CareerWise Recruitment Director attends CIPD Western Region Seminar at Covidien

Better Results: Mindfulness, problem solving and accountable organisation

CIPD Ireland Western Region Event

Tom Devaney (Director of CareerWise Recruitment) recently attended a CIPD Ireland Western Region Seminar sponsored by Covidien. The training and practice of a 2,500 year old mindfulness technique is contrasted to a structured approach to problem-solving in the workplace. Using an interactive approach, the guest speaker Eoin Barry (Director, ARV Excellence) explained how this technique can unlock accountability and manage company culture to achieve better results.

Cathy Scanlon, Pauline O’Dwyer, Mary Ann Flavin and Tom Devaney (CareerWise Director), at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in Ireland, Western Region seminar, Better Results, at Covidien, Mervue.

Joe Robbins

(Director) BBS (Hons), MBPICS – Shannon Office

Joe Robbins is co-founder of CareerWise Recruitment. A graduate of the University of Limerick (Degree in Business Studies, 1985), Joe worked in the UK for five years where he specialised in materials management, production management and plant management for a number of companies.

He returned to Ireland in 1992 to become Operations Manager for a Cork-based start-up, FMC Automotive Division which was subsequently taken over by Snap-on Equipment. Joe managed the business re-location of this company to Shannon in 1997 before setting up CareerWise Recruitment in 1999.

He is a committee member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Mid-West region, and a former Director and Vice President of the Shannon Chamber of Commerce. Joe is former Chairperson of the Sixmilebridge Camogie Club and current Chairperson of the Clare County Camogie Board.

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