Hiring a Temp for Office, Admin or Finance jobs: Why bother?
Divisional Manager Ciara Connolly who oversees our accounting, finance and office support divisions addresses some of misconceptions businesses may have about hiring temps.
Agency workers prop up healthcare system, only to be forgotten at vaccine time
Missing from any conversation about vaccines has been agency healthcare workers. The very people who propped up the entire system during the darkest days of Covid.
Excel launch new Finance & Office division led by Ciara Connolly
Excel Recruitment is delighted to welcome Ciara Connolly to the Excel team as Divisional Manager leading our new specialised Accountancy, Finance and Office Support division.
The Excel Recruitment Podcast: Grocery Careers
In the first instalment of our new podcast, Excel Recruitment CEO Barry Whelan and Director of Grocery Retail Nikki Murran discuss careers in grocery retail, the current recruitment market and why COVID-19 has shown the benefits of a career in grocery.
SuperValu Blanchardstown’s Jamie Caffrey named National Grocery Retail Manager of the Year 2020
Now in their 15th year, the ShelfLife Grocery Management Awards once again recognised individual management excellence in the grocery sector and honoured the talent in each department that make up our supermarkets and convenience stores.
Grocery Management Awards 2020 Shortlist
We are excited to reveal the shortlisted nominees for the 2020 Shelflife Grocery Management...
How, and why, to think long-term when hiring during post lockdown uncertainty
As a country, we continue to balance the fight against COVID-19 with the fight to rebound against its effects on the economy. Businesses are also moving from focusing on operating safely to focusing on their longer-term goals. What this means in recruitment terms, is that hiring someone new at any level is now a more important decision than ever.
Purchasing, Procurement and Retail Buying Careers
Our Recruitment Consultant Sarah recruits across Retail Head Office and Supply Chain and always gets questions from jobseekers about careers in Buying. In this video, she breaks down the difference between Buying, Purchasing and Procurement and the skills employers look for when recruiting each.
Coronavirus shines a light on careers in food retail
As the Coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc both on local but also on the global jobs market, leaving many unemployed, furloughed or working reduced hours as employers implemented sweeping cost-cutting measures and forced closures, I think most of us either working in or supplying to the grocery trade, felt blessed to have taken a career path that involved food and food retail.