“It’s your attitude,

not your aptitude that will

determine your altitude”

Cpl Overview - Background

Cpl in IrelandCpl is the leading Staffing Services group in Ireland with offices in Dublin city centre and around the M50 corridor in Blanchardstown, Naas, Stillorgan and Swords & offices nationwide in Cork, Limerick, Galway, Belfast and Newry.

Cpl offers employers the combined experience of over 300 recruiters and a database of more than 1 million candidates – many of whom regard Cpl as their employer of choice.

Cpl in Europe

Serving major corporations across Europe, Cpl sources and deploys large numbers (15,000+ hires per annum) of multilingual back-office, operational and customer care staff throughout the EU.

By partnering with clients across 14 EU countries through 18 languages, Cpl relocates people within the EU to service our customers. Cpl has 4,000+ staff at work every day (3,000 temps on assignment and c.1,000 managed service employees).

Cpl GroupWe deliver:

Permanent, Temporary and Outsourcing Solutions for our clients across all functions. Cpl also offer Training and Talent Management solutions.

We operate across all sectors including:

• Banking & Financial Services• IT and Telecoms• Media, Online & Entertainment• FMCG • Healthcare • Pharmaceuticals • Light Engineering • Insurance • Waste Management & Recycling • Renewable Energy

Each team consists of qualified, experienced consultants focusing on their own area,typically having come from that specific industry.

We work under different brands to ensure we are seen as specialists across many functions:

Client Porfolio Cpl work with all organisations from global multinationals through to

small Irish-owned businesses. Here is a list of some of our recruitment partners:

“Oracle Corp. has worked with Cpl recruiting employees for over 6 years across a wide spectrum of roles. At all times we have received a comprehensive and professional service, providing us with high quality candidates. We would have no hesitation in recommending

Cpl to other employers.” Oracle

“Cpl has been a recruitment partner to Microsoft’s business in Ireland for a number of years, and over the last three years has consistently merited their success within our Preferred Suppliers List. Microsoft seeks the best talent across a wide variety of skill sets and Cpl’s breadth and depth of experience has enhanced their ability to

provide us with top-class candidates right across the board.” Microsoft Ireland

Cpl Solutions Ltd is the specialist IT contract recruitment division of the Cpl Group. We are the leading and largest IT contracting company in Ireland.

The combined qualifications of our recruitment team, their expertise, professionalism and commitment to their clients and candidates have ensured Cpl Solutions’ continued market success and recognition.

Cpl Solutions works with the best companies in Ireland and abroad and is the preferred supplier to many Irish and International companies.

Specialist Areas

• Software Developers

• Localisation and testers

• Project Managers

• Mainframe Specialists

• Infrastructure/Security Specialists

• Business Analysts

• SAP Consultants

• Technical Support

• Oracle Consultants

• MIS

• System Architects

Director for the CPL group. CPL Resources plc is an Irish quoted Recruitment and HR Outsourcing services organisation. Responsible for the provision of recruitment and staffing services across Ireland from executive professional recruitment through to high volume staffing solutions.

12 years Senior Management experience in the provision of recruitment and staffing solutions to organisations. Previous experience in Investment Banking and Management Consultancy. Recognised commentator on the Recruitment and Career Management sector.

SpecialtiesPermanent and Temporary Recruitment | Executive Search & Selection | Managed Service Workforce Solutions | Sourcing | Internet Recruiting | Recruiter Training | Career Advice | Social Media Recruiting | Job Search & Strategy | Presenter | Client Delivery | Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)|

Peter Cosgrove

Managing Director

CPL Solutions

The CPL Team

Stephen Tighe IBM Account Manager

Janet Smullen Software Development & Major

Account Manager

Lindsay 0’Leary Tech Support, Localisation & Testing

Kat Devlin – Major Accounts

JJ McCarthy Database, DWH,

Business Intelligence

Grace Haughian Software Development

Darragh Buckley – Program/ Project Managers & Business/Systems Analysts

3 ways to improve your chances of getting a job

1. DON’T rely on online application's

This is only one method to find a job. Face to face meetings or referrals increase your chances of getting a job exponentially. Over 50% of jobs are not advertised. Make a two page cv come to life by networking.

Start Meeting People!

2. Interview for “the” job.....not just “a” job.

If you don’t really know why you want the job, it will be obvious.

Clients want people who are passionate and interested in the

specific role that they are interviewing for.

Always know why you want the job. If

you make up a reason, employers will see through it.

3. Believe you’ll get the Job

People focus ten times more on what they see than what they hear.

Your body language will show an interviewer whether or not you have the confidence and self-belief needed for this

role. Attitude and passion are critical.

Computerjobs.ie has published results this week of their survey of 18,000 IT professionals, and the future is bright.

83% of respondents said they were ‘Confident’ or ‘Very Confident’ about their employability over the next 12 months.

20% of those who are out of work do not have a 3rd level qualification, indicating the importance of 3rd level education in this sector.

Only 6% of IT Engineers have seen their salaries decrease over the last 12 months.

72% feel they are either “underpaid” or “not sure” if they are being paid the ‘Going rate’.

IT Market Insight

Only 7% of IT Engineers think their employer will be letting IT staff go in the next 12 months.

According to the survey results, the main things employers need to do in order to keep their talented staff are: ‘More money’ 44%,  ’More training’ 19% and ‘More respect’ 11%.

Across the happiness index, 94% of IT Professionals say they are either ‘Very happy” ‘or ‘Happy enough’ with their choice of career 2012.

And finally, job websites continue to be the No.1 source of finding IT jobs.67% say they either “don’t rate” or are “not sure” of social media as a source for finding IT jobs.

Market Insight Contd..

Oct 2011 - Just five companies control 64% of all online spending. (Incredibly, Google controls 46% of all online spending.)

One thing to note: "With Facebook only now starting to monetize their platform, you can start to see how big an impact they could have on the dominance of the digital advertising landscape.“

CPL recruit for: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook and AOL

CPL Solutions....

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