National Employment Week 2015Conference in Review

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- Employer Branding: How to become an employer of choice in a crowded market place.

- Contingent Workforce Planning: How to plan for growth? The strategy, challenges and value of effective planning.

- Employee Engagement: How this impacts customer experience.

- Digital Attraction: How to use digital channels effectively to recruit staff.

This year, we also hosted a Employment Leadership focus group with Minister Joan Burton to share thought leadership in supporting the Government.

We continued to focus on the theme of mental health in the workplace and further highlighted this agenda through a powerful thought provoking morning in the Dean Hotel.

I would like to extend my sincere thanks and appreciation to all those who have contributed to National Employment Week 2015. Particularly, I would like to thank our sponsors Monster.ie, The Irish Times, CIPD and my colleagues at Sigmar Recruitment. I would also like to thank Bank of Ireland for kindly facilitating the launch of National Employment Week 2015, our charity partners, Dress for Success and our distinguished line-up of speakers for their insightful contribution.

Go raibh míle maith agaibh,

Robert Mac Giolla PhádraigFounder & Chair, National Employment Week

Director, Sigmar Recruitment

National Employment Week is a non commercial initiative that sets the agenda on major employment and social topics in Ireland through a series of seminars, focus groups and forums. We had over 700 employment leaders join us during the course of the week with a concentration at the summit in the Mansion House Dublin on the Wednesday.

Our series of Talent Summits incorporated a selection of keynote and panel sessions providing thought leadership and practical advice on talent related topics to support organisations to compete more effectively for top talent and in turn build capacity to grow employment.

Key topics covered throughout the series included:

- Culture: How an elevated sense of purpose can be a performance differentiator.

Introduction

Speakers

Minister Joan BurtonMinister for Social Protection

Orla MoranHead of Sales EMEA, New Relic

Robert Mac Giolla PhádraigDirector,Sigmar Recruitment

Mark StanleyVP, Web Marketing & Marketing Operations EMEA, Salesforce

Julie SharpHead of Group HR,Bank of Ireland

Jason MedleyDirector of People & Culture, Quirky

Jarlath DooleyHR & Operations Director, Version 1

Deena WlodawskiDirector of Sales, EMEA, Yelp

Michael McDonnellManaging Director,CIPD Ireland

James GarvinEMEA Contingent Workforce & Governance Manager, eBay

Alan LawlessSnr Director, Organisational Development, Business Planning & Support,Oracle

Fidelma HealyChief Operating Officer, Gilt

Sonya LennonFounder,Dress for Success (Ireland)

Marina MorrisseyManager, Sigmar Managed Services

Gillian FrenchChief People Officer, CarTrawler

Jeetu MahtaniManaging Director, EMEA, Hubspot

Vincent LattimoreGlobal Category Manager, Microsoft

Shaun BrownResourcing Manager, Fujitsu

Sinead GoganVice President HR, Fidelity Investments

James MailleyCommercial Director, Monster

Bryce WinkelmanRegional Director, EMEA, Qualtrics

David BarrettManaging Director, cut-e

Joan KennedyHR Manager EMEA, HID Global

Alison CanavanModel, Presenter & Columnist

Holly FawcettHead of Customer Experience & Marketing, Social Talent

Andrew O’ShaughnessyManaging Director, Newsweaver

Tom CreedonHR Manager, Medtronic

Alan QuinlanMotivational Coach for Aramark’s Right Track Programme

Barry RuddenDirector, Sigmar Recruitment

John RyallHead of Talent Development, EMC2

Joe ConnollyGalway Hurling Legend, Non-Executive Director, H+A Marketing + PR

Elbha PurcellCompany Dietician, Aramark

Brent PopeBroadcaster

Michelle FogartyDirector of HR Operations EMEA, Tyco

Mary CollinsDirector, Human Resources Europe, Merit Medical

Dominic LaydenCEO, Aware

Terri MoloneyHR Director, Boston Scientific

Hazel SullivanSenior HR Partner, McKesson

Vincent O’DonoghueCo-founder, Social Talent

Paul LaniganContracts Development Manager,Sigmar Recruitment

“Just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thanks for everything during the summit. I really enjoyed the panel discussion and feedback that I’ve heard from others about the day has been very positive. Thanks to you and your team for organising such a great event, I’m looking forward to 2016 already!”

James Garvin, EMEA AWF Program Manager

“A brilliant event!”

Nike Furlong, Global Head of HR

“Yesterday was great, it was a real eye opener for my colleague to see how far companies have moved on with developing culture, engagement and wellbeing within organisations! I was particularly impressed with Gillian French, Mark Stanley, Alan Lawless and Jeetu Mahtani. I did a lot of googling last night on the various companies! Cheers again for the invite.”

Gareth Bond, Human Resource Business Partner

“Thank you for organising what was a really interesting event.”

Catherine-Ellen O’Keeffe, Associate Solicitor

Feedback

“Thank you for the invitation to attend the events this week. I also attended the full day yesterday in the Mansion House. I found the sessions informative and have many ‘take-aways’ from the events and food for thought. I work within the legal industry and I found the topics of Culture and Employer brand (within the tech industry) to be completely transferable and relevant. Thank you and please include me on the invitation list next year.”

June Cassidy, HR Manager

“Thank you for a great event on Friday - very relevant, informative and enjoyable. Well done to the organisers and participants.”

Mari Manning, Coaching & Consultancy

“Just to say thank you for inviting me yesterday to a very well put together event. It was very informative and good opportunity to network.”

Stella Sullivan, HR Professional

“Many thanks for the invitation and lunch. I personally got a lot from the various different topics to bring forward in our organisation. The day was well managed and the structure/style (mix of presentations and panel discussions) worked very well in keeping the audience engaged.”

Cathleen Doohan, People & CSR Director

“It was a very well put together event so well done to all.”

Rita Smyth, Role Players for Training

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