Career Zoo is an event that connects ambitious job seekers with potential employers in a relaxed, informal setting. It features tech talks, startup exhibits, and workshops across sectors like technology, research, and life sciences. Employers praise Career Zoo for the high caliber of candidates it attracts and many have made successful hires as a result of attending. Career Zoo aims to provide a one-stop platform for professionals to explore new opportunities and network with industry leaders.

1. MEET INNOVATORS.
MEET LEADERS.
MEET CREATORS.
MEET YOUR FUTURE.
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2. It’s not easy to find hard-to-
reach, valuable talent.
At Career Zoo, it is.
Career Zoo is the only event where the
smart and ambitious can check out new
technology, meet potential employers
and experience different company
cultures in a relaxed, informal setting.

3. Previously at Career Zoo

4. SILICON REPUBLIC
MEDIA HUB
CAREER TALKS
STARTUPS
WORKSHOPS TECH TOWN PHD
INDUSTRY LEADERS
SOCIAL COMMUNITY
LAUNCH EVENT
RESEARCHERS
JOB KEY
POP-UP LABORATORY
NDRC-RUN
PRE-ACCELERATOR
WORKSHOP
SPEAKER SERIES UPSKILLING RESEARCH
POSTDOC
NETWORKING
BIOCLUSTERTECH BOX
CAREER PROGRESSION
NETWORK NIGHT
CAREER ZOO
SPRING 2015
MBA SCHOLARSHIP
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5. Career Zoo provides a platform for presentations and
discussions on topics of interest to attendees and
exhibitors.
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These take place at a Speaker Area for general,
career-related presentations and also at Tech Box for
focused presentations on tech-related topics.
The Speaker Area presentations and panels for 2014
involved leading Industry figures at Corporate CEO
level across a number of sectors.
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For 2015, this key element of the Career Zoo
experience will be enhanced with the addition of
further speakers, panels and workshops across the
relevant sectors.
Career Zoo Speakers

6. Tech Town
Tech Town was developed with Enterprise Ireland as the first platform of its kind to showcase leading innovative
Irish tech companies and their game changing technologies.
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Tech Town became a standout area of the event and has enhanced Career Zoo as a massive draw for tech and
engineering professionals with 55% of candidates looking for opportunities in that sector.
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Tech Town will return in February 2015 for the Spring Career Zoo with employers located in a custom built,
modern space.

7. BioCluster was created with NIBRT as a life sciences zone to showcase the leading employers and growing
opportunities in this sector.
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Ireland is the number 1 location in Europe for Life Sciences investment. The industry is thriving with 25,000
direct employees, exports totalled €50.8bn in 2013 with 9 out of the top 10 Pharma and Biotech companies
based here.
Companies hiring at BioCluster in September included: Amgen, BioMarin, BMS, Horizon, Johnson & Johnson,
Kinesis Health Technologies, MSD, NIBRT, PPD, Regeneron, and The Tech Group.
BioCluster

8. Who goes to Career Zoo?
9,000 attendees at February 2014 event
74% were experienced professionals
26% were recent graduates
55% were looking for opportunities in technology
48% were either bilingual or multilingual
59% were male; 41% were female

9. Media &
Advertising Campaign
Career Zoo run extensive media and advertising
campaigns to ensure we reach thousands of
high-value candidates.
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Media coverage around Career Zoo is substantial
with extensive national broadcast, print and
online media achieved. High profile media lands
have included: RTÉ Six-One News, Newstalk’s
The Pat Kenny Show, RTÉ Morning Edition, The
Sunday Times, The Irish Times, Irish
Independent, The Metro Herald and Today FM
News.
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Our advertising campaign spans radio, print,
social and online as well as a range of prominent
outdoor positions, with a portfolio covering: The
Sunday Times, The Metro Herald, Today FM,
TXFM, Silicon Republic, Luas interior panels,
Luas columns, Dublin City Lamp Post Banners
and Google AdWords.
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Media partners for Career Zoo are The Sunday
Times, Today FM and Silicon Republic.

20. Amazon has attended Career Zoo since January 2011 and have been consistently impressed with the level of
publicity and organisation associated with the event. We have seen a large number of attendees at all of the
Career Zoo events and in turn have made some very successful hires into our Dublin offices. We look forward
to attending Career Zoo again in the future.
Melanie Hendrick, Recruitment Manager, Amazon, Dublin.
Ericsson Ireland has attended all Career Zoo events to date and we considered the February event to be the
best one yet in terms of both quality and quantity of tech candidates. Career Zoo has now established itself as
the leading tech recruitment event in Ireland.
Terri Raftery, Resourcing Manager, Ericsson Ireland.
Although we were primarily came to Career Zoo as a branding exercise, we have already made several
hires with more to come. Some of these have included unique skillsets in Development Operations
(UNIX/Linux skills at a Senior level) and more hires made for Support Engineering & Web Development
positions. We really enjoyed the day and the help of your team.
Owen Murray, Principal Recruiter, Symantec Corporation.
Employer Testimonials 2014
February’s Career Zoo was a great success for I.T. Alliance Group where we teamed up with Enterprise
Ireland in Tech Town. As an indigenous I.T. services company, Tech Town helped us elevate our voice and
visibility on the day resulting in us directly recruiting a number of highly-qualified I.T. and business
professionals.
John Paul O’Keeffe; Group Marketing Manager, IT Alliance.

21. Well done on a great day, we really enjoyed it. A bit crazy in there but we had great interest at the stand and
more importantly we made two excellent hires so far! It was great being involved with this, we'll definitely do
it again.
Suzanne Whelan, Talent Acquisition Manager, Version 1.
Participating in Februarys' Career Zoo was a hugely enjoyable experience and a great way to meet potential
candidates across all disciplines. It also proved to be an excellent platform to highlight the range of
opportunities Kerry has to offer across the globe. We were very impressed with the calibre of candidates who
attended the event and have since made a number of hires as a result. Well done to all of the team at Career
Zoo.
Sharon Corbett, Regional Head of Recruitment, Kerry EMEA.
Employer Testimonials 2014
When we were here in February it was our first time, we didn’t really know what to expect. We achieved a four-
time return on investment by being a participant and received close to 1,000 applications for Sales and Sales
Administration roles with several excellent hires. In terms of building our brand, our participation, the excellent
advertising we developed with Career Zoo and the extensive media coverage that resulted; the event delivered
well above our expectations.
Geraldine Finn; Human Resources Director, ServiceSource.
We recruit from graduate all the way to experienced hire, looking at about 200 C.V.s a day. What I really like
about Career Zoo is you actually get to put a face to the name and a better understanding of what the
candidate is like. In terms of the tech candidates at Career Zoo, a lot of them are really well qualified; we’ve
been overwhelmed with the depth of the talent so far.
Keith Stephens, Talent Acquisition Specialist. Accenture.

22. It’s not easy to find hard-to-
reach, valuable talent.
At Career Zoo, it is.
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