Employees of Zimmer Biomet recently completed their second charity cycle between its two plants at Shannon and Galway, a distance of 83km.
Over 40 employee volunteers took to the road recently to raise funds for Irish charity, The Saoirse Foundation, BUMBLEance Children’s National Ambulance service.
CareerWise Recruitment were proud sponsors of the jerseys on the day, and our own Joe Robbins (Director, CareerWise) took part in this fantastic event.
Last year, the Zimmer Biomet team raised over €10,000 for the charity with the funds assigned to support services in Clare, Limerick and Galway, allowing sick children in the region to travel safely and comfortably to and from their homes to hospitals, hospices, treatment centres and respite centres nationwide.
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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