How To Succeed In Your First Job

Colman Collins and his partner Val McNicholas started Collins McNicholas Recruitment & HR Services Group in Galway in 1990. Since then the company has become one of the market leaders in that sector and is now the main recruitment partner for many of the leading multinationals companies based in Ireland. Collins bought out his partner in 2003 and expanded the company significantly before selling it in an MBO transaction in 2015. He has been retained as a Non-Executive Director since the MBO.Collins is also the Chairman of bizmentors which provides pro bono assistance to over 120 start-up's businesses in the west of Ireland and has been an active mentor to several start-up enterprises.Prior to setting up Collins McNicholas Collins was a HR professional for 13 years and during that time was HR Director with Nortel Networks in Galway and Westinghouse Switchcontrols in Dunleer, County Louth having commenced his career with Thermo King (Europe) Ltd in Galway.Collins has a B.Comm degree and post graduate diploma in Social Science from UCD, a diploma in the Psychology of Counselling from NUIG and a post graduate diploma in executive coaching from DIT.He was a part-time lecturer in HRM in the RTC in Gal way (now GMIT) from 1991 to 1995 and was a FCIPD (Felllow of Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development) for the duration of his career

This book is a must-read to help you succeed and thrive in your first job. The author outlines 50 pointers for success based on his 40 years experience working as a senior HR executive with three blue-chip multinational companies and as a business owner with a leading Recruitment and HR Consultancy.In addition to learning these essential workplace skills, you will also receive some very practical and pragmatic advice on dealing with 20 potentially difficult challenges that you may come across at some stages in your career.
After reading this book, you will have many useful pointers to help you succeed in your first job, and you will also have a reference book you can turn to at any time you could use a helping hand.