Roscommon native Caroline Ward has been appointed HR Services Manager to national HR and Recruitment company Collins McNicholas.
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Caroline who is from Creggs, Co. Roscommon has been with Collins McNicholas since 2011. Her previous roles at the company include HR Consultant and Recruitment Consultant.
“I am delighted to have been appointed to this exciting new role and look forward to providing recruitment and assessment services to organisations throughout the country,” said Caroline.
Caroline comes from a Human Resources and Psychology background and is responsible for designing and providing assessment and HR services for a wide range of clients. She holds an MSc in Occupational Psychology from University of Nottingham and is certified by The British Psychological Society to carry out a range of Psychometric Assessments.
Companies are increasingly using psychometric assessments when hiring new employees to find the right person for the job, so Caroline’s experience will be invaluable to Collins Mc Nicholas’ clients.
Managing Director, Niall Murray said: “We are delighted to have appointed Caroline Ward as our HR Services Manager. Caroline has a proven track record in managing large-scale, complex recruitment projects and has used her expertise in the area of occupational psychology to great effect designing and delivering assessment centres for our clients both in the public and private sector. We see significant opportunity for us to further develop our product offering in this area and the team at Collins McNicholas look forward to working with Caroline on these interesting projects.”
With five offices in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Sligo and Athlone, Collins McNicholas is the only nationally based recruitment company head-quartered outside of Dublin. Caroline will be based at the Athlone office but will be working with clients across the country.
Collins McNicholas recruits across a wide variety of sectors, including Engineering, Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical, Financial, IT, Admin and Sales.