Good Shepherd Cork is a charity that is very close to our hearts at Fastnet – The Talent Group® and we were delighted to spend a day volunteering last Thursday rolling up our sleeves and getting stuck into some cleaning and organising at their Grattan Street location.
Good Shepherd Cork is a registered chari...
Ireland is one of Europe’s largest Medtech hubs, and as a globally recognised centre of excellence, is home to more than 350 companies, employing 25,000 people. Thirteen of the world's top fifteen companies have operations here. Ireland also employs the highest number of Medtech personnel per ...
Ireland has gained its position as one of the top technology hubs in Europe. Over the past decade we have seen multinationals investing millions into the country’s economy and turning the population into tech experts. With IT courses in popular demand in all of the top universities and IT’s in the coun...
It is widely cited that a diverse working environment allows for different perspectives, ideas and subsequently greater success. Despite this belief, we are still faced with a male dominated candidate pool across engineering disciplines in the Life Science industry in Ireland. A recent study conducted by Engineer...
Global corporate leaders are worried about international developments such as Brexit and the Trump presidency, but are upbeat for their own businesses, according to a survey released at the Davos summit.
The PwC survey found 38% of global businesses are very confident about their companies’ growth prospects fo...
A survey by the talent management and recruitment consultancy, Fastnet, reveals that 44% of employees are likely to move jobs in the coming 18 months.
It comes as more than three quarters of employers said that retention of staff was critical to their businesses.
Company co-founder and managing partner Niamh O’...
Fastnet – The Talent Group are delighted to sponsor A Cosy Night of Storytelling & Music in Aid of Edel House!
The amazing The Bradley Sisters and the talented Pat ''The Hat'' Speight, a well-known Seanchaí Storyteller (www.patspeight.com), along with other special guests, wi...
Ireland has ranked first in the world in the inaugural “Good Country” index which measures how much each country on earth contributes to the planet and the human race.
An IDA statement describes the index and how as part of the survey, Ireland was ranked against its peers in terms of education, s...
Our colleagues Niamh O’ Driscoll and Éimhín Russell attended the 9th EMEA IRC Regional Meeting in Madrid last month.
“The meeting was a great opportunity to understand the contemporary challenges across EMEA, share best practice with our global partners, and explore ways in which we can co...