6 Strategies to Land Your First Grad Job, Even During an Economic Downturn Let’s face it, searching for your first graduate job after university can be a daunting process. Combined with the current economic downturn brought on by Covid-19, an unemployment rate just shy of the 2010 ‘Great Recession’, and a large number of new graduates flooding the market, the outlook ha...
Webinar | The Art & Science of Powerful Questions Last year we launched Recruitment Think Tank, a free monthly meetup for recruiters to come together to learn, share skills, discover technologies and evolve ideas. We invited a range of speakers an...
Future-Proof Your Career With Your Skills Stack What do Beyonce and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln both have in common? You might never have guessed it but they both place a lot of attention on what it takes to be irreplaceable. In Beyonce’s...
Managing Focus & Attention in a Distracted World Next Generation hosted its 6th Leadership Series Breakfast Event this month; Managing Focus and Attention in a Distracted World. Our keynote speaker for this insightful and thought provoking session was Chris Flack, CEO & Founder of UnPlug. UnPlug have an extensive client portfolio across all ind...
Introducing Our Latest Team Members: Say ‘Hello!’ To Renata, Ash, Trevor and Allyson Last month, we welcomed a brand new wave of talented recruiters to the Next Generation team. With experience in Life Science, Digital Marketing, Finance and IT, they’ve already made a huge impact on helping to source some of the brightest minds in the industry for our growing client base. As we’r...
The Difference Between Leadership and Management People often mistake leadership and management as the same thing but in essence, they are very different. The main difference between the two is that leaders have people that follow them, while managers have people who simply work for them. Particularly in small businesses, for a small business o...
How AI is changing the game for recruiting As in many industries, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now being used in HR to improve the job search process. According to the recent Deloitte Human Capital Trends report, 38% of companies are now using AI, and over 62% are expected to be using it by the end of the year. It can no longer be igno...
Biopharma / Pharma Industries – Making a Change The Life Science sector in Ireland has been growing steadily over the last number of years. Increased investment in already established sites and a continued influx of new Pharmaceutical/Biopharmaceutical companies to Ireland has significantly increased demand for skill sets within the Life Scien...
5 Signs Your Employees Are Suffering From Depression The mental health of employees is vitally important to the success of any company. Unfortunately, it can often be overlooked in the corporate world as employees are expected to perform to the best of their ability, and in many organisations, talking about depression is not actively encouraged amo...
