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• The Irish Football Team – Talent Pipelining

  What a month June was for Irish football, Hoolahan’s half-volley, Brady’s header & penalty and of course our legendary fans, who can do no harm for our tourism brand! The power football has on a society like Ireland is phenomenal, it creates a sense of hope and that hope creates dreams and ambitions that result […]

  

• The Impact of Brexit

  The only certainty with the Brexit thus far is uncertainty and with uncertainty brings change, especially when it comes to careers. The aptOn team will be in London tomorrow and Friday of this week speaking with candidates seeking a move to Ireland. Since the announcement on Friday that Britain has voted to leave the European […]

  

• Donald Trump – How To Apply To A Job With Zero Experience

  Trumps’ attempted transition from business to politics isn’t the greatest transition that’s ever existed, however governance and policy making is a little different to being a celebrity and firing people on a TV show to pay the bills. Being career and talent advisory experts we see first hand candidates who try and redefine their career […]

  

• Warren Buffet – Acquiring Your Next Employer

  Below is a snippet from Warren Buffet’s shareholder letter. It explains the parameters by which he decides whether or not to acquire a business. I think it is relevant from a candidate perspective in a high demand market, like Technology where the level of supply is low, creating a tough decision making process on who […]

  

• Anne Wojcicki – International Women’s Day

  At aptOn we are continuously striving for success in advising our clients on making key hires and also in assisting people in achieving career goals. We try to identify the gene for success in people. Anne Wojcicki may have been better known in her early career as Sergey Brin’s (Google’s co-founder) wife, however she has […]

  

• Minimum Wage – How much does happiness cost?

  Dan Price CEO of Seattle based Gravity Payments has made the company’s minimum salary $70,000. Gravity has 120 employees, 30 of which will double their salary as a result of this policy. Dan has himself reduced his salary by $930,000 to make this happen. Why? Employee happiness of all things! Dan researched that emotional well […]