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Strategic IT Leadership in Ireland: 10 Insights for 2026
What 30 plus conversations with CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, Heads of IT, and HR Directors have revealed about digital transformation, leadership, […]
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Measure Value, Then Scale
/Activity ≠ Impact. Time to value is the proof ✓ Measure value, then scale Time has always mattered. In technology, […]
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Technology Launch does not equal Success. Outcomes do.
/Technology Launch does not equal Success. Outcomes do. It’s About Outcomes, Not Just Adoption As we plan toward 2030, these […]
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Culture Makes or Breaks Digital Transformation
/Digital transformation succeeds when there is real buy-in across the company and it starts at the top. When digital projects […]
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Is there a spring in your step? This time of year, the IT hiring market gets one too!
IT Hiring in Ireland in 2026 March is here and Q1 is closing out, which means if you […]
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Every Company is a Tech Company Now!
/Why Technology Belongs in Every Strategy Conversation As we move towards year end, digital capability is now the backbone of […]
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The Rise Of Strategic IT Leadership In Ireland Report by Imelda O’Hanlon
/Technology is moving faster than ever and the IT leader role in Ireland has changed more in five years […]
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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month
/𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻? 𝗔 𝗳𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱. After last Thursday’s event at GreentechHQ with […]
Read more »Star Recruitment is All-Star Accredited for excellence in IT hiring and tech recruitment, trusted by top companies across Ireland.
/http: Star Recruitment Awarded All-Star Accreditation for Excellence in IT Hiring and Tech Recruitment We’re proud to share that Star […]
Read more »IT’s the last long weekend of 2024!
Good morning and I hope you are enjoying your Sunday of the bank holiday weekend! It’s the long weekend—yippee!!! I […]
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Planning to Fill Tech Roles by Year-End? Timing is Everything (And It’s Getting Tight!).
/Here we are, October 24th—just two months until the festive season!!! Can you believe it? So, here’s the big question: […]
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A to Z of Purposeful, High-Impact Hiring
/September 18, 2024 Happy Wednesday! It’s midweek and sunny!! 🌞 The sun has finally made an appearance in mid-September! Yippee […]
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Your IT Manager: The Unsung Hero of Your Cybersecurity Strategy
/Happy Monday, everyone! As I often emphasize, IT leadership is a cornerstone of success for organizations of all sizes. […]
Read more »Key Traits of an IT Leader – Traits 4 & 5
Good morning, everyone! Here we are, already in mid-August—time really does fly, especially in the world of IT hiring. I […]
Read more »Path to a Pain-Free Digital Life for All Irish Companies and Management Teams in todays busy Technical Landscape of 2024
/In the fast-paced digital environment, businesses and their management teams encounter numerous challenges that can appear daunting. These include cybersecurity […]
Read more »The Perils of Judging a Book by Its Cover
/The Perils of Judging a Book by Its Cover We all know the saying, and let’s be honest, we’ve all […]
Read more »When Hiring a Senior IT Manager doesn’t go according to plan!
Through my recent work sourcing for both a VP of Digital and Head of Technology, I’ve seen firsthand how […]
Read more »5 reasons why hiring an Interim IT Executive will give you the results you need in 2024
Interim hiring is a faster process, because you know the specifics of the role you need to fill in and […]
Read more »Hiring – The Fantasy Timeline versus The Reality Timeline Part 2
Welcome back to our fantasy versus reality timeline discussion In an ideal world, all our problems would be solved with […]
Read more »Hiring – The Fantasy Timeline versus The Reality Timeline – Part 1
/It’s the middle of Q2 and that key person for your organization has not been hired yet!!! […]
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How to identify a Senior IT executive to join you at the management table – with STAR qualities and skills
/Every day I read articles about emerging technologies, new reports weekly about AI and how it is impacting on all […]
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5 key moves to step up your IT career from technician/developer to IT leader
/If you currently believe the next step in your career is into a leadership/executive role but are unsure how to […]
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Holiday time – 5 steps to a Career Change Celebration
/Its that time of year again …. In the run up to the festive holiday period, many of us take […]
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The World of Nearshore Working or Nearshoring is here!
/Every few years we acquaint ourselves with new business buzzwords and Nearshoring is one we are hearing about more and […]
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