Ruth O'Leary Email & Phone Number

Dublin, Ie

Ireland

Established Trinity Business School's Career Development & Community Team in 2014, growing the team from one to ten. The Team offers career guidance to circa 900 domestic and international postgraduate business students, as well as a lifelong service to alumni, and connects employers of choice with top talent across the following 16 postgraduate business programmes:MBA (full-time)EMBA (executive part-time)FEMBA (flexible executive)MSc. Finance (full-time)MSc. International Management (full-time)MSc. Management (full-time)MSc. Marketing (full-time)MSc. Digital Marketing (full-time)MSc. Financial Risk Management (full-time)MSc. HRM (full-time)MSc. Analytics (full-time)MSc. Entrepreneurship (full-time)Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting (full-time)MSc. Operations & Supply Chain (full-time)MSc. Law & Finance (full-time)PhD (full and part-time)Led the Careers & Community element of the EQUIS accreditations in 2018 and 2023, an international accreditation that places Trinity Business School in the top 1% of Business Schools worldwide. Led the Trinity Business School successful Athena Swan bronze application, a framework which is used across the globe to support and transform gender equality within higher education (HE) and research.Member of the Trinity Business School Executive Committee.

Dublin, Ireland

Overall responsibility for recruitment in Mercer Ireland which employs approximately 450 across Dublin and Cork. Roles recruited for included Actuarial, Pension Administration, Investment Consultants, Investment Analysts, Financial Advisers, Share Scheme Administration, and Accountancy & Finance.Also Mercer Ireland Diversity & Inclusion representative for Human Resources. Planned and organised various events including Helping Women Succeed, Engaging Men and Walk in My Shoes mental health in the workplace awareness. Project led Mercer Ireland Diversity cookbook which raised funds for Friends of the Elderly charity.Worked on various Mercer EMEA and global recruitment and diversity & inclusion best practice initiatives including standardising recruitment processes and procedures, interviewing questions and use of the Taleo applicant tracking system (ATS) as well as promoting the advancement of women in the workplace.

Dublin, Ireland

Led team of three. Hired over 250 IT contract and permanent professionals including Developers, Project Managers, Testers and Support Staff. Significantly improved the efficiency of recruitment process by introducing new methods of database search and retrieval.

Dublin, Ireland

Led HRM's banking and financial services recruitment team. Worked with a variety of banking and financial services clients to attract and identify suitable applicants. Successfully placed over 150 permanent candidates.

Master Of Education, Guidance And Counselling (Part-Time), Distinction

Counselling Theory and Practice Counselling and Vocational Psychology Psychometrics Educational Psychology for Guidance Counsellors.

National Diploma, Personnel Management (Part-Time)

Employee Resourcing Ability Testing Personality Assessments Employee Development Employee Relations

Postgraduate Diploma, Business Studies (Full-Time)

Human Resource Management Organisational Behaviour Industrial Relations Business IT Management of Organisations International Business

Bachelor'S Degree, Social Science (Full-Time)

Social Policy including Human Resource Management and Business Administration Sociology

Leaving Certificate

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