CIPD Mid West Programme of Events Launch 2015/2016

Lavinia Ryan (Secretary, CIPD Mid West) and Brendan Long (Executive Search, CareerWise Recruitment)

Brendan Long (Executive Search, CareerWise Recruitment) attended a recent CIPD Midwest Breakfast meeting. The meeting was to launch programme of events 2015/2016 , and was held in Northern Trust offices in National Technology Park, Plassey, Limerick on Wednesday 9th of September.

Programme Event Launch 2015/2016
& “Recruitment in a Changing Economy”

The CIPD Midwest Committee have put together an exciting programme of events for their members that will support the ever changing needs of our local HR & business communities.

The launch of this years programme in Northern Trust follows their successful announcement earlier in the year of business growth in the region.

On 6th March this year Northern Trust announced that they are to expand its operations in Limerick by creating up to 300 new jobs over the next 3 years.

Northern Trust is recognized as an industry leader in both the services they provide to their clients and the innovations they offer as an employer and as a result has been awarded Fortune Magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies Award (2015) for the ninth consecutive year.

With over 1000 employees based in Dublin and Limerick administering the most varied range of products in the Irish market, Northern Trust Ireland forms a vital part of Northern Trust’s global presence.

As an organisation that values the experience and knowledge of a diverse workforce, they have developed and implemented Human Resource and bottom line strategies that support workforce diversity.

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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