Careers and Jobs

Following on from the post yesterday I have done a bit more research on how to find retail jobs in Ireland.

There are a few key agencies who recruit for retail jobs – Eden Recruitment, RightFit 4 Retail, Excel Recruitment, Star Retail. You can also get access to loads of jobs on the jobboards including EmployIreland and retailjobs365.

Remember my advice on the previous post. Visit shopping center websites as many of them see to advertise all open vacancies on their sites. I think this is a great idea BUT also a great resource if you seeking work in Retail in Ireland.

I pointed out Dundrum & Blanchardstown Shopping centres BUT there are many similar centres around Ireland. The Jervis Centre in D1 does not list jobs but it does list all the shops and contact details – missed opportunity I guess as these shops are probably paying elsewhere to find staff.

There are a number of possible strategies that jobseekers can use to locate potential jobs. I will discuss these in detail in later posts BUT let us look a Job Boards now.

Job boards are big business and there are many focusing on Irish employers and jobseekers. These online Job Boards are straight forward to use. The question I often get is which Job Boards to use. To help you I have outlined some of the bigger online Job boards and some of the niche Job Boards.

General
EmployIreland
RecruitIreland
Monster
LoadzaJobs
Irishjobs
Jobs

Niche
AdminJobs
SalesJobs
ComputerJobs
Hoteljobs

If you need any additional help here just drop a comment.

I am regularly asked about recruitment agencies with particular focus on “BEST”.

Who are the best agencies?

There are very good agencies in Ireland and very bad agencies. To complicate things further there are some bad consultants in the good agencies and good consultants in the bad agencies. With this in mind it is more important for you to find a relevant agency (see below for information on how to find an agency for your skills) and a good recruitment consultant rather than a good agency. How do you find these? You can ask friends and colleagues who they have used and more importantly found good. Recommendation is the best way to locate good consultants. If you have no network it is then the old reliable – trial and error. I can recommend agencies such as www.edenrecruitment.ie but I cannot stand by your experience because of the above points.

How do you get the best out of agencies?

Find a relevant agency – It is important to identify agencies that specialise in recruiting in your field. No point registering with financial and accountancy specialists when you work in sales. One way to identify relevant agencies is by searching on job boards such as www.employireland.ie and this will show you what agencies have jobs suitable for you.

Build a relationship with the recruiter – Ideally meet your consultant. If this is not possible at least stay in touch but don’t stalk. Staying in touch shoe that you are still available for work making life easier for the consultant

Know what you want – Be clear about what you want. Recruitment consultants do not offer career advice. They place people in jobs and do not help them decide what career path they should choose. With this in mind be careful what advice you get from consultants as they have an agenda and a job to fill – how impartial is their advice.

Manage your expectation – Recruitment agencies provide you with a free service so you should expect what you pay for. The biggest complaints from jobseekers about agencies revolve around the service level BUT jobseekers do not pay. Expect nothing so anything more than this is a bonus.