile and scarcer (and knows what it does and doesn’t want). The old Playbook of how to attract the...

Kennedy Executive Search proudly announces their first Irish partner office. Dublin-based Vista Executive Search joins the global network of privately-owned executive search and organizational development consulting firms with immediate effect....

No disrespect to people in technology or pharmaceuticals but the most complex business to be in is actually the people business and nothing is more complex than recruitment, especially with the talent war and the Great Resignation in 2021. Add on...