The Climate agenda will be priority for the foreseeable future. The Irish government continues to position Ireland as a hub for green finance as part of the “Ireland for Finance” strategy. Investors are increasingly using non-financial factors such as Environmental, Social and Governance standards (“ESG”) as an important part of their investment screening process. Globally, working habits and working environments…
LinkedIn has been around longer than any other social media platform, but doesn’t have the widespread recognition and popularity as some of its peers. That is certainly not the case in the recruitment profession, where LinkedIn is one of the key tools we use to engage thousands of qualified accountants in Ireland. This provides a substantial supply of network connections…
Two certainties in Life… Death and Taxes This old phrase still holds true and for tax professionals it means that even in times like we are seeing currently their skillset is still very much in demand. Where we are seeing current opportunities? Practice After several months of holding tight a number of practices are now seeking tax professionals to join…
While still in the midst of the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic, and the ongoing uncertain global economic environment, it remains an opportune time to self-reflect on your career journey, and how to make the next step. As a professional who has likely completed a professional accountancy qualification (ACA, CIMA or ACCA) or the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, in a…
The prolonged economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19 has led many Irish accountancy professionals working in practice to reconsider their career paths closely in recent months, as the pandemic has significantly altered the perceived value of moving to roles in certain industries. Prominent, well-paid jobs in historically strong areas – such as banking, fund management and aircraft leasing – are now…
As a return to the office starts to come into view for some, it might be a good time to speculate what the future of work will look like. Having now lived through full remote working for over 4 months the most pertinent question might be what do you want your future work environment to look like? On the flip…
With 17 years’ experience working in recruitment, I can broadly categorise candidates in to the following categories based on their career plans: Well-mapped out knows exactly the direction their going knows exactly what they need to do in order to get there knows what opportunities they’re interested in has a time frame in mind for achieving the short to medium…
Onboarding has suddenly become an everyday word in the vocabulary of recruitment and now plays an even bigger part in the recruitment process. One of the major cultural shifts has been the move to remote work, as social distancing rules have forced people into home offices. Before the Covid-19 crisis, virtual or remote onboarding was largely reserved for employees with…
As we approach our 4th month of Covid-19 enforced “lockdown” it is an interesting juncture to review how both work practices and businesses hiring initiatives have altered over this period, and more importantly, what the next number of months may look like as we approach the next phase of this journey in the wake of the easing of restrictions and…
As we finally take the first steps to returning to a more stable state of work beyond lockdown, it is already clear that the landscape has changed and will be in flux for quite some time. Having said that, it is not all doom & gloom and as ever in any period of major change new opportunities will be in reach for those who…