Hiring for Supply Chain Jobs in Ireland? 5 Mistakes to Avoid The cost of a bad hire can be as much as 30% of their annual salary. At Next Generation, we specialise in supply chain recruitment in Ireland, and have seen first-hand how hiring mistakes can cost businesses time, money and high-potential candidates.As Ireland’s supply chain jobs landscape be...
Hard Skills v Soft Skills in Life Sciences and Pharma Sectors The Life Sciences sector in Ireland is an extremely interesting and rewarding sector to work in with huge opportunity for career progression.When looking for a job in life sciences it is important ...
Pharma Jobs in Ireland: Trends, Tips & Everything You Need to Succeed Pharma jobs have long been a cornerstone of Ireland’s economy. Pharmaceuticals make up close to 61% of total Irish exports (Irish Examiner, 2025), and account for around 10% of the world’s total ...
Talent Attraction: Key Factors Your Business Should Consider In todays’ knowledge economy, talent is not only critical, but scarce. Talent attraction and retaining talent is a top priority; however companies still struggle to fill skilled positions. Successive Irish governments have developed one of the world’s most open economies and invested heavily t...
THE IMPORTANCE OF A CV WHEN TRYING TO SECURE A 1ST INTERVIEW In the current economic climate, employers are bombarded with countless number of CVs on a daily basis in relation to roles that they have advertised. Here we look at the importance of a CV to secure that 1st round interview. It is important to remember that as CVs are faceless, the objective ...
How to Impress at your Technical Interview The recruitment process can be a minefield to navigate for the jobseeker. Most of us will do all of the orthodox preparation; research the company, look up your interviewer on LinkedIn, polish up on competency question examples etc. There is however, one part of the recruitment process, partic...
Next Generation is a Great Place To Work! All of us at Next Generation were delighted to have officially been recognised as a Great Place To Work as one of Ireland’s Best Workplaces 2016. We celebrated with a casual Friday, a nice early finish and, of course, a staff party with our very own Great Place to Work cake. When we began ...
Impacting Your Business – Rebranding Procurement as a Trusted Advisor Guest blog by Mélani Flores, Practice Leader and Procurement Advisory EMEA at The Hackett Group REBRANDING PROCUREMENT AS A TRUSTED ADVISOR A recurrent question I get asked by procurement executives is about the key action they need to take to elevate the role of the procurement function to...