2. Our Mission Statement
“Our mission is to achieve a consistently high level of excellence in the quality of recruitment and
HR consultancy services which we provide to our clients and to our candidates.”
Who Are We?
Collins McNicholas was established in 1990 and has
Our People
since become Ireland’s most respected recruitment and We pride ourselves in offering an exceptional service
HR Services organisation. We have five offices across to both our clients and our candidates, maintaining at
Ireland – Galway (Head Office), Dublin, Cork, Sligo and all times, the highest professional standards through
Athlone (Co Westmeath). our commitment and ethical work practices.
Because of the importance we place on service
We focus on quality and not quantity, and through our a excellence we are one of the few recruitment
consultative approach advise jobseekers on the best organisations with a long-standing team of
career opportunities available in the market. We were experienced recruiters. This level of experience
first Recruitment and HR Consultancy Company in provides us with the required exposure and knowledge
Ireland to receive the ISO 9002 accreditation, that enables us to thoroughly understand the business
demonstrating our commitment to providing the best needs of our clients
service to our candidates and clients.
We are proud of our achievements to over the past 17
years and endeavour to lead the industry when it comes
to best practice recruitment in Ireland.
Our Company Values
Collins McNicholas is renowned nation-wide for its ethics Our Expertise
within the HR Industry. The culture of our company is
underpinned by core values which drive the group We work across all levels of experience from entry
nation-wide and provide a premium service to level to senior management, specialising mainly in
candidates and clients alike. They are: the following areas:
- Pharmaceutical & Medical Devices
- Integrity - Technical & Engineering
- Confidentiality - ICT
- Openness & Friendliness - Production/Manufacturing
- Quality - Accountancy, Banking & Finance
- Sales & Marketing
- Willingness to go "the extra mile"
- Business Support Services
- Long-term Relationship between clients and
- Retail & Hospitality Management
candidates.
- Executive Search & Selection
3. Our Services Awards & Achievements
Collins McNicholas offers a wide range of Recruitment
− Achieved ISO 9002 certification in 1994.
and HR Consulting services that are uniquely tailored to
each client’s specific requirements. We provide these − Received award from PacifiCare for “Excellence
bespoke solutions to companies all across Ireland from in Recruitment” in supporting the startup of that
SME's to multinationals, public sector and semi-state facility in Letterkenny in 1998.
organisations. − Received an award from company “And” for our
achievement in managing their start-up. Further
Recruitment Services to this we jointly presented to Western Branch of
the CIPD “How to manage a start up’
− Permanent Solutions
− Temporary & Contract − Winner of Irish Times Cedar Awards for client
advert (Bausch & Lomb).
− Executive Search & Selection
− Public Sector − Winner of the prestigious "Excellence through
− Volume Recruitment People" certification in 2004.
− Master Vendor Services
− Winner of Galway Chamber Business Award for
− Campaign Management the SME category in September 2005.
− Payroll Services
− Short listed for the Cork Chamber Business
Award for the SME category in 2006
HR Consultancy
− We are regularly officially invited to the openings
− Psychometric / Aptitude Testing.
of most IDA start up’s in Ireland and have
− Outplacement
received honorable mentions at many of these
− Job Description Development over the years.
− Executive Coaching
− On-Boarding − Received recognition for our contribution to
− Interview Skills Training Teleflex Medical during their initial start up in
Athlone Co. Westmeath.
− Career Transition Services
− Contracts of Employment − Received recognition for our contribution to KCI
− Executive Hiring Best Practice Athlone during their initial start up in Athlone Co.
Westmeath.
Our Clients
4. Some Testimonials Briefly …Why Us?
From our Clients: • Our people –30 talented, expert, creative and
clever recruitment industry professionals who
"Collins McNicholas are very proactive on behalf of the will understand your business and place the
customer and adept on candidate selection. I find them
responsive & supportive of our business, and view them right people who will add value and become the
as a business partner rather than service." foundations of your future success.
Helen Fahy, HR Manager, Ireland & UK, Celestica
Ireland Ltd. • Exceptional Database – spanning 17 years
with more than 150,000 active and current
“Acorn Life has enjoyed a long standing relationship with candidates across the widest possible range of
Collins McNicholas. They understand our specific needs, skills and experience you could imagine.
are always professional and have a high calibre of Assessed, interviewed, understood and with the
candidates which is paramount in this competitive
toolkit of skills you need. All over Ireland.
market, where we need the best in the business"
Carina Leonard, HR Manager, Acorn Life • Sourcing strategies that are fresh, original and
innovative because we think that sometimes the
“I found Collins McNicholas to be helpful, friendly and best people are where no one else thinks of
efficient, took the headache out of organizing interviews. looking.
Collins McNicholas’ liaison officer was at the end of
phone or email to deal with any queries or worries during
the process of recruitment. Top class of • A Strong valued Brand – with an outstanding
interviewees presented for interview.” Reputation. We earned our reputation by
providing a committed, professional & ethical
John Grant, CEO Western Alzheimer Foundation service.
From our Candidates:
Collins McNicholas prides itself on the discretion and
quality of our conduct in our dealings with clients. All
"I would really like to thank you for all your help over the
past months, I really did appreciate it all so so much. our consultants abide by a strict code of conduct that
You are an excellent professional and a lovely person to surpasses virtually all other recruitment firms'
deal with. May I wish you every success in the future commitment to assuring quality of services.
and you never know are paths may cross again."
Whenever clients deal with Collins McNicholas they
I wish to thank you most sincerely for all your very know that they have a firm's confidentiality, integrity,
assistance to me over the last month. Your and care at the forefront of all dealings.
professionalism is matched only by your verve and
enthusiasm for both the candidate and the client. I will
certainly recommend you and your firm to any good
people I know in the industry."
"I just want to thank you so much for meeting me and
keeping in touch, it was good to know that you were
really helping as I sometimes found other recruitment
agencies we not as helpful or as informative."
