Recruitment for growing Irish businesses, from someone who’s built a recruitment firm
Based in Cork, working with businesses right across Ireland. I previously owned and scaled a recruitment business, and I’ve spent 15 years in HR. Lecturer in Performance Management & Reward at UCC. I’ll help you find the right person, not just send you a pile of CVs.
UCC · Ibec Academy · CIPD Ireland · The Sunday Times
Hiring shouldn’t feel like a gamble
- Agencies send you CVs that don’t fit the job, or your business.
- Fees are high, and you’re often paying for speed rather than judgement.
- Your managers lose hours screening and interviewing people who were never right.
- A bad hire costs far more than the fee: time, morale, and starting over.
You need someone who understands the job from the HR side, not just the sales side.
How it works
1
A proper conversation about the role.
We agree what the job really needs and what good looks like in your business.
2
Spec and advertising.
I write the job spec and get it in front of the right people.
3
Screening and shortlist.
Applicants go through AI-assisted screening, and I review every one personally. You get a short, considered shortlist.
4
Interviews, offer and onboarding.
I support the interviews, help you make and close the offer, and help the new person settle in.
What’s included
- Job spec written with you
- Advertising
- Screening (AI-assisted, human reviewed)
- Shortlist with notes on each candidate
- Interview support (questions, scoring, sitting in if you’d like)
- Offer and onboarding support
Also available: quiet executive search for senior or confidential roles. Any recruitment assignment considered: just ask.
Executive search, handled quietly
For senior, sensitive or confidential appointments, I run a discreet search rather than a public advert. I approach the right people directly, keep your name out of it until the time is right, and bring you a small number of well-assessed candidates.
- A confidential briefing on the role, the team and what success looks like
- Targeted, discreet approaches to people who aren’t actively looking
- In-depth assessment, with my notes on each candidate
- Support through final interviews, offer and onboarding
Fees: Fees agreed per role. Book a 15-minute call to discuss.
Fair questions
“Agency fees are too high.”
Fees agreed per role. Book a 15-minute call to discuss. What you get for it: every candidate is screened by someone who’s owned and scaled a recruitment business and spent 15 years in HR, so you get fewer but better CVs, your managers spend less time on interviews that go nowhere, and the role gets filled more quickly.
“I need someone quickly.”
We agree a realistic timeline on day one, and the screening platform means applicants are reviewed quickly. You won’t be left waiting for updates.
“How do I know the candidates will be any good?”
Every shortlisted candidate has been reviewed by me, against the spec we agreed together. You see quality, not volume.
“What if it doesn’t work out?”
Because the spec is agreed properly up front and I stay involved through offer and onboarding, the hire gets the best start. We’ll talk through what happens if a placement doesn’t work out on the call.
Why work with me
- Previously owned and scaled a recruitment business
- 15 years in HR
- Lecturer in Performance Management and Reward, UCC HR Higher Diploma
- Ibec Academy panel consultant and pay transparency speaker
- CIPD Ireland Southern committee member
- Co-host of The People Problem podcast; featured in the Sunday Times
- About six years as a business sales manager at Aire, so I know how commercial teams work
- Clients include Fort Wayne Metals and Adhesive Research Ireland
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