Hays Ireland
About us
 

Working for your tomorrow

 

 

So much more than a specialist recruitment business – we are a global workforce partner.

What sets us apart is our knowledge through scale, deep understanding, and ability to innovate for our customers. By providing advice, insights, and expertise on today's issues in the fast-paced world of work, you can rely on us to deliver today and help you prepare for tomorrow.

                                                                                                                                                                     

As the world’s largest specialist recruiter, we’re in a unique position to enable real change: both on a local and national scale. We’re deeply embedded in our communities, and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is evident through partnerships with organisations like Paralympics Ireland, Job Care, and the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Our local market expertise

Since opening our first Ireland office in Dublin in 1996, we’ve put people at the heart of what we do. We’ve invested in lifelong partnerships among Irish businesses and individuals that empower you to succeed.

First establishing our expertise in accountancy and finance and construction, we’ve since become specialists in tech, engineering, life sciences, HR, procurement, business support, legal, social care and marketing. And with offices in prime locations across Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway, we combine our nationwide coverage with local market expertise.

Our global reach

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21

specialisms

Globe

31

countries covered

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56

years of experience

Team

10,000+

employees

Our values

It’s our values that ensure we’re always doing right by our customers, colleagues and society at large. We simply wouldn’t be where we are today without them – they guide our decisions, define our culture, and inspire us to keep improving.

  • Build partnerships

    Partnerships power what we can achieve. We take the time to listen and understand people’s needs and aspirations so that we can meet them. Collaboration and inclusivity are at the heart of our approach, creating solutions together, learning from each other and sharing our knowledge and experience. That’s what supports strong relationships and enables shared success.

  • Think beyond

    Our knowledge and ambition are what drive us forward. We challenge ourselves and our customers by bringing open, inquisitive minds that consider every angle and never settle for the status quo. We see the big picture today while we build a long-term perspective of tomorrow that anticipates change and enables us to be confident and agile with our advice. That’s what makes us experts.

  • Do the right thing

    We always act in the best interests of our candidates, our clients, our communities and each other. There is always more than one solution, and we want to find the right one every time, because every person and situation is different. We stand by our commitments, we keep our promises, and we treat everyone with the respect they deserve. That’s what earns trust.

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Looking for the right role for you?

We know that finding the right role at the right time takes careful consideration. As lifelong career partners, we're with you every step of the way, offering our expertise, up-to-date career advice, connections, and training to help you achieve your goals.

Whether you're seeking a job for now, a career change, or aiming to climb the career ladder, we provide an unmatched wealth of opportunities across various industries and professions. With our insights, market-leading salary checker, and strong employer relationships, we bring you roles that challenge and excite you.

Whatever your business ambition, we share it

Whether you’re looking for an inspirational leader or an agile contingent workforce strategy, we bring the people, insights and technology needed to navigate a complex talent landscape and secure future success.

Our data-driven sector knowledge and extensive networks are backed by a drive to innovate for your specific needs, and we’re constantly developing our talent solutions. Our evolving services not only include permanent and temporary recruitment, but a whole suite of end-to-end recruitment strategies.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

 

To thrive in the continually changing world of work, we know we need to maximise our people’s potential and ensure we continue to attract diverse talent. Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is fundamental to unlocking that potential.

The actions that we are taking to progress our DE&I agenda around the world are detailed in 'Our Hays Promise', which is our commitment to making Hays an organisation to which everyone feels they belong.

We have spearheaded a number of key initatives, just a few of which include:

  • Conscious inclusion training for manager-level and above
  • Enhanced family-friendly leave and pay provisions
  • Launch of an inclusion hub, with resources available to all employees

We are also making progress in gender representation - with 47% of our senior leadership team in Ireland being female. 

You can access our Gender Pay Gap reports on the below links:

Reaching carbon neutrality and our commitment to Net Zero

Hays Plc is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2030 (Scope 1, 2 and 3) and has launched multiple initiatives to deliver on this commitment. 
 

You can find out more about our carbon reduction plan and our commitment to net zero on our Hays plc site: 

Driving change through partnerships 

 

It’s not just our employees we want to serve, though. As the world’s largest specialist recruiter, we’re in a unique position to enable real change: both on a local and national scale. We’re deeply embedded in the communities we live and work in, and our commitment to driving diversity, equity and inclusion can be seen through our thriving partnerships:

 

  • The Open Doors Initiative

    The Open Doors Initiative is a group of over 95 companies and NGOs, who work with the government to create pathways to education, employment and entrepreneurship for marginalised people in Ireland. In Ireland today, these groups face higher barriers to employment than most others. Many are cut out of work, even during the recent times of nearly full employment. The Open Doors Initiative offers online training, mentorships, assisted learning, seminars and in-house training for existing employees on a range of subjects and can assist with funding for training courses.

    Over the last year, we have worked with Open Doors to deliver training sessions to our DE&I Council and the wider Ireland team about cultural awareness and we are engaging with them to deliver further training on different initiatives over the next year.
     

  • Paralympics Ireland

    Paralympics Ireland is the official body for Ireland that organises and supports the Irish team at the Paralympic Games, which take place every four years alongside the Olympic Games. 

    Hays Ireland have been official partners of Paralympics Ireland since 2022, providing recruitment and key hire support to the team while assisting Paralympic athletes as they transition from their sporting career into the workplace. We have placed a number of professionals on the Paralympics Ireland team, while launching a variety of partnership activity to progress a positive inclusivity agenda for those living with disabilities in Ireland.

  • Down Syndrome Ireland

    We have recently partnered with Down Syndrome Ireland with the aim of raising vital funds for the charity along with supporting their members with Down Syndrome on their journey within the world of work. As part of the partnership, we aim to support the charity’s aim of challenging inaccurate stereotypes that people with Down Syndrome face and to play our part in championing acceptance and inclusion for people with Down Syndrome, specifically within the world of work.

  • Jobcare

    We provide employment charity Jobcare with support on their Jobnet programme, which aims to equip unemployed people with the skills, clarity and confidence to secure appropriate work. Hays team members regularly volunteer their time to provide mock interviews, run through interview prep and provide LinkedIn networking tips as part of this programme, providing their world-of-work insights to help transform the lives of programme users and support them on their career journeys. 

  • Investors in Diversity Gold Accredited

    The cumulation of our commitment to DE&I at Hays has seen us recognised by the Irish Centre for Diversity. We were 1 of only 11 corporates to be awarded Gold status in the Investors in Diversity (IiD) accreditation, which is Ireland’s leading DE&I accreditation mark. 

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At Hays, we believe in being long-term partners to our people as well as our customers. Hear stories from our team to learn more about a career at Hays.

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